Geo-Zone Tool for Load Determination

Find Your Project's Snow, Wind, and Seismic Loads with Google Maps

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Quickly Determine Loads with the GEO-ZONE TOOL: Interactive Load Zone Maps with Google Technology

Wind Simulation & Wind Load Generation

It's getting windy here! Send your structures to the digital wind tunnel using the stand-alone program RWIND 2. It simulates wind flows around structures, regardless of whether they are simple or complex.

You can easily import the generated wind loads acting on these objects into RFEM or RSTAB and use them for your further calculations.

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You should never neglect the environmental influences. The Geo-Zone Tool, located on the Snow, Wind and Seismic Zone Maps webpage, includes special zoning maps. Use these maps to quickly determine snow loads, wind speeds, and seismic data for many countries according to ASCE 7, NBC, Eurocode, and other international standards. Here you can find everything quickly at a glance.

The search function, based on Google Maps, establishes the corresponding location to determine the following:

Snow:
- Snow load zone
- Characteristic value of snow load s_k
Wind:
- Wind zone
- Fundamental basic wind velocity v_b,0
- Basic velocity pressure q_b
Seismic Actions:
- Seismic zone
- Reference peak ground acceleration a_gR
- Subsoil class, and so on
Tornados (USA only):
- Design wind speed V

The print function shows all initial values for snow, wind, and seismic actions that are necessary for load assumptions. Therefore, special areas in the Harz, Deister, and the North German Plain are included in the database.

Use the print function to get an overview of all input values for snow, wind, and seismic actions required for the load calculations.

Although the data can be manually transferred to external programs, an additional web application is available for automated data transfer. Of course, that makes things a lot easier for you.

More Information About Control via API or Web Service

The Geo-Zone Tool operates with map data and services provided by Google LLC. These Google services are not provided free of charge, which requires you to assume this financial responsibility.

For unrestricted map use, purchase a Geo-Zone Tool package in the Dlubal Webshop:

Geo-Zone Tool | 500 Requests

Geo-Zone Tool | 5000 Requests

These packages are not limited to one user, but can be used by all employees affiliated with the Dlubal company account.

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