A Building or a structure’s Stability is dependent upon the design and analysis of the structure. In olden days, the design of the structures are made manually by following various design philosophies like Working Stress method, Limit state design and Ultimate load method. Due to Technological advancement, huge number of software are releasing into the market everyday. Among these exorbitant list of software for structural design and analysis there are few software which are very useful in designing structures like buildings, bridges, canals, towers, Marine structures, steel structures, railways, etc.,
Lower total cost of ownership: Design any type of structure including culverts, petrochemical plants, tunnels, bridges, and piles .
Increase design productivity: Streamline your workflows to reduce duplication of effort and eliminate errors.
Reduce project costs and delays: Provide accurate and economical designs to your clients and quickly turnaround change request.
Other Software for Structural design is listed below. check it out.
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1. STAAD.Pro
Design any type of structure and share your synchronized model data with confidence among your entire design team, using STAAD.Pro. Ensure on time and on budget completion of your steel, concrete, timber, aluminium, and cold-formed steel projects, regardless of complexity. You can confidently design structures anywhere in the world using over 80 international codes, reducing your team’s need to learn multiple software applications. Thanks to the flexible modelling environment and advanced features such as dynamic change revisions and management, you can:Lower total cost of ownership: Design any type of structure including culverts, petrochemical plants, tunnels, bridges, and piles .
Increase design productivity: Streamline your workflows to reduce duplication of effort and eliminate errors.
Reduce project costs and delays: Provide accurate and economical designs to your clients and quickly turnaround change request.
Design Codes
AISC 360-10 Torsion design
Canadian Steel S16-09 design including the current published amendments
Eurocode National Annexes. Additional country options added to steel and concrete designs
New Colombian seismic loading
IS:456 enhanced beam design for column effects.
STAAD.Pro is the structural engineering professional’s choice for steel, concrete, timber, aluminum, and cold-formed steel design of virtually any structure including culverts, petrochemical plants, tunnels, bridges, piles, and much more through its flexible modeling environment, advanced features, and fluent data collaboration.
Post Processing
RAM Connection module. Updated to utilize the current engine otherwise available as a standalone application.
Databases
Brazilian, updated and now including published plate girder sections
Steel joist UPT published by SJI.
Other Software for Structural design is listed below. check it out.
2. ETABS
ETABS is the ultimate integrated software package for the structural analysis and design of buildings. Incorporating 40 years of continuous research and development, this latest ETABS offers unmatched 3D object based modeling and visualization tools, blazingly fast linear and nonlinear analytical power, sophisticated and comprehensive design capabilities for a wide-range of materials, and insightful graphic displays, reports, and schematic drawings that allow users to quickly and easily decipher and understand analysis and design results.
3. SAP2000
SAP2000 has a wide selection of templates for quickly starting a new model. SAP2000 includes parametric templates for the following types of structures: Simple Beams, 3D Trusses, 3D Frames, Storage Vessels, Staircases, Dam Structures, and Pipes.
View and manipulate analytical and physical models with great precision. Easily define custom views and developed elevations to view and manipulate complex geometry with ease.
SAP2000 automatically create joints at structural object intersections or internal joints when meshing structural objects. Joint coordinates and information may be displayed on screen in the model window or in tabular format.
4.Cype
5.RoboCAD
6. Revit
7. SAFE
8.TEKLA
9.ANSYS
10.COMSOL
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