Competitive meshing and finite elements calculation
Reinforced concrete and steel dimensioning
"Considering the model complexity, we needed a program with a powerful calculation engine on one hand, and advanced modeling and post-processing functionalities on the other."
Diana Zagaican, Inginerie Structurala
Advance Design
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Available functionalities |
Standard | Professional Concrete | Professional Steel | Premium |
| MODELLING ELEMENTS | ||||
| • 2D and 3D structures |
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| • Linear elements: beam, S beam, cable, tie, strut, bar | |
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| • Planar elements: shell, plate, membrane, plane strain | |
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| • Punctual, linear and surface supports; rigid, elastic and T/C type |
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| • Punctual, linear and surface loads, mass, liquid pressure loads, supports displacements | |
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| • Windwall elements for loads | |
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| • Libraries with predefined elements: portal frames, trusses, linear vaults, planar vaults | |
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| • Load case families: Self Weight, Live Loads, Snow, Wind, Seism, Temperatures, Accidental Loads | |
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| • DOF's Master-slave link | |
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| • Fast definition of haunches for linear elements | |
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| • Semi-rigid links between linear elements with user defined nonlinear behavior | |
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| • Compound cross sections. | |
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| • Seismic spectrum for Morocco | |
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| CROSS SECTIONS LIBRARIES | ||||
| • Defined cross sections: concrete, wood, steel | |
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| • Cross section libraries: European Profiles, Otua Profiles | |
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| • The "Cross Sections" application for geometrical parameters calculation, including torsion properties (Iw) and shear areas. | |
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| • Advance Steel cross sections (also available for the "Steel Design" application - steel elements calculation and verification) | |
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| MATERIALS LIBRARIES | ||||
| • Concrete (STAS 10107/0-90; ENV-206; NFP 18-406) | |
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| • Steel (EN 10025-2 - 6; EN 10210 -1; EN 10219-1) | |
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| • Wood (NFP 21-400) | |
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| MESHING ENGINES | ||||
| • Automatic Mesh: Delaunay and Grid | |
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| • Mesh refining: progressive, local and parametric refining | |
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| • Meshing along geometric lines | |
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| ANALYSIS TYPES | ||||
| • Static analysis | |
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| • Modal analysis | |
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| • Seismic analysis (P100/2006; PS 92, RPS2000, Eurocode 8) | |
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| • Nonlinear static analysis 2nd order | |
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| • Generalised buckling | |
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| • Time-History analysis | |
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| • The finite elements calculation can be performed in several steps | |
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| CLIMATIC GENERATORS | ||||
| • Snow and Wind - NV65-84/2000, NP 082-04, CR 1-1-3/2000, EC1 | |
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| AUTOMATIC GENERATOR OF LOADS COMBINATIONS | ||||
| • CR 0-2005 | |
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| • BAEL91 | |
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| • CM66 | |
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| • EC 0 | |
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| • Newmark | |
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| • Defined combinations (user models can be post-processed) | |
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| REINFORCED CONCRETE CALCULATION | ||||
| • Theoretical reinforcement area for linear and planar elements, longitudinal reinforcement, transverse reinforcement and minimal reinforcement area | |
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| • Concrete columns verification using the interaction curves | |
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| • Punching check | |
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| • Crack opening check | |
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| • Implemented regulations: STAS 10101/0-92, BAEL91, EC2 | |
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| • Theoretical reinforcement area due to torsion effect | |
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| CALCULATION AND VERIFICATION OF STEEL ELEMENTS | ||||
| • Buckling length, lateral-torsional buckling length and deflections calculation | |
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| • Resistance, stability and deflections verification | |
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| • Steel cross section optimisation | |
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| • Implemented regulations: CM66; EC3 | |
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| IMPORT AND EXPORT | ||||
| • Import: Effel, IFC, SDNF, PSS, CIS2, DXF | |
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| • BIM synchronisation with GRAITEC compatible software | |
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| REPORTS GENERATOR | ||||
| • Predefined calculation reports | |
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| • Parametric calculation reports | |
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| • User-defined calculation reports | |
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| • Image insertion | |
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| • Automatic update of calculation reports | |
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| • Export calculation reports to Word, Excel, PDF files | |
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| POST-PROCESSING | ||||
| • Advanced Technology "Result Memory" | |
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| • Post-processing templates that can be used in other models | |
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| • Automatic update of calculation reports and saved views | |
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| • Result curves | |
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| • Interactive Iso regions | |
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| • Seismic analysis with eigen mode results | |
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| • Nonlinear analysis with step by step results | |
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| • Time-History analysis with results which fluctuate in time | |
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| • Torsors on walls and groups of walls | |
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Download the list of functionalities for Advance Design 2010 in PDF format