XSTRUCTURES ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS

503 5/F Fedman Suites, 199 Salcedo Street Legaspi Village

Makati City 1229 Philippines
Tel: +63 2 716 8988
Cel: 0921 653 2042 / 0966 802 4425
Fax: +63 2 893-8909 ext 802
Email: xstructures@hotmail.com
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STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF SLABS AND FOUNDATIONS

USING CSI SAFE
(16 HOURS/2 DAYS)

PROGRAM OF ACTIVITIES

DAY 1

09:00 – 09:15 PROJECT OVERVIEW (0.25 HR)

➢ INTRODUCTION
➢ BASIC INFORMATION
➢ BASIC TOOLS IN CSI SAFE

09:15 – 12:00 MODELLING, LOADING, ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS USING
STRIP - BASED DESIGN (2.75 HRS)

➢ TYPICAL COLUMN LAYOUT / COLUMN REACTIONS

➢ OVERVIEW OF GEOTECHNICAL PARAMETERS
➢ STARTING THE PROJECT
➢ CREATING SAFE MODEL
➢ CREATING GRIDLINES
➢ DEFINING MATERIAL PROPERTIES
➢ DEFINING FOOTINGS, STIFF, COLUMNS
➢ DEFINING SOIL PROPERTIES
➢ DEFINING LOAD PATTERNS
➢ DEFINING LOAD CASES
➢ DEFINING LOAD COMBINATIONS
➢ DEFINE MASS SOURCE

12:00 – 13:00 LUNCH BREAK

13:00 – 18:00 MODELLING, LOADING, ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS

USING STRIP - BASED DESIGN (CONT…) (5.0 HRS)

➢ DRAW POINTS
➢ DRAW SLAB EDGES / FOUNDATIONS / STIFF / COLUMNS
➢ DRAW DESIGN STRIPS
➢ ASSIGN LOAD DATA
➢ ASSIGN SUPPORT DATA
➢ REVIEW DESIGN PREFERENCES / DESIGN COMBOS
➢ REVIEW ADVANCED SAPFIRE OPTIONS
➢ RUNNING AND CHECKING THE ANALYSIS
➢ DISPLAY DEFORMED SHAPE

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 XSTRUCTURES ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS
503 5/F Fedman Suites, 199 Salcedo Street Legaspi Village
Makati City 1229 Philippines
Tel: +63 2 716 8988
Cel: 0921 653 2042 / 0966 802 4425
Fax: +63 2 893-8909 ext 802
Email: xstructures@hotmail.com
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

➢ DISPLAY SOIL PRESSURE

➢ DISPLAY PUNCHING SHEAR
➢ DISPLAY STRIP FORCES
➢ DISPLAY SLAB DESIGN FORM USING STRIP-BASED DESIGN
➢ VERIFICATION RESULTS (COMPARISON OF MANUAL DESIGN VS SAFE DESIGN)

DAY 2

09:00 – 12:00 MODELLING, LOADING, ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF MAT FOUNDATIONS

USING FINITE ELEMENT METHOD (3.0 HRS)

➢ TYPICAL COLUMN LAYOUT / COLUMN REACTIONS

➢ OVERVIEW OF GEOTECHNICAL PARAMETERS
➢ CREATING SAFE MODEL BY USING THE PREVIOUSLY DEFINED PROPERTIES FROM DAY1
➢ DEFINING MAT FOUNDATION
➢ DEFINING SOIL PROPERTIES
➢ DRAW POINTS
➢ DRAW MAT
➢ ASSIGN SUPPORT DATA
➢ REVIEW DESIGN PREFERENCES / DESIGN COMBOS
➢ REVIEW ADVANCED SAPFIRE OPTIONS
➢ RUNNING AND CHECKING THE ANALYSIS
➢ DISPLAY DEFORMED SHAPE
➢ DISPLAY SOIL PRESSURE
➢ DISPLAY PUNCHING SHEAR
➢ DISPLAY SLAB FORCES
➢ DISPLAY SLAB DESIGN FORM USING FINITE ELEMENT METHOD

12:00 – 13:00 LUNCH BREAK

13:00 – 18:00 MODELLING, LOADING, ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF SUSPENDED SLAB

USING STRIP – BASED DESIGN (5.0 HRS)

➢ TYPICAL FRAMING PLAN AND LOADINGS

➢ DEFINE COLUMN, BEAM AND SLAB PROPERTIES
➢ DRAW COLUMN, BEAM, SLAB
➢ DRAW DESIGN STRIPS
➢ ASSIGN LOAD DATA
➢ REVIEW DESIGN PREFERENCES / DESIGN COMBOS
➢ REVIEW ADVANCED SAPFIRE OPTIONS
➢ RUNNING AND CHECKING THE ANALYSIS
➢ DISPLAY DEFORMED SHAPE
➢ DISPLAY STRIP FORCES
➢ VERIFICATION RESULTS (COMPARISON OF MANUAL DESIGN VS SAFE DESIGN)

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