All new ways of steel connection design with Idea Statica
John Hadji Argyris, Professor Ray W. Clough, and Olek Zienkiewicz are well-known for their roles as forefathers of the Finite Element Method. Finite Element Method has now been expanded upon by a plethora of researchers. There is no shortage of commercial FEM software for civil and structural engineering, but when it comes to steel connection design, none stand in comparison to Idea Statica’s proprietary CBFEM technology and the astonishing simplicity with which it generates geometry.
Why Idea Statica is different from others ?
Idea Statica is developed by Lubos Sabatka and his team. Since the software was calibrated using extensive laboratory evaluations in the universities on a wide variety of connection specimens, it stands out from other commercially available connection design softwares. As a result, Civil & Structural Engineers all over the world may now put the power of FEM in steel connection design in the palm of their hands, putting an end to the period of formula-based softwares.
Two academic teams spent years doing innumerable lab experiments. All of this work is being done to prove that the CBFEM method’s underlying calculational concepts are sound and accurate across a variety of codes. And hence the fact that nearly 7,000 customers all around the world have chosen Idea Statica as their software of choice speaks volumes.
Structural steel Connection design has never been such an intuitive and interesting process. But now with Idea Statica, you can generate an optimum connection design that is near to being accurate. Idea Statica is the only product that can make the laborious process of designing steel connections into a useful solution for your day-to-day work irrespective of the degree of difficulty in either the geometry or the loading. You are able to design, and code check any steel connection details that are required for your project. In addition to this, obtain a detailed report with all the codal references for each step.
What are the design Possibilities in Idea Statica ?
Whether you need a welded or bolted structural steel connection, IDEA StatiCa can help you design it. It streamlines the procedure of creating connections by: The innately intuitive design of steel connections ranging from the simplest to the most complicated, Results of a pass/fail test for 2D/3D, CHS/HSS steel connections according to AISC, EN, and other country standards, Any loading for axial, shear, and moment connections, 250 templates, 10,000+ configurations, facility of chekbot which helps you importing the connection geometry from various detailing softwares, the comprehensive study, which includes information on the structure’s rigidity, seismicity, and buckling
With Idea Statica, you can perform the analysis & design of connections with various design options.. : –
- EPS – Materially nonlinear stress strain analysis for design of joint for ultimate limit state
- ST – Stiffness analysis for individual joint for computation of rotational or axial stiffness
- CD – Capacity Design which checks dissipative behavior of joint which is necessary for seismic design -ductility classes medium or high.
- DR – Design Resistance which provides percentage of applied load to reach maximum strain the plates, weld & bolts.
- FAT – Fatigue analysis which provides nominal stresses in plates, bolts & welds for sets of load range.
- FR – Fire design which checks the joint with degraded material with user specific temperature.
- HT – Horizontal Tying to check progressive Collapse.
When it comes to the design of steel connections, Idea Statcia has a solution ready for every question that may arise in connection design.