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 UC-win/FRAME(3D) Ver.3 International Ver.3.00.02 Release ('09.03.24)
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New Product Introduction
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UC-win/FRAME(3D) is a three dimensional analysis program. It is applied
to optional shape space-framed structures. It can perform linear and nonlinear
analysis by static and dynamic load. It can also treat geometric nonlinearity.
It can collectively perform stress resultant calculation, stress and strength
verification by highway bridge specification, and limit state design calculation
by Japan Society of Civil Engineers concrete standard specification. Thus
it attains both advanced structural analysis and member design function.
Its three dimensional model can be exported to 3DS file, and can be used
by such programs as UC-win/Road.
Product Background
In recent years, the transition to "performance design" has progressed,
and the rationalization of design is gaining more and more momentum. In
March 2002 Highway Bridge Specification V Seismic Design Volume, dynamic
verification with wide application range is recommended. Forum8 has been
providing this product since November 2002. This product is based on optional
shape space-framed analysis function. We have been striving for enrichment
of three dimensional nonlinear analysis function using fiber element, live
load loading function based on influence lines analysis, and design and
verification function by highway bridge specification and Japan Society
of Civil Engineers concrete standard specification. It is possible not
only to dynamically verify bridges with metal bridge piers, reinforced
concrete bridge piers, rigid frame piers, and concrete superstructure etc.
based on Highway Bridge Specification V, but also to analyze and member
design all the frame structures consisting of steel or concrete. |
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UC-win/FRAME(3D) Ver.6＜Release May 18, 2012＞
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＜Related Information＞
- New Road and Bridge Specifications are supported.
- It supports for the standard output of the basic load diagram.
- The function to output the diagram of reaction force and numerical value of the result as the calculation result of the members to which the distributed spring (joint on the elastic bed) was given.
- Response of large-scaled model has been improved.
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Program Outline
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| Analysis |
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material characteristics |
- linear/nonlinear |
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- static - nodal point-member load, combined-extract(linear)
- dynamic - acceleration surface elevation(basement vibration)
- live load - influence lines analysis(one beam model) |
| geometric characteristics |
- infinitesimal displacement / large displacement |
calculation method
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- dynamic analysis---time-history direct integration method(Newmark β(1/4))
- eigenvalue analysis---subspace iteration method |
| element |
- beam element---linear, nonlinear(fiber element, M-phi element)
- spring element---linear, nonlinear(bilinear pattern, tri-linear pattern)
- rigid element---lumped mass, rigid zone
- distributed spring---linear(beam on elastic foundation theory applied) |
| mass |
- distributed mass(includes rotation inertia item), lumped mass(translation,
rotation) |
| viscous damping |
- Rayleigh pattern(initial stiffness, instantaneous stiffness)
- stiffness proportional pattern by element (initial stiffness, instantaneous
stiffness)
-Rayleigh damping by element(initial stiffness, instantaneous stiffness)
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calculation-verification |
- stress-strength verification(Highway BridgSpecification 3-4-5), limit
state design calculatione |
UC-win/FRAME(3D)
features overview list |
UC-1
FRAME
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UC-win/FRAME(3D) |
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Standard |
Advanced |
| Plane frame model |
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| In-plane static load (nodal point-member load-prestress load) |
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| Material linear analysis (combination-extraction)[infinitesimal displacement] |
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| Space frame model |
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| Out-of-plane static load |
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| Live load (one beam influence line analysis) |
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| Material nonlinear analysis, geometric nonlinear |
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| Dynamic load-eigenvalue analysis-fiber element |
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| M-phi element-continuous execution-three waves average-residual displacement
verification |
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OP1 |
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Addition of hysteresis for fiber element
(Bauschinger effect reinforcing bar, prestressing steel, fiber sheet, etc.) |
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OP2 |
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| Verification of stress-strength etc. |
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OP3 |
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| Animation video recording |
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OP4 |
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| M-phi & MultiRun option (OP1) |
\80,000 |
| COM3 & Advanced Hysteresis option Ver.3 (OP2) |
\100,000 |
| UC-win/Section option (OP3) |
\100,000 |
| AVI option (OP4) |
\20,000 |
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| Product function list |
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General analytical fuction
| Upper limit of node |
No limit and OS,depending on hardware |
| model |
Flat model / Steric model |
| Live-load analysis |
1 bar model |
| Static analysis function |
Combine･Extract |
| Geometric Nonlinear |
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| Axial force variation element |
Fiber element |
| 2 axes bending element |
Fiber element |
Dynamic analysis function
| Time history analytical method |
Direct integration method / Newmark-β |
| Quantity Matrix |
Distributed mass / Concentrated mass |
| Damping model (rigidity) |
Rigidity proportion by element /Rayleigh(beginning･Emomentary) |
| Arbitrary direction vibration |
NS､WE､UD |
Function related to specifications for highway bridges (specs for HBs)
| Correspondence standard |
Examination for specs HBsIII､IV
Examination for specs HBs V
(3 branches on average, residual displacement , allowable curvature, shear
capacity) |
Continuous execution
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(No limit) Continuous execution with different files |
| Bearing design |
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| Interface with other products |
Pier design / Tremble intensity calculation / UC-BRIDGE |
Function related to dynamic non-linear analysis model of bridge
| Support bridge style |
Straight bridge |
Continuous beam bridge (RC single column bridge pier) |
Tremble intensity calculation |
| Continuous beam bridge (Steel single column bridge pier) |
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| PC rigid-frame bridge |
UC-BRIDGE |
| RC Arch Bridge / Steel Arch Bridge / Steel Truss Bridge |
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| Curved bridge / Arbitrary |
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| Bridge Column |
Column |
Single Column |
Pier design |
| Filled concrete metal peer / Rigid-frame / Arbitrary |
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| Section CreationFunction |
RC / RC reinforcement |
Pier design |
| SRC / Filled concrete / Steel / PC / Rectangular / Circular / OvalHollow
/ Arbitrary |
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| M-φ･θ |
Assignment / Negative gradient / Linear (yield rigidity) / By-linear Takeda
/ Tri-linear Takeda / Tri-linear Normal / By-linear Normal (Asymmetry
impossible)Tetra-linear Takeda / Tetra-linear JR |
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| Fiber |
Steel Component:Com3 / by-linear / modified M-PConcrete:Com3 / Sakai-Kawashima
/ JSCE / Nagoya Expressway FRP / PC Steel Component |
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| Super structure |
Section Creation Function (PC component possible) |
UC-BRIDGE |
| Non-linear |
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| Asymmetry history model (Fiber element / Takeda / Non-linear elasticity
/ Centromere orientation for origin point / Centromere orientation for
origin point maximum point / etc ) |
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| Bearing |
Directionality : Arbitrary |
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| Input style |
Tremble intensity calculation |
| Spring characteristic direct / History model(Linear / By-linear / Gap /
Others ) |
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| Base |
Arbitrary direction (Asymmetry / Input style / Spring characteristic direct
/ Non-linear characteristic of ground spring / Frame model for pile foundation |
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* Plate(shell)element [Linear] / Plate(shell)element[Non-linear] / Solid
element [Linear] / Solid element [Non-linear] : Planned to be added in
the next product, Engineer's Studio(R)
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| Pier design Ver.5 |
- Automatic generation of dynamic verification model at level 2 earthquake
for reinforced concrete bridge piers including new, existing, reinforced,
and interlocking type bridge piers.
- Setup completed on specification of three wave average, allowable curvature-shear
capacity verification of bridge pier plastic hinge, and residual displacement
verification.
- Possible to confirm dynamic verification result immediately after analysis
completion by reading the model and pushing the calculation execution button.
- Possible to select the type of nonlinear member between fiber element and
M-θelement for plastic hinge.
- Considers the difference of inertia force application location between
lateral axis direction and right angle direction by bearing condition.
| Pier design Ver.5 |
UC-win/FRAME(3D) |
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 UC-1Pier design Ver.5
reinforced concrete lining reinforcement |
F3D model automatic
generation of reinforced
concrete bridge pier |
Example of interfacing with
shape section |
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| Tremble intensity calculation (pillar support design) Ver.4 |
- Automatic generation of dynamic verification model at level 2 earthquake
for reinforced concrete bridge piers including new, existing, reinforced,
and interlocking type bridge piers.
- Setup completed on specification of three wave average, allowable curvature-shear
capacity verification of bridge pier plastic hinge, and residual displacement
verification.
- Possible to confirm dynamic verification result immediately after analysis
completion by reading the model and pushing the calculation execution button.
- Possible to select the type of nonlinear member between fiber element and
M-θelement for plastic hinge.
- Considers the difference of inertia force application location between
lateral axis direction and right angle direction by bearing condition.
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| UC-BRIDGE Ver.7 |
- For superstructures and substructures, dynamic analysis models in gross
structural system consisting of PC steel products and placement information
of reinforcing steel can be created.
- Possible to create dynamic analysis models for structural system in the
construction process.
- Possible to set up damping constant for all the members (linear and non-linear),
as well as various alternatives and parameters in tabular form.
- Offers several options for drawing axis of variable cross section beams
for superstructures.
- Offers load options which convert and superimpose additional dead load
and bridge face load.
| UC-BRIDGE Ver.7 |
UC-win/FRAME(3D) |
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| UC-1 UC-BRIDGE Ver.7 |
Model is automatically created
from UC-1 UC-BRIDGE Ver.7 |
Beam of variable cross section
can be displayed. |
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 Steel Pier
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Pile Foundations
(in principle, applied to static analysis)
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Bridge with a Horizontally Load Distributing
Structure Upon Earthquake/ Quake-Absorbing Bridge
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Rigid-Frame Bridge
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Verification result (allowable stress)
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Damage judgment by response strain
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Stress resultant figure (bending moment, axial force)
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Ver.4.00.00 newly added functions (Released on January 2010) 
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<Related Page> UC-win/FRAME(3D) Ver.4 (Up and Coming 2010 New Year Special Issue) |
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- Setting initial section force to members
- Eigen value analysis in consideration of geometric rigidity
- Spread sheet style data entry of joint mass
- Vertical and horizontal division option was added to meshing methods of
fiber element section
- Automatic generation of 3D model views from 6 directions
- Changing maginification option for large displacement analysis was added
- Improved memory usage at the time of data output and reporting large scale
fiber models
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Ver.3.00.00 main additional functions (Released on March 10, 2008)
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<Related Page> UC-win/FRAME(3D) Ver.3 (UP&Coming 2008 Early Spring issue) |
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Newly revised Main feature
- Improved the calculation speed of caeigenvalue analysis and Improved the
arithmetic processing speed of analysis main division
- Expansion of section steel database
- Addition of examination the minimum amont of steel reinforcement
- Rayleigh damping by element
- Addition of allowable stress of reinforcing steel
- Improved effective depth in shear and shear reinforcement
- Improved the convergent calculation of biaxial bending unit stress
- Analysis control of the model, which is difficult to converge
- Enhanced deforcement examination of steel member
- Expansion of steel hysteresis
- Additiion of linear interpolation of a seismic wave
- Enable to link with SDNF format
- Caluculation tool, which can execute multiple files simultaneously
- Supported for Windows Vista
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Ver.2.00.00 Revisions (Released on July 28, 2006)
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Major New Features in this Version
- Addition of a feature to input nodal load, member load in tabular format
- Addition of "Sakai-Kawashima" model to concrete hysteresis.
- Addition of "Modified MP (Sakai-Kawashima)" to reinforcement
hysteresis, steel plate hysteresis, PC steel hysteresis
- Addition of "JSCE" type to concrete hysteresis
- Addition of "Mander" model to concrete hysteresis
Major Revision Features
- Addition of distance input from j edge to member distributed node
- Addition of eccentric load which loads at a location apart from skeleton
line
- Addition of axial force automatic calculation feature of spring element
with section in M-θ model
- ddition of residual displacement check feature of spring element with section
in M-θ model
- Addition of "shock absorber" model to spring quality
- Addition of "linear" type to M-phi quality
- Addition of "bilinear symmetry" and "trilinear symmetry"
to steel plate hysteresis
- Addition of 16MPa, 18MPa to concrete material data base
- Addition of Nagoya Expressway Public Corporation October 2003 edition to
bearing data base of spring quality "Nagoya Expressway rubber bearing
form"
- Addition of time history graph etc. to result screen of spring element.
The results of plural runs can be displayed individually or collectively.
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Addition of a feature to input nodal load, member load in tabular format
Tabular format input screen of nodal load, member load
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Addition of "shock absorber" model to spring quality
Spring quality of shock absorber
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New addition of concrete hysteresis
Unloading-reloading hysteresis model of laterally restrained concrete
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JSCE model
(2002 concrete standard specifications[seismic performance check volume]
model)
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Addition of axial force automatic calculation feature of spring element
with section in M-θ model
Axial force automatic calculation setting of spring element (M-θ model)
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Time-history graph output of spring element result
Time-history graph of spring element
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Program Characteristics
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Analysis
| 1. Material linearity : |
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You can perform extraction by maximum-minimum stress resultant from result
combination. (static-infinitesimal displacement time) You can apply static
load, dynamic load, or live load. |
| 2. Material nonlinearity : |
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You can perform material nonlinear analysis of frame structures correctly
in three dimensions by fiber element. You can consider geometric nonlinearity
and material nonlinearity simultaneously, and can correctly perform nonlinear
analysis of members receiving biaxial bending such as eccentric bridge
piers and bridge piers of curved-in-plan bridges. Analysis by M-phi element
is possible, which shows nonlinearity of bending only. Static load and
dynamic load can be applied. |
| 3. Geometric nonlinearity : |
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Geometric nonlinearity is given a strict consideration based on formularization
by Dr. Shigeo Gotoh (professor emeritus of Saga University). Difference
in compression-tension characteristics of cables and P-effect of eccentric
bridge piers are expressed. Geometric stiffness is updated successively. |
Load
| 1. Static load : |
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It is possible to handle nodal point load, member load(distribution-humidity-concentration),
and prestress load(arrange prestressing steel and apply direct effective
stress), and dead load can be automatically generated. It is also possible
to perform a variety of structural experiment simulations and load displacement
relation assessments by nonlinear analysis(sequence) using incremental
load by loading pattern used in positive and negative alternating experiments
of columns. |
| 2. Dynamic load : |
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Acceleration wave profiles provided by Disaster Prevention Science and
Technology Research Institute(K-NET-KiK-NET) and by Japan Meteorological
Association (JMA) can be read intact into other text files. Simultaneous
vibration in 3 directions(2 horizontal + vertical), input angle change,
and continuous execution of multiple seismic waves are also possible. |
| 3. Live load : |
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Performs stress resultant aggregation by live load loading based on influence
lines analysis of one beam model. Corresponds to T-L load and traveling
load, and can perform extraction by comparison of each stress resultant
and by maximum-minimum stress resultant. Multiple loading regions(such
as separately loading upper and lower lines) can be considered. |
Nonlinear model
| 1. Fiber element : |
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Hysteresis(material nonlinear history model) can be applied to concrete,
reinforcing bar, plate and sheet, carbon-aramid fiber, and prestressing
steel. Breaking consideration, and buckling consideration after plasticity
for reinforcing bar-plate and sheet are possible. It is an element that
can correctly consider axial force fluctuation and biaxial bending. |
| 2. M-phi element : |
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Can handle: tri-linear form(Takeda, normal, origin direction, elasticity),
bilinear form(Takeda, normal), tetra-linear form(Takeda, railway seismic
reinforced concrete member). Can also handle positive negative asymmetry
and negative gradient(partially not applicable). Applies to two dimensional
analysis under fixed axial force. |
| 3. Spring element : |
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Can handle: tri-linear form(Takeda, normal, origin direction, elasticity),
bilinear form(Takeda, normal, one-sided, Gap/Hook, Clough/slip), tetra-linear
form(Takeda, railway seismic reinforced concrete member), rubber bearing
model of Nagoya Expressway Bureau. Can also handle positive negative asymmetry
and negative gradient(partially not applicable). Not only displays plastic
hinge, but also deals with modeling of collision by girder or movement
restriction, and of device for prevention of falling off from bridges. |
Input-Result Display-Output
| 1. Input : |
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Can easily make frame model by nodal point coordinate-element direct input
(table input) and by model generator. Can combine models of different files
and can repeat arrangements by copying & pasting (merge function).
Any shape of sections and reinforcing bar arrangements can be generated
by simple generation function using wizards and by detail generation function
using outlines (shape). |
| 2. Result display-output : |
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Stress resultant figures, deformation figures, support reactions figures,
natural mode figures, time-history wave profiles, and M-phi hysteresis
can be confirmed. For fiber elements, damages can be judged by the size
of response strain. It is equipped with F8 output editing tool, and can
reports with table of contents and MS-WORD form output. |
Section Calculation-Verification
| Corresponds to stress-strength verification by Highway Bridge Specification
3-4-5, and to verification by limit state design calculation (concrete
standard specification, railway standard concrete structure). Stress calculation-flexural
capacity calculation at the time of biaxial bending is also possible. |
| 1. Linear analysis : |
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Verification results of all the focus points that are set up can be confirmed
at a glance for all the basic load cases and combined load cases. For each
load case, either stress verification method or strength verification method
can be used. For example, verifications at normal times and at the time
of an earthquake can be executed using a single model. In addition to extracting
by stress resultant, strict status for allowable stress and strength can
be extracted. |
Examples of applicable structures
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| 2. Nonlinear analysis : |
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Stress, strength, and allowable curvature for beam members can be verified.
Also, allowable displacement (translation and rotation) and residual displacement
for spring element can be verified. It also corresponds to verification
by response figure for the average of three waves, and can perform dynamic
verification based on Highway Bridge Specification V. Different performance
can be assumed for each member. For example, different allowable curvatures
can be set for the members to be made plastic and the members not to be
made plastic. |
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Stress-strain curve in accordance with highway bridge
specifications
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Damage judgment by response strain
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Fig-6
Extracting maximum/minimum sectional load cases
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 Product environment
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Product operation environment (required system)
[ Operating System ] - Microsoft Windows 2000, XP or any later versions
[ Computer ] - PC/AT or compatible system
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Essential system specification |
Recommended system specification |
| CPU |
Intel Pentium/Celeron (800MHz or greater) |
Intel Pentium/Celeron (2GHz or greater) |
| Memory |
512MB of RAM or greater |
1024MB of RAM or greater |
| Hard disk |
700MB or greater |
Approx. 700MB or greater |
| Graphic card |
OpenGL compatible with 64MB or greater graphic memory. |
Open GL compatible with 128MB or greater graphic memory. |
| Display |
1024 x 768 or greater graphic resolution 32bit colors |
1280 x 1024 or greater
graphic resolution 32bit colors |
| Others |
CD-ROM drive |
DVD-ROM drive |
Hardware Specifications |
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