The successful general redevelopment of AQUAtherm has been providing year-round swimming pleasure in Straubing since 2021. The structure of the indoor swimming pool is something very special.
The Lesotho Highlands Water Project is a multi-phase binational project carried out by the Kingdom of Lesotho together with the Republic of South Africa.
This hydraulic dam project, located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region (PACA), included design consideration for the control valve’s rotational axis deformation, maximum stress, and material fatigue behavior.
In 1936, a water tower holding 211,000 US gallons was built in Kladno-Rozdělov, Czech Republic. The existing and new supporting steel structures were repurposed as the new administrative building of VKM a.s.
On the Mediterranean island of Formentera, a new cross-laminated timber building was constructed, which is used by a sailing school and a water sports center. The one-story building consists of two separate sections that are connected by low-lying glued-laminated beams in the roof area.
A kindergarten, designed according to Building Information Modeling (BIM), is currently under construction in the Tyrolean municipality of Schwoich. The digital 3D model accompanies the construction project from design until completion.
The architectural planning was performed with Autodesk Revit. The structural model, including cross-sections, materials, loads, and so on, was exported to RFEM with the direct interface and designed there.
As a part of the expansion works of the Elbe‑Havel Canal, the Güsen road bridge was replaced with a new bridge in the same location. This new construction was necessary because the clear width and height of the existing bridge were insufficient for the upcoming development of the waterway.
The "Pneumatic Wedge Method" is a new method for the construction of double-curved concrete surfaces using pneumatic formwork. The advantage of this method is that elaborate structures for molds and scaffolding are no longer needed.
Using the "Pneumatic Wedge Method", the Vienna University of Technology has built a double-curved concrete shell as part of a research project. The deformation process and the final structural conditions have been checked with RFEM.
In January 2011, the Salvador Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg in Florida, USA, opened its doors to the public. It contains the largest collection of Dalí’s artwork outside Spain, including oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, graphics, photographs, and sculptures.
The sluice gate is based on a pressure segment used to control the water level of the weir. The flap width is 23 ft, the total width of the structure is 34 ft. It is possible to dam water to a maximum height of 18 ft. The structure is made of S 355 steel.
In October 2010, the Waterside Theatre opened its doors in Aylesbury, near London. In its floor plan and roof structure, the town's new emblem mirrors the shape of the Chiltern Hills in Southeast England.
The bar-shaped timber columns in the inside and outside areas refer to the depths of the forest. The facade's construction has an external supporting structure, which means that the building's envelope is actually built inside (reversed facade); it has a peanut-shaped floor plan with six different radii of curvature.
The project for designing a filter/dryer device, including agitator, required a complete stress and deformation analysis in RFEM. The complex modeling of the structure, which had 1,424 surfaces, 158 solids, and 425 members, represented a special design challenge.