The structural engineering software RFEM 6 and RSTAB 9 are perfect tools for structural analysis of aluminum structures.
The video briefly shows the most important aluminum design features of both programs.
Cross-section properties software RSECTION
- Creating thin-walled and solid cross-sections
- Cross-section properties
- Stress analysis
- Dxf import
- Export to RFEM/RSTAB
Stress-Strain Analysis add-on
- Stress analysis
- Strains
- Cross-section optimization
Structure Stability add-on
- Effective length determination
- Critical load factors & stability modes
- Eigenvalue method
- Incremental method
- Mode shapes also for unstable structural systems
- Mode shapes for LTB
Aluminum Design add-on
- Cross-section design checks
- Stability analysis
- Serviceability
- Warping torsion
- Formula output
Construction Stages Analysis (CSA) add-on
- Consideration of the construction process
- Automatic and manual combinatorics
- Consideration of mounting loads
- Interaction with other add-ons