Continuous software solutions for reinforced concrete bridges in accordance with DIN 1045, DIN 1045-1, DIN technical report 102, EC2 and EN 1992 and according NADs for DE, UK, CZ/SK, AT. The Windows®-oriented working environment supports graphically interactive input, calculation and evaluation for general beam, slab, wall and shell structures. The application contains the following input, calculation and design options for General plane and spatial FEM system including framed structures:
- Usage of templates for user-defined programme configuration
- Filter functions for the specific processing of structure types, e.g. grid, plane frame, plates etc.
- Interfaces for ZEICON®, 3D-DXF, DIAMO as well as different point and axial data formats, e.g. DA040
- Parameterised standard profiles for all applications
- Profile database for standard profiles in steel construction
- Material database for concrete, wood, steel and soil materials that comply with the standards, as well as option to input self-defined material characteristics
- Working environment for 3D constructions with straights, clothoids, circular arcs, polygons and splines
- Processing of the structure geometry in arbitrary construction planes
- Measuring functions, text functions and chain dimensioning
- Names of positions and objects, object descriptions and texts
- Model-oriented mesh generation and beam generation
- Support of a continuous and consistent h- or p-refinement in the FE meshing
- High-quality triangle and rectangle elements for slabs, plates and shells according to the Reissner-Mindlin Theory of realistic structure models (incl. shear deformations)
- Truss elements and beam elements according to the Timoshenko Theory of realistic framework models (incl. shear deformations)
- Modern element library with linear and quadratic element shape functions
- Exact acquisition of bar construction and shell curvature
- Subsystem technique (layer technique) for a clear spatial structure modelling
- 3D visualisation with lighting effects
- Acquisition of the orthotropic bearing behaviour of element and ribbed slabs as well as material orthotropy
- Option to process arbitrarily haunched cross-sectional distributions and effective widths of girders
- Definition of haunches in the cases of slabs, plates and shells
- Eccentric connections for bar and plane structures
- Definition of component-independent attribute areas for material, cross section and bedding
- Simple definition of free line joints, edge joints and bar hinges with/without stiffnesses
- Elastic bedding with loss of bedding in the cases of pressure and tension
- Definition of component-independent point, line and area loads with efficient copying and generation functions
- Eccentric beam loads
- Definition of areas of loading for a fast generation of load models
- Free definition of load macros and efficient generation of load arrangements for variable loads
- Efficient result evaluation for deformations, bearing forces, stress resultants, stresses and design results
- Visualisation of the results at line cuts and 3D sections
- Output of component-oriented result diagrams and list outputs
- Visualisation of the results as isolines and isoareas as well as trajectory figures
- Automatic and user-defined load case and Reinforcement steel (As) superposition
- Efficient superposition model for all result quantities with code-related, component and user-defined submittals
- ULS for bending and normal force according to DDIN 1045, DIN 1045-1, DIN technical report 102, EC2 and EN 1992 and according NADs for DE, UK, CZ/SK, AT for beams, slabs, plates and shells as well as for downstand and suspender beams
- ULS for shear force according to DDIN 1045, DIN 1045-1, DIN technical report 102, EC2 and EN 1992 and according NADs for DE, UK, CZ/SK, AT for beams, slabs and shells as well as for downstand and suspender beams
- ULS for torsion according to 1DIN 1045, DIN 1045-1, DIN technical report 102, EC2 and EN 1992 and according NADs for DE, UK, CZ/SK, AT for beams as well as for downstand and suspender beams
- ULS for punching (rebars or Shear dowel as HALFEN, DEHA) according to DDIN 1045, DIN 1045-1, DIN technical report 102, EC2 and EN 1992 and according NADs for DE, UK, CZ/SK, AT
- ULS elastic – elastic stress analyses according to DIN 18800, EN 1993-1 for steel construction profiles and shells
- SLS for general stress analyses in beams as well as slabs, plates and shells
- Integrated flexural-torsional buckling analysis for bar constructions with symmetrical steel profiles according to DIN 18800 part 2
Beyond the previous program options PONTI® COMPACT also includes the program option RTsls-building&bridge for SLS analyses in structural and bridge engineering for plane structures according to DDIN 1045, DIN 1045-1, DIN technical report 102, EC2 and EN 1992 and according NADs for DE, UK, CZ/SK, AT.
The following analyses are available for TRIMAS® and PONTI® for plane structures:
- Graphically interactive input of design parameters for ULS and SLS analyses
- Analysis control with automatic formation of the relevant design forces
- Evaluation of the minimum surface reinforcement
- Evaluation of the robustness reinforcement
- Minimum reinforcement in order to avoid wide individual cracks – individual crack width analysis
- Completed crack width analysis – as simplified and as direct analysis
- Limitation of stress for concrete and reinforcement steel in a cracked state
- Bearing capacity resulting from fatigue due to bending with normal force for concrete and reinforcement steel
The option SLS analyses in structural and bridge engineering according to DIN 1045, DIN 1045-1, DIN technical report 102, EC2 and EN 1992 and according NADs for DE, UK, CZ/SK, AT can enhance the basic system TRIMAS® fem and PONTI® EXPERT for the processing of serviceability observations. The fully graphically interactive processing enables fast familiarisation and provides the following advantages:
- Simple input of design parameters
- Consideration of the concrete age for “early“ or “late“ forced strain
- Consideration of requirements for waterproof concrete
- Consideration of requirements of the ZTV-ING tunnel construction directive
- Acquisition of the requirements even for thick structural components
- Can be applied in structural and bridge engineering
- Interactive graphical evaluations with overview of LSBC and LSS analyses
- Result documents according to requirements issue 504
- Document output in RTF format according to user’s requirements
