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

Structural Engineering Software for Laminate & Sandwich Structures

In RFEM, perform a stress and deflection analysis of laminate and sandwich surfaces. The calculation can consider shear coupling and is carried out according to the laminate theory.

Additionally, design cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels, fiber-reinforced plastics (for example GFRP, FRP, carbon, etc.) and other multi-layer material elements.

3D Finite Element Analysis and Design

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.

FEA Software RFEM

Wind Simulation & Wind Load Generation

Use the stand-alone program RWIND Simulation for complex structures. This program simulates wind flows around any structures by means of a digital wind tunnel.

The generated wind loads acting on these objects can be imported to RFEM or RSTAB.

More About RWIND Simulation

Design of Laminate Surfaces

RF-LAMINATE performs 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

Interfaces for Data Exchange

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

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Support and Learning

Customer service is one of the fundamental pillars of the Dlubal Software company philosophy. We also offer you all the support you need for your daily work.

Customer Projects of Laminate & 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 the architectural design freedom.
Customer Projects of Laminate & Sandwich Structures

Four-Story Timber Structure in St. Georgen, Germany

The EGT Group’s new St. Georgen location was to be future-oriented designed considering 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 of Laminate & 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 of Laminate & Sandwich Structures

Office and Retail Building Palazzo Meridia, Nice, France

The Palazzo Meridia in Nice is currently the tallest CLT office building in France. The Dlubal customer CBS-Lifteam was responsible for the planning, supply and installation of the timber structure.
Customer Projects of Laminate & 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 of Laminate & 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 of five‑ply cross laminated timber (CLT) floor panels, a concrete transfer slab, and a steel framed roof.
Customer Projects of Laminate & 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.

This four story building, made of 56,700 ft³ of CLT and 1,200 ft³ of glulam material, serves the lodging needs of the Redstone Arsenal Army post.
Customer Projects of Laminate & Sandwich Structures

Look-Out Tower "Himmelsstürmer" in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany

A highlight of the 2014 State Garden Show in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany, is the look-out tower "Himmelsstürmer" which is almost 40 m high.
It is made of approximately 176 m³ of cross‑laminated timber and consists of an inner and an outer tower.
Customer Projects of Laminate & 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 of Laminate & 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 the LVL type Kerto‑Q.

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