Tower Numerics tnxFoundation v1.1.0.5 beta

tnxFoundation is a standalone application for tower foundation design. It may be used as an extension of tnxTower, or as a separate program. tnxFoundation features automatic import of support geometry and load data from tnxTower analyses. Alternatively, this information can be entered manually for each foundation design project.

Key Features

• Multiple foundation types (Pad and Pier, Pad, Caisson, Pad with Piles, Pad and Pier with Piles, Mat and Piers, Mat, Mat with Piles, Mat and Piers with Piles)
• Material and geometry type definitions
• Soil layer definitions
• Imported or user-defined load cases and load combinations
• Foundation geometry optimization
• Foundation stability verification
• Required reinforcement determination
• Post-installed anchor analysis
• Reports with calculation results
• Import of tower support data (monopoles, self-supporting lattice towers, guyed towers, guy anchor blocks)
• Supported unit systems: US and Metric
• User-editable databases (concrete, reinforcing steel, steel pile, soils)

Powerful Design Capabilities

• Complete verification of failure modes: bearing, sliding, uplift, and overturning
• Concrete footing analysis and design: flexure, one-way and punching shear, geometry optimization
• Concrete caisson analysis and design: flexure, compression, uplift, lateral loads (Broms, p-y), geometry optimization
• Pile and pile cap analysis and design: single pile and pile group compression/tension, pile axial capacity, pile cap flexure, one-way and punching shear, geometry optimization
• tnxFoundation caisson diagrams

Extensive Analysis and Design Reporting

• Geotechnical and structural design reports
• Summary and detailed reports for all foundation types
• Shear, moment, and deflection diagrams for caissons
• Clear and comprehensive presentation of the results
• MS Word and PDF formatted documents

• Three or four sided guyed towers
• Three or four sided self-supporting towers
• Ground mounted monopoles (round stepped, round tapered, 18-, 16-, 12-, and 8-sided)
• Three or four sided guyed monopoles

• Three or four sided latticed poles
• Tubular poles (round stepped, round tapered, 18-, 16-, 12-, and 8-sided)
• Candelabra tops

• Automatic generation of nodes and elements for 3D frame-truss, truss, or beam-column tower models
• Linear and non-linear (P-delta, cable behavior) finite element analysis (FEA)
• Three modes available: analysis only, analysis and members check, or analysis and lowest weight-optimized design
• Automatic determination of pressure coefficients, wind pressures, ice loads and resulting forces on the tower
• Optimized feed line Effective Projected Area calculations to minimize required wind loading
• Automatic calculation of feed lines shielding
• Calculation of center of pressure due to offset feed lines
• Automatic calculation of K-factors for solid round and single angle members
• Optional inner feed line support tower
• Check or design of bolts in tower members
• Export to RISA-3D for additional analysis and design options

• Powerful, easy to use spreadsheets for quick model generation and input verification
• Adaptable three-level structure definition: base tower, upper antenna structure, and top antenna pole
• Guy cables generation with varying radii and guy anchor elevations
• Feed lines, discrete loads (loads from antennas, mounts, and other appurtenances), dishes, and user defined loads specification anywhere on the tower
• Comprehensive databases of structural shapes, assemblies, feed lines, dishes, antennas, mounts, and other appurtenances
• Powerful Database Manager, allowing full customization and synchronization across networks
• Flexible selection of units: US Customary (decimal or architectural notation) or SI Metric, with user-controlled display precision