Structural Analysis & Design Software

Enjoy Structural Analysis and Design with Dlubal Software

For more than 30 years, the German-Czech company Dlubal Software develops 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, in the Czech Republic and the USA. Since 2016, Dlubal Software is certified according to ISO 9001.

Dlubal Software Solutions

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

Tree Tower on Rügen Island | WIEHAG GmbH | © www.wiehag.com, © Erlebnis Akademie AG

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

Hemsedal Alpine Suites, Norway | DBC AS | © www.dbc.no

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

Multi-Purpose Stadium in Uyo, Nigeria | © www.form-TL.de

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

Crossrail Station in Canary Wharf, London | WIEHAG GmbH | © www.wiehag.com

RFEM - Intuitive FEA Software

Structural FEA Software RFEM

Hotel Intercontinental in Davos, Switzerland | Sailer Stepan und Partner GmbH | © www.ssp-muc.com

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

Knowledge Base 09/18/2019

Structural Fire Design According to EN 1993-1-2 (Parametric Fire Exposure)

With RF-/STEEL EC3, you can apply nominal temperature-time curves in RFEM or RSTAB. The standard time-temperature curve (ETK), the external fire curve and the hydrocarbon fire curve are implemented.
Video 09/17/2019

Short Video Tutorial: Multiple Exports from RFEM/RSTAB to Microsoft Excel

This video shows how to easily exchange data between Dlubal’s RFEM/RSTAB and Microsoft Excel.
Knowledge Base 09/11/2019

Balanced and Unbalanced Snow Loads for Curved Roofs According to the ASCE 7-16

The ASCE 7-16 standard requires both balanced and unbalanced snow load case scenarios for a structure’s design consideration.
Customer Project 09/10/2019

Bus Station Roof Structure in Halle (Saale), Germany

The architectural highlight of the Halle (Saale) bus station include the stylish canopies over the bus platforms. The continuous lights integrated at the roof edges are the real eye-catcher especially at night.
Knowledge Base 09/04/2019

P-Delta Effects and Seismic Design According to the ASCE 7-16 and NBC 2015

Sect. 12.9.1.6 of the ASCE 7-16 Standard and the NBC 2015 Commentary specify when P-Delta effects should be considered during a modal response spectrum analysis for seismic design.
Knowledge Base 08/28/2019

Comparing the Stability Analysis of a Column Containing Internal Forces from Load Combinations with an Enveloping Result Combination

Differences in the Stability Analysis of a Steel Column for Internal Forces from Load Combinations and Result Combinations
Customer Project 08/27/2019

School Building Sutz-Lattrigen, Switzerland

The school building addition in Sutz-Lattrigen was built on the existing foundation floor. This foundation was not designed to withstand a second story.

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09/24/2019 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. EDT

ADM 2015 Aluminum Structure Design in RFEM

This webinar shows an aluminum design in RFEM.

All Training Dates All Webinars

11/13/2019 - 11/15/2019

2019 NCSEA Summit

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

International Mass Timber Conference

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

Structures Congress 2020

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

2020 NASCC: The Steel Conference

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