rcdesign

rcdesign is a Python package for analysis and design of reinforced concrete sections as per IS 456:2000, the Indian Standard code of practice for plain and reinforced concrete.

Documentation

Installation

Install from PyPI using pip

Requirements

• Python 3.7+
• numpy
• scipy
• sympy

Install from PyPI

Create a separate directory and install a virtual environment. Activate the virtual environment and install required packages. On *nix systems, do the following:

$ mkdir rcd_tutorial
$ cd rcd_tutorial
$ python -m venv .venv
$ .venv/bin/activate
(.venv) $ _

On Windows, do the following:

> mkdir rcd_tutorial
> cd rcd_tutorial
> python -m venv .venv
> .venv\Scripts\activate
> (.venv) > _

Install using pip

$ (.venv) pip install -U rcdesign
$ (.venv) python -c "from rcdesign import __version__;print(__version____)
$ 0.4.8

Run the two built-in examples problem and study the output.

$ (.venv) python -m rcdesign

Install from Source on github

Clone the repository

Choose a suitable directory where you wish to clone the source code from github. Clone the repository using git

$ git clone https://github.com/satish-annigeri/rcdesign.git

When you clone the rcdesign repository from github, a new directory named rcdesign will be created in the current working directory. Change over to the directory rcdesign that is created with the command

$ cd rcdesign

List the directory contents and verify the directory structure.

Create a virtual environment

Create a virtual environment inside the rcdesign directory with the following command

$ python -m venv .venv

Activate the virtual environment with the command

$ source env/bin/activate
(.venv) $ _

For Windows operating system, the command is

> .venv\Scripts\activate
(.venv) > _

Install required packages

Install required packages into the virtual environment with pip

(.venv) $ pip install -U rcdesign[test]

This will install pytest and pytest-cov required to run the tests.

Run tests

Run the tests with pytest

(.venv) $ pytest tests

Check code coverage.

(.venv) $ pytest --cov=rcdesign tests

You can also use nox to run the tests. Install nox using pip, if necessary.

(.venv) $ pip install nox
(.venv) $ nox

When you are done using the virtual environment, you can deactivate it with the command deactivate at the command prompt in all operating systems.

Examples

Built-in Example

Run the built-in example with the following command.

(.venv) $ python -m rcdesign

Examples from tests Directory

Run the additional examples in the tests directory with the following command from the command prompt:

(.venv) $ python -m tests.example01
(.venv) $ python -m tests.example02
...
(.venv) $ python -m tests.example09

Your Own Example

Refer the documentation to write your own scripts.

Contribute

Contributions are welcome. Contributions can be in a variety of forms:

1. Bug reports
2. Additional features
3. Documentation
4. Additional examples

Links

• Documentation: Documentation
• PyPI release: 0.4.8
• Github repository: https://github.com/satish-annigeri/rcdesign

References

1. IS 456:2000 Indian Standard Code of Practice for Plain and Reinforced Concrete (Fourth Revision), Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi, 2000.
2. SP:24 (S&T)-1983 Explanatory Handbook on Indian Standard Code of Practice for Plain and Reinforced Concrete (IS 456:1978), Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi, 1984.
3. SP 16:1980 Design Aids for Reinforced Concrete to IS:456-1978, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi, 1980.