CESDb is a website founded by engineers for engineers. Our mission is to provide a software library where engineers, researchers and academics can easily access free or shareware civil engineering software. We are currently listing 451 programs under 12 categories with descriptions, screenshots and manuals if available. We always try to keep the site up-to-date and new software titles added regularly.

• Computer Aided Design
• Construction Management
• Earthquake Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Fluid Mechanics
• General Tools
• Geotechnical Engineering
• Structural Analysis
• Structural Design
• Surveying
• Transportation Engineering
• Water Resources

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Open Channel Flow & Tank Empty Times

Flow Advisor can be used to estimate water flow rates from various open channels, closed channels and differently shaped supply tanks.

An Optimal Plastic Stringer Model Solution

Use the optimal plastic stringer model solution to design shear walls, concrete diaphragms etc.

Geotechnical Engineering Modelling

Beam Foundation Analysis (GEMS) is a feature rich, easy to use finite element modelling software for beam foundations.

Flexural Design Of Concrete Beams, Slabs and Walls

ConcreteBending helps you model concrete bending problems using high-level components and engineering terminology.

Reinforced Concrete Column Design

CSiCOL is a comprehensive software package used for the analysis and design of columns.

Steel Connection Design For Visualanalysis

VAConnect is a set of two steel connection design utilities. Run these stand-alone, or use integrated with VisualAnalysis.

Cracked Analysis and Capacity Of R/C Shapes

ConcreteSection helps engineers to understand the cracked behavior and load capacity of custom reinforced concrete sections.

Analysis of Shear - Critical Reinforced Concrete Columns

The stand-alone Windows program Phaethon with user’s interface written in C++ offers analysis of shear - critical reinforced concrete columns to its user both for rectangular but also for circular reinforced concrete columns.

Unconfined Compression Test

SO-Unconfined is aimed at the evaluation of unconfined compression tests. It has a user-friendly interface and lots of smart capabilities are implemented.

Direct Shear Tests

SO-Shear is aimed at the evaluation of direct shear tests. It has a user-friendly interface and lots of smart capabilities are implemented.

2D Drafting and 3D Design

DraftSight is a professional-grade 2D design and drafting solution that lets you create, edit, view and markup any kind of 2D drawing.

2D/3D CAD Design Toolkit

Create 2D technical drawings and floor plans + 3D direct modeling operations with BricsCAD. BricsCAD is the familiar design platform for all your needs; 2D drafting, 3D modeling, mechanical design and BIM.