Development of software for the analysis and design of building frames

This work deals with the development of a computer application for the analysis of structural frameworks including dynamic analysis and design of structural components. The project also aims to emphasize the importance of computers in the solution of everyday engineering problems, to understand the internal working and to know how the input data is being used by the computer in structural analysis and design programs. The developed program contains an analysis module which is used for the analysis of plane frames. It includes a module for the dynamic analysis of plane frames to find out the natural frequency and mode shapes of vibration. Other modules are for the design of reinforced concrete beams, columns and slabs.