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Full Length Research Paper
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Visualization RCD (reinforced
concrete design)
table advisor for decision support activity
L. O. Yusuf1*, O. Folorunso1, A. T.
Akinwale1 and I. A. Adejumobi2
1Department
of Computer Science, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta,
Nigeria.
2Department
of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of
Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria.
*Corresponding author. E-mail:
truevisionconsulting@yahoo.com. Tel: +234 803 403
7098.
Accepted 11 May, 2010 |
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Abstract |
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Reinforced
concrete design (RCD) activity requires the services of design
table to pick bar sizes and area of specific bar groups. This
allow reinforced concrete (RC) designers to use their intuition
to pick the right bar size for detailing of RC Structures which
virtually enhance reliable and satisfactory answers to RCD
problems. With the advent of computer with its powerful memory,
most RCD software available automatically generates Steel
Properties thus, jeopardising user’s contribution in terms of
their perception. RCD Tables are conventionally small but not
limited in use. By the skilful and innovative integration of
available concepts and techniques, the power of the RCD Tables
are enhanced to check for deflection, minimum and maximum area
of steel, and display alert to users. Visualization RCD Table
interface was designed as a dialog box. Simply Supported
Reinforced Concrete Beam Structure (SSRCBS) tool was modified to
accommodate the new tool. Statistical analysis revealed that the
significance of time was borderline between SSRCBS tool and the
modified tool. It was also found that as the tasks became more
complex, the modified tool advantage increases in terms of
task-by-task satisfaction and users understanding of the logic
behind RCD.
Key words:
RCD visualization, RC, PDAs, SSRCBS, visRCD table advisor, DSS.
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