The design quality of any building and the subsequent safety of its occupants and neighbors depend on the long-term structural performance of the building’s individual components as well as the combined performance of numerous joints, prestressed concrete pillars, metal structures and other components under service and extreme conditions. Compliance to increasingly demanding safety regulations requires civil engineers to involve a growing number of factors and physics -- from those of a single part to the complete building assembly within its actual environment.
From the planning and innovative design of buildings and bridges, to analyzing the interaction of soil and rock mechanics with structures, mechanical and civil engineers use software from ANSYS, which can be integrated with CivilFEM from Ingeciber, S.A. The advanced structural analysis capabilities of software from ANSYS and the specific civil engineering modules of CivilFEM combine to create a unique and powerful tool for all types of challenging civil engineering analyses -- linear, nonlinear, static and dynamic -- and design, conforming to the stringent requirements of the AEC industry.
The unequalled depth and breadth of our company’s simulation technologies enable mechanical and civil engineers to create virtual models for all types of existing and new structures such as high-rise buildings, bridges, dams, tunnels, malls, theaters, stadiums and more with great accuracy and time-to-solution efficiency. Engineered scalability delivers the right level of engineering performance, offering the ability to analyze the behavior of an important component of the structure or to model the entire virtual prototype of the structure.
In evaluating structures, engineers can also performed sensitivity and parametric studies using our software to assess the influence of a range of variables on structural strength, including concrete wall and foundation rock material properties as well as maximum load assumptions. Results are provided in various formats, including response surface plots that provide insight into design behavior that would otherwise be difficult to generate using individual single analysis runs. The studies can be used to quickly verify the performance of a structural design for a large range of assumed loads, foundations and material properties. Seeing the effect of a wide range of variables in this manner often allows engineers to narrow the scope of field investigations, thus saving considerable time and cost on projects. Running a series of studies for a variety of parameter assumptions also enables engineers to generate results showing the impact of a range of “what if” questions typically asked by regulators. Providing this level of supporting detail in a graphical format can give regulators greater confidence in a study’s conclusions and thus avoid unnecessary delays in the approval process.
By using comprehensive multiphysics solutions from ANSYS, truly innovative buildings can be designed faster. New alternative materials can be investigated and their impact on the structure of the building, the comfort of its occupants as well as the global safety can be analyzed before the construction is built. Through simulation-driven building design, cost-effective and environmentally friendly solutions can be combined with original and innovative architecture. |
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Structural integrity of the arch rotation brackets for the new Wembley Stadium
Courtesy MG Bennett & Associates Ltd.
Suspended bridge modeling
Courtesy of ingeciber s.a.
Stress analysis in a curve staircase
Courtesy of Scott Taylor
Innovative buildings, such as those designed with the help of Hilson Moran, can benefit from engineering simulation.
Courtesy of Hilson Moran |
