Structural Analysis and Design Software for Timber Structures

The successful structural analysis program RFEM 6 by Dlubal Software is the basis of a modular program family that you can customize and combine according to your precise requirements. In the main program RFEM, you can define structures, materials, and loads of planar and spatial structural systems consisting of plates, walls, shells, and members. Furthermore, you can create combined structures as well as model solid and contact elements.

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• Main Program RFEM 6

Use the Dlubal spatial frame & truss analysis software RSTAB 9 if you need a special solution tailored to beam, frame, and truss structures. Due to the special attention to such structures, it is even easier to use than the FEA software RFEM. This program has been the best choice for structural analysis and design of pure structural member models for many years.

• Main Program RSTAB 9

Do your structures have to withstand every gust of wind? Then it is best to use the Dlubal stand-alone program RWIND 2. It is particularly recommended for complex model shapes. There are wind flows around all structures simulated in a digital wind tunnel.

You can easily import your generated wind loads acting on these objects into RFEM or RSTAB. Thus, you can continue your project there.

• Wind Simulation Program RWIND 2

Select the Timber Design add-on for RFEM 6 / RSTAB 9 to keep your members stable and safe. The add-on designs timber members for the ultimate and serviceability limit state according to the standards

•  EN 1995-1-1:2010 (Eurocode 5)
• SIA 265:2015-08 (Swiss standard)
• ANSI/AWC NDS:2018 (US standard)
• CSA 086 (Canadian standard)
• GB 50005 | 2017-11 (Chinese standard)

The Building Model add-on for RFEM 6 allows you to define and manipulate your building by means of stories. A big advantage is that you can adjust the stories in many ways afterwards. Information about the stories and the entire model (a center of gravity) is displayed in tables and graphics.

Stay on track of the construction process with the Construction Stages Analysis (CSA) add-on for RFEM 6. In RFEM, this allows you to consider the construction process of structures (member, surface, and solid structures). Avoid potential mistakes when calculating entire models. These may easily arise when disregarding the influence of the construction process. With the helpful add-on, you can analyze the influences and consider them right up to the structural design.

The two-part add-on Optimization & Costs / CO2 Emissions Estimation for RFEM 6 / RSTAB 9 is your reliable partner for model optimization. On the one hand, it gives you the suitable parameters for parameterized models and blocks via the artificial intelligence technology (AI) of the particle swarm optimization (PSO) in order to comply with the usual optimization criteria. On the other hand, it estimates the model costs or CO2 emissions by specifying unit costs or emissions per material definition for your structural model.

Rely on the RF-LAMINATE add-on module for RFEM 5 when determining stiffness and performing stress and deflection analysis of laminate surfaces (for example, cross-laminated timber panels).

• RF-LAMINATE Add-on Module for RFEM 5

Numerous add-on modules provide design options for steel and timber connections.

• Add-on Modules for Connections for RFEM 5 / RSTAB 8

Discover the RX-TIMBER stand-alone programs. For various structural components, you can perform the design of the ultimate limit state, the serviceability limit state, and the fire resistance according to Eurocode 5.

• RX-TIMBER Glued-Laminated Beam | Design of glued-laminated timber beams
• RX-TIMBER Continuous Beam | Design of continuous beams
• RX-TIMBER Column | Design of timber columns
• RX-TIMBER Purlin | Design of coupled purlins and continuous beams
• RX-TIMBER Frame | Design of three-hinged frames with finger joint connections
• RX-TIMBER Brace | Design of stiffening truss bracing
• RX-TIMBER Roof | Design of monopitch and duopitch roofs

The structural analysis software provided by Dlubal Software can be integrated seamlessly into the Building Information Modeling (BIM) process. The large number of interfaces allows you to exchange the data of digital building models with RFEM or RSTAB.

Use the Webservice (a programmable interface) to read or write the data from or to RFEM and RSTAB.

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