

Concrete stress-strain relations may follow Whitney Rectangle, PCA Parabola, Mander, and various code-based models. A series of constitutive-modeling capabilities characterize the material behavior of concrete and steel.

Manual placement features are also available. Rebar-distribution tools arrange reinforcement in various patterns and standardized sets. Holes and cutouts are easily rendered for hollow- and voided-section design. Solid, hollow, and flanged shapes may be drawn, edited, and merged from over 50 parametric shapes, 3000 standard steel shapes, and practical resize, stack, and align controls.

Reinforced-concrete columns of any geometric complexity may be easily created. The Quick Design Wizard features a series of tools, templates, and code-based options to guide users through the modeling process. Column attributes, inelastic response, optimized design, and a range of individual and combined performance measures may all be characterized using CSiCOL. CSiCOL is used to model, analyze, and design traditional and composite reinforced-concrete column systems of customized geometry and constitutive behavior.
