Structural Analysis & Design Software

Enjoy Structural Analysis and Design with Dlubal Software

For more than 30 years, the German-Czech company Dlubal Software has developed engineering programs for FEA, structural analysis, and design. More than 7,800 companies and 45,000 satisfied users in 95 countries use the Dlubal Software programs successfully every day.

Dlubal Software has branch offices in Germany, France, Italy, Poland, the Czech Republic and the USA. Since 2016, Dlubal Software is certified according to ISO 9001.

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Kauffmann Center for the Performing Arts, USA | Novum Structures LLC | © www.novumstructures.com

Structural Frame Analysis Software RSTAB

The structural analysis program RSTAB for design and analysis of space frame structures provides a solution for demanding structural engineers. The software meets requirements of modern civil engineering and reflects the current state of the technology.

The structural frame analysis program by Dlubal Software is ideal especially for structural analysis and design of 3D timber structures.

Frame Analysis Software RSTAB

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Finite Element Analysis Software RFEM

The structural analysis program RFEM allows easy and effective modeling as well as structural analysis and design of 2D and 3D structures consisting of member, plate, wall, shell, folded plate, and solid elements.

Structural FEA Software RFEM

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Designed with Structural Analysis Programs by Dlubal Software

Regardless of whether you perform structural analysis in the industry of steel, solid, timber, glass, crane structures, or any other industry, due to the sophisticated and intuitive input technology and the powerful computational core of the programs by Dlubal Software you will never be let down.

Projects Designed with Dlubal Software

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Structural Analysis Software for Timber Structures

RSTAB and RFEM are perfectly suited for structural analysis and design of 3D timber structures. Whether beam structures or surface elements such as cross-laminated timber plates, you have a number of various options for designing simple or complex structures.

Software for Timber Structures

Metropol Parasol in Seville, Spain | Finnforest | © www.metsawood.com

RSTAB - Best Choice for Structural Frame Analysis

The structural frame analysis program RSTAB is available for demanding structural engineers performing designs and analyses of 3D beam structures. The software meets the requirements of modern civil engineering and reflects the current state of the technology.

Frame Analysis Software RSTAB

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RFEM - Intuitive FEA Software

Structural FEA Software RFEM

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Customer Projects

Timber Veil of TD Place Stadium in Ottawa, Canada

Following remodeling, the TD Place Stadium in Canada’s capital Ottawa can hold up to 24,000 visitors. The sports complex is located at Lansdowne Park and is primarily used for Canadian football and soccer.

Customer Projects

Bow River Pedestrian Bridge in Banff, Canada

This slender timber pedestrian bridge was constructed over the Bow River in Banff.

Customer Projects

School Building Champagne in Biel, Switzerland

The modular structure of the school will only remain for eight years at the present location. After this period, 36 timber modules including the screw foundations can be entirely removed and reconstructed at another location.

Customer Projects

John W. Olver Design Building University of Massachusetts, USA

In September 2017, the Design Building at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst was completed.

The $52 million project is one of the largest timber structures in the USA and one of the largest wood-concrete composite projects in the world.

Customer Projects

St. Elias Ukrainian Catholic Church in Brampton, Ontario, Canada

St. Elias Church is designed in the architectural style known as “Boyko”, from the western part of Ukraine.

This distinctive style features iconic copper clad domes, 76 feet high at their peaks and visible from a great distance around the church.

Customer Projects

Distribution Center for North American Supermarkets

In 2016, NEDCON got the assignment to install the steelwork for two fully automated distribution centers for two supermarket companies.

One distribution center is located in the US state of Michigan and the other distribution center in the Canadian province of Alberta.

Customer Projects

Installation of Water Tanks in the USA

Aquamate, a leading manufacturer of corrugated water tanks in Australia, plans to enter the North American market by the end of 2016.

Therefore, it is necessary to verify that the tanks meet all US codes and standards before the end of the year.

Customer Projects

Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, Missouri, USA

An architectural highlight of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts is the glass atrium.

The glass facade and the glass skylight are supported entirely by the cable structure. The design was conceived as a cello’s strings fanning over a bridge and fret-board.

Customer Projects

18-Story Mass Timber Hybrid Student Residence, Canada

Brock Commons is a student residence currently under construction at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.

The mass timber hybrid structure comprises of five‑ply cross laminated timber (CLT) floor panels, a concrete transfer slab, and a steel framed roof.

Customer Projects

Candlewood Suites on Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, USA

The New Candlewood Suites on Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, is the first cross‑laminated timber (CLT) hotel constructed in the US.

This four story building, made of 56,700 ft³ of CLT and 1,200 ft³ of glulam material, serves the lodging needs of the Redstone Arsenal Army post.

Customer Projects

"Little Flower" Monastery in British Columbia, Canada

The monastery "Little Flower" was built in 2015, situated in beautiful scenery of green meadows, mountains and crystal-clear lakes.

The little monastery includes 18 bedrooms, a chapel, a dining room, a kitchen, and a conference room.

Customer Projects

Glass Chandeliers at Keystone Mall, USA

Four different point-supported glass chandeliers are focal points of the newly renovated shopping mall at Keystone, Indianapolis, USA.

Each chandelier consists of hanging glass plates, which are point-supported from brackets on stainless steel rings.

Customer Projects

Crossrail Station Abbey Wood, London, United Kingdom

With the Crossrail railway line in Great Britain, one of the biggest infrastructure projects of Europe is in progress.

The construction costs for the 118‑kilometre railway line amount to about €21 billion.

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User Opinions and Experience

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RFEM is in a class of its own

“I’ve used many FEA programs over the years and I would rank RFEM at the top. Very powerful with many options for modeling and displaying information while still being intuitive and easy to use from a common sense standpoint. In my opinion, RFEM is in a class of its own.”

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News and Events

Customer Project 10/11/2019

New Nursery School Building in the District Les Sablons, Le Mans, France

This single story 11,840 ft² nursery school accommodates up to 70 children. The building property is also surrounded by playgrounds and other green spaces.
Current News 10/10/2019

New Maps for Romania and South Africa in the Geo-Zone Tool

The Geo-Zone Tool, located on the Snow, Wind, and Seismic Zone Maps webpage, now includes also zoning maps to determine the snow load, wind speeds and seismic zones of Romania as well as the wind speeds and seismic zones of South Africa.
Knowledge Base 10/09/2019

Reinforced Concrete Column Design per ACI 318-14 in RFEM

Using RF-CONCRETE Members, concrete column design is possible according to ACI 318-14. Accurately designing concrete column shear and longitudinal reinforcement is important for safety considerations.
Current News 10/07/2019

New Program RWIND Simulation for Wind Simulation & Wind Load Generation

RWIND Simulation is a stand-alone program for CFD simulation of wind flows around buildings or any other objects. The generated wind loads acting on these objects can be imported to the structural analysis program RFEM or RSTAB.
Current News 10/04/2019

New Maps for Slovenia in the Geo-Zone Tool

The Geo-Zone Tool, located on the Snow, Wind, and Seismic Zone Maps webpage, now includes also zoning maps to determine the snow load, wind speeds and seismic zones of Slovenia.
Video 10/02/2019

Short Video Tutorial: Mass Print of User-Defined Views

The mass print option is the most efficient way to add multiple graphics to the structural design report in only a few steps! This video shows how to optimally use customized views and mass print to generate the printout report.
Customer Project 09/24/2019

Steel Spiral Staircase in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

In 2017, VIC OBDAM was commissioned by BAM to fully design the Kasbank project (total weight about 334 t) in Amsterdam. This project included a free-standing steel spiral staircase.

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All Training Dates All Webinars

Conference 11/12/2019 - 11/15/2019

2019 NCSEA Summit

National Council of Structural Engineers Association Summit
Location: Anaheim, California
Conference 03/24/2020 - 03/26/2020

International Mass Timber Conference

International Mass Timber Conference
Location: Portland, Oregon
Conference 04/06/2020 - 04/08/2020

Structures Congress 2020

Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) of ASCE
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Conference 04/22/2020 - 04/24/2020

2020 NASCC: The Steel Conference

American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia