Steel and Aluminium Structures Add-on Modules

For Structures Consisting of Steel, Stainless Steel, Aluminium, and Other Metals

The main programs RFEM and RSTAB are based on a modular software system. The following list provides an overview of the add-on modules available for the industries of steel structures as well as metal, aluminium, and lightweight structures.

The add-on modules allow design of members and surfaces according to Eurocode (including numerous National Annexes) and other international standards.

RF-/STEEL Add-on Module for RFEM/RSTAB

The RF-/STEEL add‑on module performs general stress analysis by calculating the existing stresses and comparing the results with limit stresses.

RF-/STEEL EC3 Add-on Module for RFEM/RSTAB

The RF-/STEEL EC3 add-on module can carry out all characteristic designs of the ultimate limit state and fire resistance as well as stress and deformation analyses for steel members according to Eurocode 3.

All important National Annexes are integrated.

RF-/STEEL Warping Torsion Module Extension

RF-/STEEL Warping Torsion is an extension of the RF‑/STEEL EC3 and RF-/STEEL AISC add‑on modules.

The program performs warping torsion analysis of members according to the second-order theory with 7 degrees of freedom and application of imperfections with regard to mode shapes.

RF-/STEEL Plasticity Module Extension

RF-/STEEL Plasticity is an extension of the RF‑/STEEL EC3 add‑on module. In RF‑/STEEL Plasticity, the following design methods are available:

Cross-sections consisting of two or three sheets (I-, C-, Z-, L‑sections, channels, tees), flat steel, pipes, and hollow sections according to the Partial Internal Forces Method (PIF‑method) with redistribution by Kindmann / Frickel
Elliptical cross‑sections with analytical nonlinear optimization procedure
Methods for general cross‑sections:
- Partial Internal Forces Method without redistribution by Kindmann / Frickel
- Simplex Method

RF-/STEEL Cold-Formed Sections Module Extension

RF-/STEEL Cold-Formed Sections is an extension of the RF-/STEEL EC3 add-on module. With this program, you can perform ultimate and serviceability state design for cold-formed steel members according to EN 1993-1-3 and EN 1993-1-5.

RF-/STEEL AISC Add-on Module for RFEM/RSTAB

The RF-/STEEL AISC add‑on module is applicable for the ultimate and the serviceability limit state designs of members according to the American standards ANSI/AISC 360‑05, ANSI/AISC 360‑10, and ANSI/AISC 360‑16.

RF-/STEEL SIA Add-on Module for RFEM/RSTAB

The RF-/STEEL SIA add‑on module performs all required designs of the ultimate and the serviceability limit state for steel members according to the Swiss standard SIA 263.

RF-/STEEL IS Add-on Module for RFEM/RSTAB

The RF-/STEEL IS add‑on module designs steel members for the ultimate and the serviceability limit state according to the Indian standard IS 800:2007.

RF-/STEEL BS Add-on Module for RFEM/RSTAB

The RF-/STEEL BS add‑on module is perfectly suited to the ultimate and the serviceability limit state design of steel members according to the standards

BS 5950‑1:2000 (British standard),
BS EN 1993‑1‑1 (Eurocode 3: British National Annex).

RF-/STEEL GB Add-on Module for RFEM/RSTAB

The RF-/STEEL GB add‑on module is an ideal tool for all required designs of the ultimate and the serviceability limit state for steel members according to the Chinese standard GB 50017‑2003.

RF-/STEEL CSA Add-on Module for RFEM/RSTAB

The RF-/STEEL CSA add‑on module performs the ultimate and the serviceability limit state of steel members according to the Canadian standards CSA S16‑14 and CSA S16‑19.

RF-/STEEL AS Add-on Module for RFEM/RSTAB

The RF-/STEEL AS add‑on module allows to design steel members for the ultimate and the serviceability limit state design according to the Australian standard AS 4100‑1998 + Annex 1 ‑ 1999.

RF-/STEEL NTC-DF Add-on Module for RFEM/RSTAB

The RF-/STEEL NTC-DF add‑on module is used for the ultimate and the serviceability limit state design of steel members according to the Mexican standard NTC‑RCDF (2004).

RF-/STEEL SP Add-on Module for RFEM/RSTAB

The RF-/STEEL SP add‑on module applies the Russian standard SP 16.13330.2017 to all required designs of the ultimate and the serviceability limit state for steel members.

RF-/STEEL SANS Add-on Module for RFEM/RSTAB

The RF-/STEEL SANS add‑on module can carry out the ultimate and the serviceability limit state design of steel members according to the South African standard SANS 10162‑1:2011.

RF-/STEEL NBR Add-on Module for RFEM/RSTAB

The RF-/STEEL NBR add‑on module designs steel members for the ultimate and the serviceability limit state according to the Brazilian standard ABNT NBR 8800:2008.

RF-/STEEL HK Add-on Module for RFEM/RSTAB

The RF-/STEEL HK add‑on module performs the ultimate and the serviceability limit state design of steel members according to the Code of Practice for the Structural Use of Steel 2011 (Buildings Department - Hong Kong)

RF-/STEEL Fatigue Members Add-on Module for RFEM/RSTAB

The RF-/STEEL Fatigue Members add‑on modules allows for fatigue designs of members and sets of members according to EN 1993‑1‑9.

RF-/ALUMINUM Add-on Module for RFEM/RSTAB

The RF-/ALUMINUM add‑on module designs aluminium members for the ultimate and the serviceability limit state according to EN 1991‑1‑1:2007 (Eurocode 9).

RF-/ALUMINUM ADM Add-on Module for RFEM/RSTAB

The RF-/ALUMINUM ADM add‑on module is applicable for the ultimate and the serviceability limit state designs of members according to the American standards ADM 2010, ADM 2015 and ADM 2020.

RF-/PLATE-BUCKLING Stand-Alone Program or Add-on Module for RFEM/RSTAB

RF-/PLATE-BUCKLING allows plate buckling analysis of rectangular plates according to the standard EN 1993‑1‑5 or DIN 18800‑3:1990‑11.

It is possible to apply horizontal or vertical stiffeners to the plates (flat plates, angles, T‑stiffeners, trapezoidal stiffeners, channel sections).

RF-/FE-LTB Add-on Module for RFEM/RSTAB

The RF-/FE-LTB add‑on module is used to detach planar sub-structures from spatial RFEM/RSTAB models to calculate them according to the second‑order analysis for torsional buckling considering warping.

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