The RFEM program is the basis of a modular software system. The main program 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 program RSTAB contains a similar range of functions as RFEM, with special attention to frameworks. Therefore it is very easy to use and for many years it has been the best choice for structural analysis and design of timber structures.
Depending on the material used, you can find more useful add-on modules for structural analysis and design of buildings under the industries Steel Structures, Reinforced Concrete Structures, and Timber Structures.
For dynamic analysis of buildings, there are various add‑modules available for determination of natural frequencies and mode shapes as well as for seismic analysis.
Dlubal Software provides powerful structural analysis programs for construction planning according to Building Information Modeling (BIM).
This is ensured primarily by a wide range of RFEM and RSTAB interfaces (for example direct interfaces with Tekla Structures and Revit Structure).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Salvador Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, USA, contains the largest collection of Dalí’s artwork outside Spain.
The architectural highlight is the "Enigma," a glazed atrium that drapes over the side of the boxy reinforced concrete building.
At a height of around 6,889 ft you can enjoy a breathtaking view of the dolomites with a delicious meal.
Since 2016 these amenities have been available at the top station of the Obereggen skiing area, South Tyrol.
The "Hemsedal Ski Center" in the Scandinavian Alps is one of the top 3 ski resorts in Norway with a total of 49 ski slopes and 20 surface lifts.
At the foot of the mountainside, a new steel & reinforced concrete building of an apartment hotel with 100 modern rooms will be completed by the end of 2017.
Building Information Modeling describes one of the most important issues in the construction software industry. This process is not new and it’s a well‑known fact that reliable planning in the early stages of a project has a significant positive effect on the project’s total cost. For more than twenty years, 3D models in the steel construction industry have been utilized so that 2D production documents could be created automatically or the related NC data could be sent directly to automatic production.
In a similar fashion, structural calculations for entire 3D models are considered state of the art. For construction software, the digital models trigger an important question about data exchange and how these models can be used efficiently for various engineering software. The pure physical geometry models are not only important, but a number of other models with additional structural components should be taken into consideration. Such models consist of structural or analytical models which include mechanical material properties, boundary conditions, or loads which cannot be easily recognized with a pure physical architectural model.
These differences may cause issues when using BIM data exchange in structural engineering. Therefore, high expectations arise when it comes to BIM and structural analysis. These hurdles also present a great challenge for the developers of engineering software. This article explains the fundamental problems of data exchange and provides applicable solutions tested in practice.
Wind is the only climatic load acting on every single type of structure in the entire world, different from other loads like snow, for example. The wind size depends on the geographical location of the structure. That is one of the main reasons why today’s standards have regional division (wind zones) and consideration of altitude, as well as variation of dynamic pressure depending on the height above ground for a “normal” site, without masking effect.
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Main Program
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
Main Program
The structural engineering software for design of frame, beam and truss structures, performing linear and nonlinear calculations of internal forces, deformations, and support reactions
Add-on Module
Design of reinforced concrete members and surfaces (plates, walls, planar structures, shells)
Add-on Module
Linear and nonlinear analysis of reinforced concrete members with reinforcement concept
Add-on Module
Design of steel members according to Eurocode 3
Module Extension for RF-STEEL EC3
Warping torsion analysis according to the second-order theory with 7 degrees of freedom
Add-on Module
Timber design according to Eurocode 5, SIA 265 and/or DIN 1052
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