- Design of members and continuous members for tension, compression, bending, shear, and combined internal forces
- Stability analysis for lateral-torsional buckling and buckling according to the equivalent member method or the second order analysis
- Serviceability limit state design by limitation of deflections
- Free configuration of charring time and charring rates, as well as free choice of charring sides for fire design
- Design of tapered and curved beams consisting of glulam timber
- Material and cross‑section library based on the Canadian standard
- User-defined entry of rectangular and circular cross-sections
- Automatic cross-section optimization
- Optional import of buckling lengths from the RF-STABILITY/RSBUCK module
- Detailed result documentation including references to design equations of the used standard
- Various filtering and sorting options of results
- Consideration of moisture service conditions
- Visualization of design criterion on RFEM/RSTAB model
- Data export to MS Excel
- Units metric and imperial
RF-/TIMBER CSA | Features
The cross-section resistance design analyzes tension and compression along the grain, bending, bending and tension/compression as well as the strength in shear due to shear force.
The design of structural components at risk of buckling or lateral buckling is performed according to the Equivalent Member Method and considers the systematic axial compression, bending with and without compression force as well as bending and tension. The deflection of inner spans and cantilevers is compared to the maximum allowable deflection.
Separate design cases allow for a flexible and stability analysis of members, sets of members, and loads.
Design-relevant parameters such as such as stability analysis, load duration in case of fire, member slendernesses, and limit deflection can be adjusted as desired.
After opening the add-on module, it is necessary to select the members/sets of members, load cases, load or result combinations for the ultimate and the serviceability limit state design. The materials from RFEM/RSTAB are preset and can be adjusted in RF-/TIMBER CSA. Material properties listed in the respective standard are included in the material library.
When checking the cross-sections, you can specify whether to consider a cross-section selected in RFEM/RSTAB, or a modified cross-section. Then, you can define the load duration classes, the moisture service conditions, and timber treatment.
The deformation analysis requires the reference lengths of the relevant members and sets of members. Furthermore, you can define a specific direction of deflection, precamber and the beam type.
For fire resistance design, you can define the charring sides of a member or set of members.
- Design of members and continuous members for tension, compression, bending, shear, and combined internal forces
- Stability analysis for lateral-torsional buckling and buckling according to the equivalent member method or the second order analysis
- Serviceability limit state design by limitation of deflections
- Free configuration of charring time and charring rates, as well as free choice of charring sides for fire design
- Design of tapered and curved beams consisting of glulam timber
- Material and cross‑section library based on the Canadian standard
- User-defined entry of rectangular and circular cross-sections
- Automatic cross-section optimization
- Optional import of buckling lengths from the RF-STABILITY/RSBUCK module
- Detailed result documentation including references to design equations of the used standard
- Various filtering and sorting options of results
- Consideration of moisture service conditions
- Visualization of design criterion on RFEM/RSTAB model
- Data export to MS Excel
- Units metric and imperial
Using the "Beam Panel" thickness type, you can model timber panel elements in 3D space. You just specify the surface geometry and the timber panel elements are generated using an internal member-surface construct, including the simulation of the connection flexibility.