Structural Engineering Software

Enjoy Structural Analysis with Dlubal Software

For more than 25 years, the German-Czech company Dlubal Software develops engineering programs for FEA and structural analysis. More than 6,000 companies and 25,000 satisfied users in 71 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.

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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

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

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RFEM - Intuitive FEA Software

Structural FEA Software RFEM

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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.

Customer Projects

Isarsteg Nord Near Freising, Germany »

The bridge construction of Isarsteg as integrating artwork fits perfectly into the surrounding landscape. Taking nature as an example, the bridge overspans the Isar river like a branched limb.

Customer Projects

Hervester Bridge No. 423 Across the Wesel-Datteln Canal »

The new bridge replaces the existing Hervester Bridge No. 423, which was classified as dilapidated. After the assembly at the bank, it was pushed over the Wesel-Datteln Canal step by step...

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Impressive Webinar

“The webinar was a good presentation that showed the capabilities of your software. I am very impressed with the speaker's time management. To ensure the webinar is within an hour requires a talented professional engineer, preparation and knowledge of the material. This webinar reinforces the value and efficiency of RFEM along with the many add‑on modules.”

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News and Events

09/26/2018

Warping Torsion Analysis According to AISC Design Guide 9

The design of a torsional loaded beam according to AISC Design Guide 9 will be shown based on a verification example.
09/19/2018

Consideration of Possible Contact Between Overlapping Members

From time to time it happens that two intersecting beams overlap at a short distance.
09/12/2018

Stiffened Buckling Panels According to EN 1993-1-5, Section 4.5

In SHAPE-THIN, it is possible to perform the calculation of stiffened buckling panels according to Section 4.5 of EN 1993-1-5.
09/05/2018

Modeling and Bending Design of Point-Supported Flat Slab

This article describes how a flat slab is generated as 2D model in RFEM and designed in the RF-CONCRETE Surfaces add-on module according to Eurocode 2.
08/31/2018

New Features in RFEM 5.16.01 and RSTAB 8.16.01

The versions RFEM 5.16.01 and RSTAB 8.16.01 and the corresponding add-on modules have been extended by the following new features.
08/29/2018

Assistance Tools for Cable Structures

RFEM and RSTAB are able to cover a large number of branches in the field of building and construction industry with their generally usable structural frame analysis and FEM programs.
08/27/2018

New Add-on Module RF-/JOINTS Steel - Rigid

With the RF-/JOINTS Steel - Rigid add-on module, it is possible to configurate moment resisting joints of rolled and welded I-beams and design them according to EC 3. The following types are available: end plate connection (beam to column or beam to beam) and rigid spice plate connection.
08/22/2018

Influence of Slip of Standardized Joints in Steel Structures

This article deals with the stiffness of standardized joints according to the DSTV (German Steel Construction Association)/DASt (German Committee for Structural Steelwork) standards, often used in steel construction, and its effects on structural analysis and design results according to DIN EN 1993-1-1.
08/17/2018

Kindergarten in Schwoich, Austria

A kindergarten, designed according to Building Information Modeling (BIM), is currently under construction in the Tyrolean municipality of Schwoich.

The digital 3D model accompanies the construction project from design until completion.

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10/24/2018 - 10/27/2018

2018 NCSEA Structural Engineering Summit

National Council of Structural Engineers Association Summit in Chicago, Illinois
11/01/2018 - 11/02/2018

SEAoT Annual State Conference 2018

2018 Annual State Conference of Structural Engineers Association of Texas (SEAoT) in Dallas, Texas