Structural engineering FEA software RFEM is the basis of a modular software system. RFEM is used to define structures, materials, and loads for planar and spatial structural systems consisting of plates, walls, shells and members.
The program also allows you to create combined structures as well as model solid and contact elements.
In RFEM, it is possible to determine pushover curves (also called capacity curves) and export them to Excel.
This FAQ describes the procedure:
The RF‑/DYNAM Pro add-on modules allow for determination of natural vibrations, equivalent seismic loads, and so on.
A timber apartment complex with appealing architecture has been built in the Italian town of Brescia. Four housing complexes include a total of 72 housing units.
For the Lombard Institute for Residential Buildings (ALER), this has been the first project carried out in wood.
The multigenerational house with a view at Lake Constance was built as an environmentally friendly wooden structure and designed as a passive house.
Since the region is located in earthquake zone 2, it was also necessary to perform the dynamic analysis.
The monastery "Little Flower" was built in 2015, situated in beautiful scenery of green meadows, mountains and crystal-clear lakes.
The little monastery includes 18 bedrooms, a chapel, a dining room, a kitchen, and a conference room.
The railway station forecourt at Piazza Garibaldi has six hectares in size and includes parks, gardens and fountains.
Between 2005 and 2013, it was restructured along with the metro station of the same name.
Butadiene storage tanks of the French company ARLANXEO Emulsion Rubber France, one of the biggest producers of synthetic rubber NBR in the world, had to be recalculated to comply with the seismic requirements of Eurocode 8.
A hotel with extraordinary architecture was opened in Davos, Switzerland, in December 2013. The building has the shape of a ‘Golden Egg’ and is situated on a mountainside.
The hotel is elliptic in shape with all corners rounded out. It was constructed with reinforced concrete and its external dimensions are about 105 m x 40 m.
In Chile, a very extraordinary structure was finished at the end of 2014: It is the "temple of light" which is one of eight Bahá’í temples worldwide.
The unique building resembles a nine‑petalled blossom of a lotus flower.
One of the world's highest timber structures is a look‑out tower on the Pyramidenkogel, a mountain in Carinthia, Austria.
The spiral-shaped tower with a height of 100 m provides a breathtaking view over the Alps-Adriatic region.
Pushover analysis is a nonlinear structural calculation for seismic analysis of structures. The load pattern is inferred from dynamic calculation of equivalent loads. These loads are incrementally increased until the global failure of the structure occurs. The nonlinear behaviour of a building is usually represented by using plastic hinges.
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Plastic hinge in accordance to FEMA 356 (Chapter 5)
Member nonlinearity 'Plastic Hinge' with perfect-plastic definition
Incrementally increasing load of load pattern according to the dominant mode shape
Pushover curve illustrated in calculation diagrams
Coloured result display of plastic hinges
RF-DYNAM Pro - Natural Vibration: Natural vibration as graphical result display in RFEM
RF-DYNAM Pro - Forced Vibrations: Time course diagram for periodic vibration
RF-DYNAM Pro - Equivalent Loads: Equivalent loads from mode shapes
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