FEA Troubleshooting and Optimization in RFEM
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This webinar demonstrates how to troubleshoot FEA modeling errors while optimizing the model input with helpful workflows and approaches in RFEM.
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FEA Troubleshooting and Optimization in RFEMThis webinar demonstrates how to troubleshoot FEA modeling errors while optimizing the model input with helpful workflows and approaches in RFEM.
Time Schedule
| 00:00 | Introduction |
| 03:00 | Member instability using RF-STABILITY |
| 12:25 | Member critical load instability |
| 19:04 | Surface critical load instability |
| 24:10 | FE mesh size optimization |
| 30:50 | Adaptive mesh refinement tool |
| 35:00 | Singularities and average regions |
| 42:42 | Singularities and rigid members |
| 47:00 | Member eccentricity general considerations |
| 55:44 | Member eccentricity and composite behavior |
| 59:44 | Nonlinear line releases |
| 1:04:35 | Conclusion |
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Amy Heilig, PE
CEO - USA Office
Sales & Technical Support Engineer
Amy Heilig is the CEO of the USA office located in Philadelphia, PA. In addition, she provides sales and technical support and continues to aid in the development of Dlubal Software programs for the North American market.
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Free online webinar RFEM Troubleshoot Instability FE mesh refinement Stability
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
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Concrete Stiffness Modification in RFEM 6 According to ACI 318-19 and CSA A23.3-19
In accordance with Sect. 6.6.3.1.1 and Sect. 10.14.1.2 out of the ACI 318-19 and CSA A23.3-19 respectively, RFEM effectively takes into consideration concrete member and surface stiffness reduction for various element types.
Extended Display of Strains in RFEM
Display extended strains of members, surfaces and solids (for example, the important principal strains, equivalent total strains, and so on) in the Project Navigator - Results in RFEM as well as in Table 4.0.
For example, you can display governing plastic strains when performing the plastic design of connections with surface elements.
- After activating a layered FE mesh, the axis orientation is automatically reset to the default. How can I keep the defined axes after layering the FE mesh?
- How can I perform a stability/buckling analysis on a plate structure?
- I have calculated a pre-deformed structure according to the second-order analysis with RF-STABILITY and RF-IMP. Why are the deformations of the CO smaller than the applied pre-deformation?
- I have to dimension a wall bracket (steel brackets). I have modeled it as surface components in RFEM. The question: Which module can be used to calculate these steel brackets?
- Is it possible to import the coordinates of another point?
- How can I define an FE mesh refinement in RFEM 6? In RFEM 5, this was available in the Data navigator.
- Is it possible to display the deformation analysis of a surface (limit 0.5‰)?
- Is it possible to design single-layer reinforced surfaces with RFEM 6?
- Can I switch the required reinforcement in the result tables from "mesh nodes" to "grid points?"
- In RFEM 6, I am looking for the line releases known from RFEM 5. Are they no longer available in RFEM 6?
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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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