Friday, October 30, 2015

Abaqus Tutorial: steel truss pedestrian bridge

Simulation of a steel truss pedestrian bridge with ABAQUS/Simulia Finite Element Software














Video available here: https://youtu.be/EOONdIHUTf8




Saturday, October 17, 2015

Building Wizard 2.0 Freeware for Structural Analysis with OpenSees

Building Wizard 2.0 is a FREEWARE, interactive front-end software for the seismic analysis and assessment of buildings structures, that takes advantage of a sophisticated, Open-Source software for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (OpenSees) to provide through its graphical user’s interface: (a) conceptual assistance during the finite element analysis pre- and post-processing (b) finite element model development automations and (c) expert advice for modeling various building-specific issues that are key for the reliable prediction of structural response (such as shear wall connections, soil-structure interaction etc). Building Wizard improves the efficiency and credibility of the finite element modeling developed, particularly for the case of complex buildings structures and gives the designer more control in critical modeling decisions affecting the overall system response.