Structural Analysis Software for Renewable Energy Structures

When designing renewable energy structures, many Dlubal customers rely on RFEM and RSTAB. For example, both structural analysis programs provide useful features for the design of solar farms.

These include automatic load generation, creation of special cross-sections, connection to the COM interface, creation of super combinations to consider different inclination angles of the solar cells, and so on.

Structural FEM Analysis and Design

The structural analysis software RFEM 6 is the basis of a modular program family. The main program 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 to model solid and contact elements.

Main Program RFEM 6

Structural Frame & Truss Analysis Software

The structural frame analysis software RSTAB 9 has a similar range of functions as the FEA software RFEM. Due to the special attention to beam, frame, and truss structures, it is very easy to use and for many years, it has been the best choice for the structural analysis and design of pure structural member models.

Main Program RSTAB 9

Wind Simulation and Wind Load Generation

The RWIND 2 stand-alone program is recommended 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.

Wind Simulation Program RWIND 2

Add-ons and Add-on Modules for Design of Renewable Energy Structures

For the structural analysis and design of renewable energy structures (for example, solar power plants, photovoltaic systems, wind power plants, hydroelectric power plants, biogas plants), we recommend the add-ons and add-on modules of the Steel Structures industry. If masts are intended as a substructure for renewable energy systems, we recommend the add-on modules of the Towers and Masts industry.

Structural Analysis and Design Software for Steel Structures

Towers and Masts

Interfaces for Data Exchange

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

The Webservice (programmable interface) can be used to read or write data from/to RFEM and RSTAB.

Web Service and API

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Support and Learning

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Customer Projects | Renewable Energy Structures

Solar Power Plant in Haixi, China

In the Chinese province of Qinghai, near the city of Haixi, a complex of 23 multi-energy plants is being built, combining different technologies to generate energy from renewable resources. The complex comprises a 618.4-foot-high tower of the 50 MW solar power plant; the support structure is expected to be completed in mid-2019.
Customer Projects | Renewable Energy Structures

AIR House by Czech Student Team in Solar Decathlon 2013

With its energy-efficient solar-powered house, the student team of the Czech Technical University (CTU) in Prague achieved an outstanding 3rd place at the Solar Decathlon, an engineering competition organized by the U.S. Department of Energy.
Customer Projects | Renewable Energy Structures

Schilling Biomass Power Plant in Schwendi, Germany

One of the most modern power stations for energy production, based on renewable resources, can be found in Schwendi, Southern Germany. Following the design of Milan architect Matteo Thun, an architecturally sophisticated framework consisting of reinforced concrete, steel, and timber has been created.
Customer Projects | Renewable Energy Structures

Solar Chimney Power Plant, Germany

Within the P3 Project "Tower Constructions", students of Dortmund University in Germany designed and analyzed a solar chimney power plant.
A solar chimney is a type of solar updraft tower (SUT), a renewable-energy power plant that generates electricity from low-temperature solar heat.