INDEX

• General features of the Pile caps module
• Pile cap edition
• Pile cap forces and their design
• CYPECAD and CYPE 3D modules

General features of the Pile caps module

The tools required to introduce foundations composed of footings are located at:

• CYPECAD: Foundation menu within the Beam Definition or Results tab
• CYPE 3D: Foundation elements menu within the Foundation tab

Both CYPECAD and CYPE 3D design pile caps with one or several piles. A wide range of types is available.

The programs allow for several columns and shear walls to be selected to share the same pile cap as well as designing any strap or tie beams that have been introduced to span between the pile caps.

This Pile caps module can be complemented by another module which provides further design options. This is the Advanced foundations module, which allows CYPECAD and CYPE 3D to design foundations with special intersections (strap and tie beam intersections).

Pile cap edition

Once the structure has been analysed and designed, the user can edit any pile cap so to view its dimensions and reinforcement.

The pile caps editor also allows the user to change the type of pile cap, modify its dimensions and reinforcement, and select the type of pile. Once the specifications have been introduced by the user, the editor can check to see whether the pile cap complies with the modifications that have been introduced or design the pile cap. The design process consists of three options:

• Complete
  The pile cap is designed taking into account the changes carried out by the user regarding the pile cap, materials and pile options. Any dimension or reinforcement changes that have been introduced are not taken into account.

• Minimum dimensions
  The program checks the pile cap that has been defined with dimensions provided by the user, taking into account any material changes that may have been introduced. If necessary, the program increases the dimensions of the pile cap in accordance with the selected type. The reinforcement is also designed.

• Redesign
  The program redesigns the reinforcement and checks the pile cap without modifying its dimensions.

Pile cap forces and their design

The forces acting on the pile caps are obtained in the same way as for footings, as is the pile cap design.

More information on how the pile caps are designed can be found in the Footing analysis and design section of the Footing analysis and design page.

CYPECAD and CYPE 3D modules

CYPE 3D modules:

• Timber sections
• Aluminium and generic sections

CYPECAD modules:

• Steel columns
• Steel beams
• Joist floor slabs (generic concrete joists)
• Joist floor slabs (in-situ, precast and steel)
• Timber joist floor slabs
• Waffle slabs
• Flat slabs
• Punching shear verification (Also operates as an independent program)
• Composite slabs
• Hollow core slabs
• Post-tensioned concrete slabs for buildings
• Shear walls
• Reinforced concrete walls
• Plane stress walls
• Stairs
• Mat foundations and foundation beams
• Concrete block walls
• Interaction of the structure with the construction elements
• Automatic job introduction: DXF, DWG and CAD/BIM models
• Collective protection systems
  

Modules common to CYPECAD and CYPE 3D:

• Concrete columns
• Composite steel and concrete columns
• Concrete beams
• Timber sections
• Pile caps (includes strap and tie beams)
• Baseplates
• Footings (pad and strip) (includes strap and tie beams)
• Advanced design of surface foundations
• Fire resistance check
• Parallel analysis with two multiprocessors
• Parallel analysis with up to eight processors
• Joints I. Welded. Warehouses with rolled and welded steel I sections
• Joints II. Bolted. Warehouses with rolled and welded steel I sections
• Joints III. Welded. Building frames with rolled and welded steel I sections
• Joints IV. Bolted. Building frames with rolled and welded steel I sections
• Joints V. Flat trusses with hollow structural sections
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