According to the Egyptian Code for concrete structures, clear guidelines have been given to ensure that slabs, columns and footings can safely resist the applied loads. It also includes shear checks (one-way and punching shear) to avoid brittle failures unexpectedly, torsion in beams and at edges that can be potentially twisted. The above provisions are vital in the attainment of both structural safety and structural durability in the various types of buildings under different soil conditions and seismic conditions in Egypt.
This Excel spreadsheet makes the use of these code provisions simpler, and the capacities in shear, moment in torsion, as well as reinforcement, can easily be checked. Engineers have been enabled to enter simple project data and be given a correct, code-compliant result without having to review each table or equation. In either of the cases (design or checking), it simplifies it yet adheres to the principles of the Egyptian Code of safety.
