by Naim Ayoub Product technical specialist Abstract This article presents application examples of nonlinear advanced supports. The purpose is to highlight how these supports work and the different mechanisms they have. Keywords: Advance Design, Advanced Supports, Nonlinear Analysis. 1.Introduction Some structures require special type of supports such as: Supports that work only in tension or compression (tension or compression only supports). Supports that allow displacements/rotations within specified limits. Once these limits are reached, the supports are activated and no further displaceme ..read more

by Thibaut Frette Product technical specialist Abstract In this article, we will design an Angle section in pure compression, considering its principal axes (u-u & v-v).   Keywords: Advance Design, Angle, Eurocode 3, EN 1993-1-1 1.Introduction ke most steel structural members, angle sections are designed not in their geometrical axes (y-y & z-z, parallel to the legs) but in their principal axes (u-u & v-v). 2.    Theory The Eurocode 3 convention for member axes refers to the axes about which the moment acts. For most sections, that would be the geometrical ..read more

by Thibaut Frette Product technical specialist Abstract In this article, we will compute the shelter factor that applies to a free-standing wall to account for the presence of an upwind wall or fence.   Keywords: Advance Design, wall, free-standing wall, Eurocode 1, EN1991-1-4, return corner 1.Introduction In a previous publication, we have covered the determination of wind forces on a free-standing wall at the Eurocode 1:   https://civil-engineering-design.com/2022/07/19/wind-action-on-free-standing-walls-at-the-eurocode-1/ The present article goes one step further by considering th ..read more

by Naim Ayoub Product technical specialist Abstract This article presents application examples of nonlinear advanced supports. The purpose is to highlight how these supports work and the different mechanisms they have. Keywords: Advance Design, Advanced Supports, Nonlinear Analysis. 1.Introduction Some structures require special type of supports such as: Supports that work only in tension or compression (tension or compression only supports). Supports that allow displacements/rotations within specified limits. Once these limits are reached, the supports are activated and no further displaceme ..read more

by Mateusz Budziński Structural Analysis Product Line Manager Abstract  In this article, you will find out what geometry possibilities are available for selected Advance Design reinforced concrete modules – RC Beam, RC Column and RC Footing. Keywords: Advance Design, Reinforcement, Beam, Column, Foundation, Geometry Introduction One of the characteristics of good and universal design software is flexibility in the range of supported geometry types. Indeed, what if our software allows a full range of analysis, if it supports only one or two basic geometric types. Therefore, Advance Design ..read more

by Kamil Dziedzic Solution technical specialist Abstract In this article you will see how our new Masonry design module can handle walls modeled in Advance Design. Keywords: #AdvanceDesign #Masonry Starting with Advance Design 2023 you can model and design Masonry Walls according to Eurocode, NTC and CR6 codes. In order to correctly cover full approach following novelties were implemented: FEM calculations – in the definition of masonry materials (single/two-layer/re-layered, slotted hollow/filled); FEM calculations – in the definition of rotary/translational edge releases, including single-s ..read more

by Adriana Gherlan Steel PowerPack Manager Abstract This article is the second one in a series of 3. In this series, you will find basic information about Advance Design Steel Connection: what it is, how it can be used, and which are the main features of the module. This second article will explain how to use the Advance Design Steel Connection module in the Advance Design environment. Keywords: #steeldesign #connections #advancedesign 1. Advance Design environment Advance Design allows the creation of different types of connections between the steel profiles. Connections can be created in the ..read more

by Adriana Gherlan Steel PowerPack Manager Abstract This article is the first one in a series of 3. In this series you will find basic information about Advance Design Steel Connection: what it is, how it can be used and which are the main features of the module. Keywords: #steeldesign #connections #advancedesign 1. The History The Advance Design Steel Connection module is the evolution of a French local product Melody Attache. Even if today GRAITEC French customers are using the local product, because of the evolution of the software industry, Advance Design Steel Connection was born.  A ..read more

by Thibaut FRETTÉ Product Technical Specialist Abstract In this article, we will apply the procedure from the EN1991-1-4 to estimate the wind forces on a free-standing wall with a return corner.   Keywords: Advance Design, wall, free-standing wall, Eurocode 1, EN1991-1-4, return corner 1. Introduction Free-standing walls are covered in §7.4.1 from EN1991-1-4. This part is intended towards fences as well as buildings with so many openings that they should be designed as per §7.3 (canopy roofs) and §7.4 (free-standing walls). 2. Theory The Eurocode 1 defines two types of free-standing wall ..read more

by Mateusz BUDZIŃSKI Structural Analysis Product Line Manager Abstract  In this article, you will find out what impact the changes made in the latest version of Advance Design have had on computation time. Keywords: Advance Design, 2023 release, Performance, Calculation time Introduction The latest version of Advance Design brings a great number of changes and enhancements in many fields of the program. One of the most visible changes are improvements related to the speed of computation and the way data is stored. This short article will show the impact of these changes. Description of ch ..read more