Scaffold design calculator
Enter a scaffold platform height and create a scaffold design using supplier products. Then in one click run 2D frame analysis on this scaffold to generate bending moment diagrams, shear force diagrams and reactions.
Your scaffold inputs
Access height h
m
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Length: m
Width: m
Selected supplier
Length: m
Width: m
What's this calculator used for?
This free concrete formwork calculator helps temporary works designers calculate the approximate maximum concrete pressure applied to the panels of their formwork system and estimate the number of ties needed between the formwork panels.
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Edit your scaffold x-axis
| Product name | Supplied by | Add to scaffold builder | Bay width w (m) | Point load resistance (kN) | Distributed load resistance (kN/m) | Digital catalogue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UH 25 | |
0.25 | None | 18.5 | View | |
| UH 50 | |
0.5 | 6.3 | 18.5 | View | |
| UH 75 | |
0.75 | 6.3 | 18.5 | View | |
| UH 100 | |
1.0 | 4.5 | 9.3 | View | |
| UH 125 | |
1.25 | 3.8 | 6.7 | View | |
| UH 150 | |
1.5 | 3.3 | 4.8 | View | |
| UH 200 | |
2.0 | 2.6 | 2.8 | View | |
| UH 250 | |
2.5 | 2.1 | 1.9 | View | |
| UH 300 | |
3.0 | 1.8 | 1.3 | View | |
| UH 400 | |
4.0 | 1.4 | 0.7 | View |
Scaffold builder
Analyse this scaffold in a 2D frame calculator to design the fixings & bracing.
Edit your scaffold y-axis
| Product name | Supplied by | Add to scaffold builder | Bay width w (m) | Point load resistance (kN) | Distributed load resistance (kN/m) | Digital catalogue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UH 25 | |
0.25 | None | 18.5 | View | |
| UH 50 | |
0.5 | 6.3 | 18.5 | View | |
| UH 75 | |
0.75 | 6.3 | 18.5 | View | |
| UH 100 | |
1.0 | 4.5 | 9.3 | View | |
| UH 125 | |
1.25 | 3.8 | 6.7 | View | |
| UH 150 | |
1.5 | 3.3 | 4.8 | View | |
| UH 200 | |
2.0 | 2.6 | 2.8 | View | |
| UH 250 | |
2.5 | 2.1 | 1.9 | View | |
| UH 300 | |
3.0 | 1.8 | 1.3 | View | |
| UH 400 | |
4.0 | 1.4 | 0.7 | View |
Scaffold builder
Analyse this scaffold in a 2D frame calculator to design the fixings & bracing.