What is CalcForge?
CalcForge offers a comprehensive collection of open-source engineering tools. It facilitates structural, geotechnical, tunneling, and contractor calculations. The platform is built to be customizable, allowing engineers to adapt tools or contribute to its development.
CalcForge prioritizes community knowledge and open-source principles. This approach promotes transparency, allowing users to modify and improve the available tools, enhancing the world's largest open engineering resource.
Features
- Beam Calculator: Analyse 2D structural beam.
- 2D Frame Analysis: Analyse a 2D structural frame.
- 3D Structural Analysis: Analyse a 3D structural frame.
- Steel Section Designer: Analyse a structural steel section.
- Concrete Section Designer: Analyse a reinforced concrete section.
- Bearing Capacity: Design a shallow foundation.
- Slope Stability Analysis: Calculate the safety factor of a slope.
- Tunnel Settlement Calculator: Calculate tunnel induced settlement.
- Tunnel Cost Calculator: Calculate tunnelling and station costs.
- Formwork design calculator: Generate an outline formwork design.
Use Cases
- Structural design and analysis
- Geotechnical investigation and design
- Tunnel design and cost estimation
- Construction planning and management
- Database search for similar construction projects
FAQs
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What is open-source?
Open-source software refers to software whose source code is made publicly available for anyone to view, modify, and distribute. Unlike proprietary software, open-source projects allow collaboration from a global community of developers, making it easier to innovate and improve the software over time. -
Can I add my own calculators CalcForge?
Yes you are welcome to access our code via the Github Repository and create your own calculators. Once you have made your modifications you can send back a pull request to see if we would like to include it in the main branch. -
How can I contribute?
Join our Discord server and introduce yourself here. Suggest new calculators you'd like to work on and find others to callaborate with.
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Average Response Time
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