Improving Structural Designs with Computer Programming in Building Construction

Abstract

The scope of civil engineering is wide and the application of computer is not put to use as expected evenamong professionals in developing nations. This paper is an attempt at revealing methods available for application of computer as a tool which can tremendouslyimprove the qualities of deliveryespecially utilization of user developed packages that are customized to suit a particular problem at hand. It exposes how computer programming can be used in detail designsand quick process to calculate complex forcestresses in structures.It further bringsto the fore its application inautomation of structural designsin concrete,elicits explicitly how computer can acceptdata through programmingand usesthe data to provide information in the final analysis ontotal design load,moment generated and areas of main and distributed reinforcements tostair-case, landing to stairsand Slabs.’Customized ComputerPackage’ in this context implies a completely interactive software system with considerabledialogue between the user and the system before a solution is obtained. This is implemented using Object-Oriented FORTRAN programming language