Haus Gables, a new ground-up residential project designed and developed by architectural designer Jennifer Bonner, director of MALL, recently completed construction in the Old Fourth Ward neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia.
The house, with 2,200 ft2 of living space, was built using cross-laminated timber, making it the second of its kind in the USA. This material is very durable and consists of glued layers of timber that are crossed.
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3D model of House Gables in RFEM (© Bensonwood)
The house, with 2,200 ft2 of living space, was built using cross-laminated timber, making it the second of its kind in the USA. This material is very durable and consists of glued layers of timber that are crossed.
Bensonwood
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3D model of House Gables in RFEM (© Bensonwood)
Cross-Laminated Timber Building
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Number of Nodes | 338 |
Number of Lines | 497 |
Number of Members | 8 |
Number of Surfaces | 105 |
Number of Load Cases | 7 |
Number of Load Combinations | 24 |
Number of Result Combinations | 2 |
Total Weight | 41.176 tons |
Dimensions (Metric) | 16.580 x 5.229 x 9.071 m |
Dimensions (Imperial) | 54.4 x 17.16 x 29.76 feet |
Program Version | 5.20.00 |
![Activation of Standards for Load Wizards](/en/webimage/027834/3218759/1._en.png?mw=512&hash=16f860c38686e034dadab441d2334987f3d4ab85)
The effects due to snow load are described in the American standard ASCE/SEI 7-16 and in Eurocode 1, Parts 1 through 3. These standards are implemented in the new RFEM 6 program and the Snow Load Wizard, which serves to facilitate the application of snow loads. In addition to this, the most recent generation of the program allows the construction site to be specified on a digital map, thus allowing the snow load zone to be imported automatically. These data are, in turn, used by the Load Wizard to simulate the effects due to the snow load.
![KB 001883 | Plate Girder Design According to AISC 360-22 in RFEM 6](/en/webimage/051561/3980997/im1.png?mw=512&hash=b8237709c4f30213fac51d86d32a42bddde72f03)
Plate girder is an economical choice for long spans construction. I-section steel plate girder typically has a deep web to maximize its shear capacity and flange separation, yet thin web to minimize the self-weight. Due to its large height-to-thickness (h/tw) ratio, transverse stiffeners may be required to stiffen the slender web.
![Steel Connection Rigidity and Its Influence on Structural Design](/en/webimage/051432/3972404/Rigidity-caseA.png?mw=512&hash=3be64e68ab2956fd2b92f0afa1559b3a8c72b468)
Understanding steel connection rigidity is crucial in structural design. Often, connections are treated as strictly pinned or rigid, but this can lead to uneconomical or even dangerous designs. Explore how Dlubal Software's RFEM and Steel Joints add-on help verify connection stiffness and moment resistance, ensuring safer and more economical designs.
![KB 001880 | Design of Cable Structures in RFEM 6 and RSTAB 9](/en/webimage/049985/3840051/Seil_QS_EN.png?mw=512&hash=83dd891c6124be9c686441c4b37fe92db2c2062d)
In this article, you will learn how to model and design cable structures in RFEM 6 or RSTAB 9.
![Feature 002012 | Generation of Snow Loads](/en/webimage/021833/3489187/002007_EN.png?mw=512&hash=d678222814b90103b98e67168f43d428ff189829)
Do you want your structures to remain upright even in wind and snow? Then rely on the load wizards for plate and frame structures. You can now generate wind loads according to EN 1991‑1‑4 and snow loads according to EN 1991‑1‑3 (as well as other international standards). The load cases are generated depending on the roof shape.
![Feature 002013 | Generation of Wind Loads](/en/webimage/021864/3087239/2013_de.png?mw=512&hash=8edc6b47c0839d1f4b9f81b66848eeadc626061f)
Wind loads are also not a problem in your design. You can automatically generate wind loads as member loads or area loads (RFEM) on the following structural components:
- Vertical walls
- Flat roofs
- Monopitch roofs
- Duopitch/troughed roofs
- Vertical walls with duopitch roof
- Vertical walls with flat/monopitch roof
The following standards are available to you:
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EN 1991-1-4 (including National Annexes)
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ASCE 7
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CTE DB-SE-AE
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GB 50009
![Feature 002012 | Generation of Snow Loads](/en/webimage/022882/3111882/2021-08-23_15-29-43en.png?mw=512&hash=ec4032de1f0e32e1c80aee3a8271b69182921ae5)
Do your structures also have to withstand snowfall? Use the Snow Load Wizard to generate snow loads as member loads or surface loads.
The following standards are available:
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EN 1991-1-3 (incl. National Annexes)
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ASCE 7
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NBC
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SIA 261
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CTE DB-SE-AE
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GB 50009
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IS 875
![Add-on "Steel Joints for RFEM 6" | Component Library](/en/webimage/043097/3898884/steel_joints_components.png?mw=512&hash=e4f835906155863fc7019d5043b22e553dc766f9)
- Numerous component types, such as base and end plates, web angles, fin plates, gusset plates, stiffeners, tapers, or ribs for easy input of typical connection situations
- Universally applicable basic components (such as plates, welds, bolts, auxiliary planes) for modeling complex connection situations
- Graphical display of the connection geometry with dynamic updating during the input
- Wide range of cross-section shapes: I-sections, U-sections, angles, T-sections, hollow sections, built-up cross-sections and thin-walled sections
- Library in the Dlubal Center with a large number of program-side template connections, including user-defined templates
- Automatic adaptation of the connection geometry based on the relative arrangement of the components to each other – even in case of subsequent editing of the structural components
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