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Cutting Patterns of Tensile Membrane Structures
Total items: 4
RF-CUTTING-PATTERN | Features
- Planar and geodesic cutting lines
- Flattening of double-curved surface parts of tensioned membranes or pneumatic cushions
- Definition of cutting patterns by using boundary lines which are not required to be connected
- Sophisticated flattening based on the minimum energy theory
- Welding and boundary allowances
- Uniform or linear compensation in warp and weft direction
- Possibility of different compensations for boundary lines
- Adaptable data organisation (any additional modification of input data is considered up to the final "weld")
- Graphical display of cutting patterns
- Statistical information about each cutting pattern (width, length, size)
- Option to automatically generate cutting patterns from cells
RF-CUTTING-PATTERN | Input
RF-CUTTING-PATTERN is activated by selecting the respective option in the Options tab in General Data of any RFEM model. After activating the add‑on module, a new object, "Cutting Patterns", is displayed under Model Data. If the membrane surface distribution for cutting in the basic position is too large, you can divide the surface by cutting lines (line types "Cut via Two Lines" or "Cut via Section") in the corresponding partial strips.
Then you can define the individual entries for each cutting pattern using the "Cutting Pattern" object. Here you can set boundary lines, compensations, and allowances.
Steps of the working sequence:
- Creation of cutting lines
- Creation of the pattern by selecting its boundary lines or using a semi‑automatic generator
- Free selection of warp and weft orientation by entering an angle
- Application of compensation values
- Optional definition of different compensations for boundary lines
- Different allowances (welding, boundary line)
- Preliminary representation of the cutting pattern in the graphic window at the side without starting the main nonlinear calculation
RF-CUTTING-PATTERN | Calculation
The nonlinear calculation adopts the real mesh geometry of planar, buckled, simple curved, or double curved surface components from the selected cutting pattern and flattens this surface component in compliance with the minimization of distortion energy, assuming defined material behavior.
In simplified terms, this method attempts to compress the mesh geometry in a press, assuming frictionless contact, and to find the state in which the stresses from flattening in the component are in equilibrium in the plane. This way, minimum energy and optimum accuracy of the cutting pattern are achieved. Compensation for warp and weft as well as compensation for boundary lines are considered. Then, the defined allowances on boundary lines are applied to the resulting planar surface geometry.
Features:
- Minimization of distortion energy in the flattening process for very accurate cutting patterns
- Application for almost all mesh arrangements
- Recognition of adjacent cutting pattern definitions to keep the same length
- Mesh application for main calculation
RF-CUTTING-PATTERN | Results
After the calculation, the "Point Coordinates" tab appears in the cutting pattern dialog box. In this tab, the result is displayed in the form of a table with coordinates and a surface in the graphical window. The coordinate table presents new flattened coordinates relative to the centroid of the cutting pattern for each mesh node. Furthermore, the cutting pattern with the coordinate system at the centroid is represented in the graphical window. When selecting a table cell, the respective node is displayed with an arrow in the graphic. In addition, the area of the cutting pattern is displayed below the node table.
Moreover, standard stress/strain results for each pattern are displayed in the RF‑CUTTING‑PATTERN load case in RFEM.
Features:
- Results in a table, including information about the cutting pattern
- Smart table relating to the graphic
- Results of flattened geometry in a DXF file
- Output of strains after flattening in order to evaluate the cutting patterns
- Results of strains after flattening for the evaluation of patterns
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Implemented Standards for Reinforced Concrete Design
Standards for Concrete Design
EN 1992-1-1:2004 + A1:2014 (Eurocode 2)
ACI 318-14 (US standard)
ACI 318-19 (US standard)
CSA A23.3-19 (Canadian standard)
SP 63.13330:2018 (Russian standard)
Annexes for EN 1992-1-1
DIN EN 1992-1-1/NA/A1:2015-12 (Germany)
ÖNORM B 1992-1-1:2018-01 (Austria)
SN EN 1992-1-1/NA:2014-05 (Switzerland)
CEN EN 1992-1-1/2014-11 (European Union)
CSN EN 1992-1-1/NA:2016-05 (Czech Republic)
HRN EN 1992-1-1/NA:2015-10 (Croatia)
ILNAS EN 1992-1-1/NA:2020-03 (Luxembourg)
IST EN 1992-1-1/NA:2014-04 (Iceland)
NS EN 1992-1-1: 2004-NA: 2008 (Norway)
EVS EN 1992-1-1/NA:2021-04 (Estonia)
TKP EN 1992-1-1/NA:2009-12 (Belarus)
I.S. I. 1992-1-1/NA:2020-07 (Irland)
MKC EN 1992-1-1/NA:2010-01 (North Macedonia)
BDS EN 1992-1-1:2005/NA:2011 (Bulgaria)
BS EN 1992-1-1:2004/NA:2005 (United Kingdom)
CYS EN 1992-1-1:2004/NA:2009 (Cyprus)
EN 1992-1-1 DK NA:2017-06 (Denmark)
EN 1992-1-1 DK NA:2021-05 (Denmark)
LST EN 1992-1-1:2005/NA:2019-06 (Lithuania)
LVS EN 1992-1-1:2005/NA:2016-07 (Latvia)
LVS EN 1992-1-1:2005/NA:2020-09 (Latvia)
MS EN 1992-1-1:2010 (Malaysia)
MSZ EN 1992-1-1:2004/A1:2016 (Hungary)
NBN EN 1992-1-1 ANB:2010 (Belgium)
NF EN 1992-1-1/NA:2016-03 (France)
NP EN 1992-1-1/NA:2010-02 (Portugal)
SIST EN 1992-1-1:2005/A101:2006 (Slovenia)
SR EN 1992-1-1:2004/NA:2008 (Romania)
SS EN 1992-1-1/NA:2008-06 (Singapore)
SS EN 1992-1-1/NA:2014-12 (Sweden)
SS EN 1992-1-1 BFS 2019 (Sweden)
STN EN 1992-1-1/NA:2008-06 (Slovakia)
NEN-EN 1992-1-1+C2:2011/NB:2016 (Netherlands)
PN EN 1992-1-1/NA:2010-09 (Poland)
PN EN 1992-1-1/NA:2018-11 (Poland)
SFS EN 1992-1-1/NA:2015-01 (Finland)
UNE EN 1992-1-1/NA:2013 (Spain)
UNI EN 1992-1-1/NA:2007-07 (Italy)
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