MIDAS/SDS

Slab-Basemat Design System

Overview

SDS is a structural analysis and automatic design system for floor plates and foundation mats.

It uses the Graphic User Interface proven by Gen for efficiency and versatility. SDS retains utmost quality so far as accuracy and productivity are concerned.

Features & Capabilities of MIDAS/SDS

100% Data conversion is possible between Gen and SDS. This capability results in a dramatic increase in productivity in the analysis and design of floor/mat structures of shear wall type residential buildings.

SDS supports the Input System in the form of Drag & Drop to ease the modification process of design models.

Object oriented modeling and automatic finite element generation capabilities enable the user to freely model the structures of complex floor layouts.

Model Wizard provides various types of pre-defined slabs for convenient modeling.

SDS automatically calculates the elastic support stiffness of columns, walls, piles and sub-soils beneath foundation.

Analyses of anisotropic slabs such as metal decks are possible using Skewed Orthotropic Element.

Using the Mesh Line generation function for each Domain, member forces and reinforcement reflecting the reinforcing directions can be obtained.

SDS performs serviceability evaluation for floor vibrations due to walking loads. SDS contains several types of walking loads in the database.

Applying Multi-frontal Solver considerably reduces analysis time.

Using the reactions of the frame analysis, SDS automatically carries out pile placing and mat design.

SDS provides Punching Shear Stress Ratios due to direct reactions and reinforcement contours, which are used to examine the shear stresses and required reinforcement.

Pile placing drawings and slab/mat reinforcing drawings are produced (Upgrade in progress).

MIDAS/SDS Applications