Beam EC2 v4.3.0

New Features

• Added the new 'Section Manager' window.
• Visualize the reinforced section in the 'Longitudinal Reinforcement'-view.

Improvements

• Minor UI improvements.
• Performance optimizations.
• Added calculation output for extra moments in unevenly reinforced sections due to shrinkage.
• Added option to consider or neglect shrinkage in the stress and crack width calculations.
• No longer places minimum reinforcement in areas where there is no moment. In that case, use only two small bars for tying with the shear reinforcement.
• Several improvements to the charts.
• Only show the shifted moment curve when there is shortened reinforcement bars.
• It should now be more rare that detailing requirement checks do not pass after letting the program design the reinforcement.
• Add ability to inspect calculations for curvatures and crack widths in all sections, under the SLS Tables.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue with rounding of reinforcement spacing.
• Fixed a bug with the shear force reduction, where it would not apply any load reduction even if requested by the user.
• Fixed a bug where the program could freeze after adding too many loads.
• Fixed a bug with very wide supports.
• Fixed a bug with shifted moment curve for reinforcement curtailment.
• Corrected calculation for crack width due to shrinkage.