Steel to concrete connections
The four key connection components can be designed in a fraction of the time
Earlier this year New Civil Engineer carried out a survey into connections and fixings. The survey asked 100 practising civil engineers to consider how they design steel to concrete connections.
More than half admitted to using a mind-boggling combination of software, hand calculations and technical guidelines and approvals to design anchors, baseplates, welds and stiffeners to tie the two materials together.
One in 10 engineers said that designing a steel-to-concrete connection, and producing a report, typically took more than eight hours. More than half of those surveyed said it took at least two hours. And therein lies the problem.
This White Paper looks at the creation of PROFIS Engineering software from Hilti, which has been developed to address these very issues.
It considers the challenges, explores the research, and demonstrates how the software ensures all four key connection components can be designed in compliance with European Technical Standards in a fraction of the time it currently takes to complete.
