Sika CarboDur v4.2
Strengthening solutions based on FRP systems exhibit superb performance and reliability, as well as providing a cost and time-effective alternative to traditional retrofitting options. Since the 1980s, FRP design guidelines have developed to include different methods and alternative approaches for design, incorporating
these options to produce new strengthening solutions. However, these new possibilities can involve complex calculation procedures, making manual design calculations difficult in many situations.
The new Sika CarboDur software has been developed as a user-friendly, professional design tool, which provides the engineers with the opportunity to design the optimum FRP strengthening solution themselves according to the available Sika CFRP range in the selected territory:
Sika CarboDur plates for externally bonded/NSM applications
SikaWrap fabrics and cords
Sika CarboDur BC Rods
Sika CarboStress post-tensioned CFRP system
Sika CarboShear L links
Sika CarboDur FRP design software is a locally adaptable international software that provides automated calculation in just a few easy steps. The user manages and controls all of the process, and is fully informed about all of the different parameters, results and verifications made throughout the process and the calculations. Complex calculations in minimum time, including:
Columns exposed to axial loads or axial loads + bending moments simultaneously
Reinforced or prestressed beams under flexure
Shear strengthening of beams / columns
Determination of the fire resistance of the member (available for European codes)
Based on international structural codes
ACI 440.2R-08 and ACI 318-14
TR55 and EUROCODE 2
SIA 166 and SIA 262:2013, etc