Aluminum Design | Strength and Stability | Results

You know for sure that when connecting tension-loaded components with bolted connections, you need to consider the cross-section reduction due to the bolt holes in the ultimate limit state design. The structural analysis programs also have a solution for this. In the Aluminum Design add-on, you can enter a member local section reduction for this. Enter the reduction of the cross-section as an absolute value or as a percentage of the total area at all relevant locations.

Did you use the eigenvalue solver of the add-on to determine the critical load factor within the stability analysis? In this case, you can then display the governing mode shape of the object to be designed as a result.

• Calculation of deflections and comparison with the normative or manually adjusted limit values
• Consideration of a precamber for the deflection analysis
• Different limit values are possible, depending on the design situation type
• Manual Adjustment of Reference Lengths and Segmentation by Direction
• Calculation of deflections related to the initial structure or to the deformed structure
• Further detailed design checks depending on the selected design standard (for example, vibration design according to EN 1999‑1‑1, 7.2.3)
• Graphical result display integrated in RFEM/RSTAB; for example, the design ratio of a limit value, or the deformation or the sag
• Complete integration of the results into the RFEM/RSTAB printout report