CYPECAD, CYPE 3D and the Portal frame generator generate detailed ultimate limit state (U.L.S.) check reports. The U.L.S. reports contain all the checks these programs carry out to design concrete, steel, aluminium and timber elements. Each check refers to the design code and article requiring the check, or the criteria which has been applied to carry it out. The detailed contents of the U.L.S. reports makes these essential documents with which users can verify, justify and optimise the design of the structural elements that have been analysed.
The programs and structural elements for which these reports are generated can be consulted in the CYPE programs which generate U.L.S. check reports section.
Use of the Ultimate limit state check reports
The U.L.S. reports contain all the checks carried out by the program to design and analyse concrete, steel, aluminium and timber elements. Therefore, they constitute an important document with which users can:
The level of detail of these reports also acts as a guide allowing users to know all the checks to which the analysed structural element is submitted to. The program does not simply indicate whether the check fails or not, it also indicates which specific checks are not complied with. Additionally, each check refers to the design code and article requiring it.
CYPE programs which generate U.L.S. check reports
CYPECAD (including its integrated 3D structures), CYPE 3D and the Portal frame generator generate detailed ultimate limit state check reports. Below are the elements and materials for which these programs generate the U.L.S. reports.
CYPECAD generates ultimate limit state reports for the following elements:
CYPECAD also generates a summarised U.L.S. check report for concrete columns –only for the design codes which generate detailed U.L.S. check reports, steel columns and horizontal and sloped steel beams (this summary does not include bars belonging to any integrated 3D structures which may exist). To generate this summary, select the option File > Print > Job reports > U.L.S. checks for columns and beams button.
CYPE 3D and CYPECAD’s integrated 3D structures generate detailed ultimate limit state check reports for steel (rolled, welded and cold-formed), aluminium and timber bars, which have been designed with the majority of the codes implemented in the program. The bar sections for which the U.L.S. reports can be obtained are:
Portal frame generator generates detailed ultimate limit state reports for the purlins which have been designed. To visualise and print these reports, click on the U.L.S. Checks button, which is available in the dialogue box: Job data > Lateral and roof purlin edition > select Purlins on roof or Purlins on sides > Accept.
Examples of ultimate limit state check reports
U.L.S. check report of a reinforced concrete column. CYPECAD
U.L.S. check report of a beam of a dual pitch frame. CYPE 3D
U.L.S. check report of a column of a dual pitch frame. CYPE 3D
Summarised U.L.S. check report of all the bars of the structure. CYPE 3D
CYPE 3D modules:
CYPECAD modules:
Modules common to CYPECAD and CYPE 3D: