RECON: PROGRAM IN PYTHON FOR CALCULATING REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAMS

Resumo

The utilization of programs for making structural analysis of reinforced concrete is usual in civil en-
gineering. Structural analysis is a fundamental step in buildings project where internal forces, dimensions and

structural members design are defined, such as beams, columns and slabs. The used parameters, as well as the

considerations and equations are specified at the ABNT NBR 6118/2014 – “Design of concrete structures — Pro-
cedure”. The goal of this paper is to present ReCon1

, a Web application for calculating reinforced concrete beams.

It was made to perform the design according to the specifications of the Brazilian standard. It has a friendly inter-
face and it brings two advantages: it is free and open-source and was designed also to be used as an educational

tool. The achievements obtained by ReCon have been compared to some examples of already solved exercises
in the current literature about reinforced concrete. These comparisons have shown excellent results which prove
ReCon as trustful program. Moreover, students of civil engineering have used ReCon in order to compare theirs
experience solving exercises using this program to what they usually do in class. They have mentioned about the
friendly interface and found a good educational tool to add in class.