What is ESBCalc?
ESBCalc is an open-source, cross-platform software suite for structural and earthquake engineering calculations. It provides a wide range of tools for the analysis and design of structures with different materials like steel, concrete, timber and masonry.
Some of the key features and tools of ESBCalc include:
- Steel section optimization
- Reinforced concrete column, beam and slab design per major international codes
- Masonry shear wall design
- Timber section design
- Structural analysis tools like moment distribution and slope deflection
- Dynamic and modal analysis
- Pushover and time history analysis for estimating seismic demands
- Automatic wind and seismic load generation
ESBCalc runs on Windows, Mac and Linux systems. The software has an intuitive graphical user interface allowing easy modeling and exchange of data between different integrated modules. Output is presented through detailed customizable reports, plots and drawings.
As ESBCalc is open-source, it provides a low-cost alternative compared to expensive proprietary structural engineering software solutions. The open architecture also allows power users to modify and extend the code to suit their requirements.