Structural engineering FEA software RFEM is the basis of a modular software system. RFEM is used to define structures, materials, and loads for planar and spatial structural systems consisting of plates, walls, shells and members. The program also allows you to create combined structures as well as model solid and contact elements.
The structural frame analysis and design software RSTAB contains a similar range of functions as RFEM, with special attention to beam, frame and truss structures. Therefore, it is very easy to use and for many years it has been the best choice for structural engineers.
The RF-FORM-FINDING add-on module for RFEM searches for shapes of cable and tensile structures. The shape is calculated by the equilibrium between the cable forces and the given boundary requirements. The prestressed model is afterwards used as the initial state for all subsequent calculations.
For structural analysis and design of cable and tensile membrane structures or their substructures, find more useful add‑on modules under the Steel Structures as well as Aluminium and Light-Weight Structures industry. If you would like to perform dynamic analyses, use the add-on modules for dynamic and seismic analysis.
A unique project called "Oxigeno" is currently under construction in San Francisco de Heredia, San José, Costa Rica. The recreational and commercial space, which measures almost 1,345,489 ft², offers the visitor a relaxing shopping atmosphere in harmony with nature.
A giant wooden airship “suspended” above the Centre for Contemporary Art in Prague, Czech Republic, has been opened to the public in December 2016.
The unique timber and steel airship structure “Gulliver” will serve as a space for literature.
Various rope net structures for children's playgrounds, for example "Globe" or "Tetragode", have been designed by Heinz Bornemann, the customer of Dlubal Software.
Structural analysis of the supporting structures has been carried out in RSTAB.
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.
The historical building of Théâtre Marigny had to undergo renovation due to its serious defects of the roof structure which led to its closure in 2013.
The metastable equilibrium resulted from unreliable planning which did not consider the effects of assymetrical load and the suspended ceiling on the roof structure during construction in 1925.
A unique roof structure was built for the main bus station in Aarau, Switzerland in 2013.
The canopy has a cloud-like shape and contains the largest single‑chamber cushion in the world. The ETFE cushion has a volume of 63,919.55 ft³ and covers an area of 11,517.38 ft².
Since 2013, a new S‑shaped pylon bridge meanders across the Agger river near Lohmar, a town in West Germany.
Due to its curving shape, the bridge reflecting the course of the river is perfectly integrated into the landscape.
The "Walsersteg" bridge connects both sides of the Loisach river in the south of the old town of Wolfratshausen in Germany.
The pylon bridge for pedestrians and cyclists has a width of 3 m and a span width of 46 m.
A very special project was carried out in Pitigala, Sri Lanka in 2013. A suspension bridge was designed, calculated and built by 30 students of the university team "Engineers Without Borders".
The 30-meter-long bridge across the Bentara river with was constructed with pure man power.
The sailing ship 'Alexander von Humboldt II' began its service in October 2011 and has been conquering the seas ever since.
The ship, operated by German Sail Training Foundation (DSST), is a barque rigged with three masts. The masts and the hull consist of steel.
In addition to typical FE calculations of highly stressed systems such as mooring, anchor and davit units, the rigging forces were analyzed in detail.
Skywalk Allgäu is a path leading through the treetops of the Allgäu Alps in Southern Germany.
The steel and timber structure of the path about 1,000 m above sea level consists of cable-stayed and suspension bridge constructions.
Product Video: Add-on Modules RF-FORM-FINDING & RF-CUTTING-PATTERN
Dlubal Webinar: Form-Finding and Cutting Patterns of Membrane Structures in RFEM
Dlubal Software is a member of the TensiNet Association.
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has approved RFEM as a tested and accepted general purpose structural analysis program for use on Department projects.
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Activating the "Display shape" option in the shortcut menu leads to an automatic preliminary form-finding according to the saved form-finding properties when you change the structure of membrane surfaces. This interactive graphics mode is based on the force density method.
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Structural engineering software for finite element analysis (FEA) of planar and spatial structural systems consisting of plates, walls, shells, members (beams), solids and contact elements
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The structural engineering software for design of frame, beam and truss structures, performing linear and nonlinear calculations of internal forces, deformations, and support reactions
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Form-finding of tensile membrane and cable structures
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Design of steel members according to Eurocode 3
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Design of aluminum members according to Eurocode 9
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