Analysis & Design Software for Laminate, Sandwich, and Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) Structures

Structural Engineering Software for Laminate & Sandwich Structures

If you want your laminate or sandwich surfaces to withstand the usage, you can rely on stress and deflection analyses in the Dlubal structural analysis program RFEM. The calculation can consider shear coupling and is carried out according to the laminate theory.

You can use this design type, for example, for cross-laminated timber elements (CLT), fiber-reinforced plastics, such as FRP, GRP, GFRP, or carbon material, and many others.

EGOIN | egoin.com
sblumer ZT GmbH | www.sblumer.com
Ing. Albert Admetlla Font Kmod Enginyeria en Fusta SL
Pirmin Jung | www.pirminjung.de
Blumer-Lehmann AG | www.blumer-lehmann.ch

Structural FEM Analysis and Design

The successful structural analysis program RFEM 6 by Dlubal Software is the basis of a modular program family that you can customize and combine according to your precise requirements. In the main program RFEM, you can define structures, materials, and loads of planar and spatial structural systems consisting of plates, walls, shells, and members. Furthermore, you can create combined structures as well as model solid and contact elements.

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Wind Simulation and Wind Load Generation

Do your structures have to withstand every gust of wind? Then it is best to use the Dlubal stand-alone program RWIND 2. We particularly recommend it for complex model shapes. There are wind flows around all structures simulated in a digital wind tunnel.

You can easily import your generated wind loads acting on these objects into RFEM or RSTAB. Thus, you can complete your project there.

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Design of Laminate Surfaces

If you want your laminate surfaces to withstand the usage, you can rely on the RF‑LAMINATE add-on module for RFEM 5. It performs precise stress and deflection analysis of laminate surfaces under consideration of shear coupling (cross-laminated timber elements, fiberglass, carbon, and so on).

RF-LAMINATE Add-on Module for RFEM 5

Consideration of Construction Stages

Stay on track of the construction process with the Construction Stages Analysis (CSA) add-on for RFEM 6. In RFEM, this allows you to consider the construction process of structures (member, surface, and solid structures). Avoid potential mistakes when calculating entire models that arise when neglicting the influence of the construction process. With this add-on, you can analyze the influences and consider them right up to the structural design.

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Interfaces for Data Exchange

The Dlubal structural analysis software can be integrated seamlessly into the Building Information Modeling (BIM) process. The large number of interfaces allows you to exchange the data of digital building models with RFEM or RSTAB.

Use the Webservice (a programmable interface) to read or write the data from or to RFEM and RSTAB.

Webservice and API

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

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Free Structural Models to Download

Customer Projects | Laminate and Sandwich Structures

CLT Residential Building in Girona, Spain

EGOIN SA was awarded a timber design project for 35 new CLT apartments in Girona, Spain. Cross-laminated timber (CLT) was selected as the building material due to its sustainability, ability to filter CO₂, and architectural design freedom.
Customer Projects | Laminate and Sandwich Structures

Four-Story Timber Structure in St. Georgen, Germany

The EGT Group’s new St. Georgen location was to have a future-oriented design, taking into consideration both energy efficiency and sustainability. The new four-story oval building consists mainly of timber and was constructed in just four short weeks.
Customer Projects | Laminate and Sandwich Structures

University of Arkansas Library Annex, Fayetteville, AR, USA

Designed to store nearly 2 million library volumes and works of art, the University of Arkansas Library Annex in Fayetteville was built with cross-laminated timber (CLT) roofs, walls, and floors, and glulam beams, columns, and moment frames.
Customer Projects | Laminate and Sandwich Structures

Palazzo Meridia Office and Retail Building, Nice, France

Palazzo Meridia in Nice is currently the tallest CLT office building in France. Dlubal customer CBS-Lifteam was responsible for the planning, supply, and installation of the timber structure.
Customer Projects | Laminate and Sandwich Structures

Conversation Plinth in Columbus, IN

The Conversation Plinth is a collaboration between IKD, a Boston-based architectural design firm; Bensonwood; SMARTLAM, the first CLT manufacturer in the US; and Clemson University’s Wood Utilization and Design Institute....
Customer Projects | Laminate and Sandwich Structures

18-Story Mass Timber Hybrid Student Residence, Canada

Brock Commons is a student residence currently under construction at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.

The mass timber hybrid structure comprises five‑ply cross-laminated timber (CLT) floor panels, a concrete transfer slab, and a steel framed roof.
Customer Projects | Laminate and Sandwich Structures

Candlewood Suites on Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, USA

The New Candlewood Suites on Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, is the first cross‑laminated timber (CLT) hotel constructed in the US.
62,930.7 ft³ of cross-laminated timber and 12,925.1 ft³ of glued-laminated timber were used for the four-story hotel with 92 rooms.
Customer Projects | Laminate and Sandwich Structures

"Himmelsstürmer" Lookout Tower in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany

A highlight of the 2014 State Garden Show in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany, is the "Himmelsstürmer" lookout tower, which is almost 131.2 feet high.
It is made of approximately 6,215 ft³ of cross‑laminated timber and consists of an inner and an outer tower.
Customer Projects | Laminate and Sandwich Structures

Wood Carving Workshop in Val Gardena, Italy

An extraordinary project of a new workshop for wood carving art was realized in Val Gardena, South Tyrol.
As the triangulated facade could be used only partially for load application, the building was a great challenge for the responsible timber construction engineer.
Customer Projects | Laminate and Sandwich Structures

Metropol Parasol in Seville, Spain

The Metropol Parasol is a hybrid structure consisting of timber, concrete, steel, and composite steel.
The most interesting and impressive part of the building is the accessible timber roof structure consisting of multi-layer glued timber panels of LVL type Kerto‑Q.

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Models to Download

Find a variety of structural analysis models of laminate, sandwich, and cross-laminated timber structures to download, which you can use for training purposes or for your projects.