FORUM8 has won the
3D blind analysis contest by using "Engineer's Studio(R)" |
On July 8, 2010, a combined team formed by Forum8 employee and the
president of A-Works, Hiroki Aoto, Tokyo city university Professor,
Hiromichi Yoshikawa were commended for "Destruction analysis blind
analysis contest result the commendation of the bridge column
earthquake proofing experiment used nature mortar". The team's bridge
earthquake proofing experiment results of research announcement meeting
(sponsorship (Germany) Natl. Res. Inst. for Earth Sci. and Disaster
Prevention) in 2010 emerged as winners and were named champions.
The analyzed object's column support was predicted as an amount of
model earthquake proofing RC supporting column used nature mortar
(HPFRCC) which does not grow on for a pillar basal part in the next
generation. We analyzed it with Engineer 's Studio and were able to
predict experimental results with high precision.
■Outline of "Engineer's
Studio(R)"
Engineer's Studio(R), 3D FEM analysis program is in house development
from pre-processing and calculation engine to post-processing.
This program analysis non-linear behavior of structure by modeling with
beam elements considering a part of civil engineering and building
structure as one bar or continuous plate elements.
Program Features
Main feature in analysis is that implement the 3D filer elements, which
have ever received a good reputation and many actual results in
UC-win/FRAME(3D) and the plate elements based on the Reissner-Mindlin
theory and also static / dynamic analysis are available, considering
material nonlinearity and geometric nonlinearity(Large Displacement)
simultaneously.
Plate elements can have laminated structures, consists of layers which
direct to the thickness way and define each setting for different type
of materials between each layers or linear/non/linearity.
Reinforcement concrete non linear constitutive equation is adopted as
concrete constitutive equation applied to the plate elements, which was
developed by the concrete laboratory in Tokyo University.
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