Plastic Hinges in Steel Design – New Functionality
The release of FEM-Design v21 is just around the corner and a big new feature is the ability to consider Plastic Hinges in the Steel Design Module. With this [...]
Masonry Walls as Stabilisation – A Quick Design Guide
In Sweden, the Masonry Wall is mostly used as a shell wall, i.e. as climate protection. In our neighbouring countries, on the other hand, their load bearing capabilities are [...]
API Specialist for FEM-Design – Introducing Johanna Riad
API Specialist, Johanna Riad, nurtures a curiosity about how to find and improve upon smart structural design solutions. It was therefore natural to take the step towards automation and [...]
CLT Fire Design New Feature in FEM-Design v21
We are heading towards a new year and with that also a new version of FEM-Design v21. A major new feature is the Cross Laminated Timber CLT Fire Design [...]
Non-linear Structural Analysis – “Why do I get tension?”
In FEM-Design Structural Analysis software Non-linear behaviour is possible to consider for supports (e.g. uplift), connections and truss members (e.g. tension-only). The analysis where this is included are in [...]
Underwater restaurant designed with FEM-Design
It seems as if the concrete structure has slipped into the sea. The underwater restaurant "Under" in southern Norway looks like nothing else and offers the guests an incomparable [...]
Precast 3D Modelling and Planning – TCT Implement Optimal System
Located in the northern part of rural Jutland in Denmark, we find TCT's main precast factory. The factory makes a range of precast products such as sandwich wall panels, [...]
World’s highest hybrid timber tower design with FEM-Design
Rising almost 180 metres into the city skyline, the Atlassian tower in Sydney, Australia, will be the highest commercial hybrid timber building in the world. The project is a [...]
Precast Production Management Software IMPACT implemented at ARA Saudi Arabia
With 5000 Employees, 5 x Precast Factories, and more than 43 years of professional experience in the Saudi Arabian market, ARA excels itself at being one of the heaviest [...]
Automatic Weep Hole Drilling in Hollow Core Slabs – new IMPACT feature for STARKA
Situated in southern Sweden, Starka AB, has three Precast Factories in Kristianstad, Arboga and Ängelholm. Two key improvement areas in the process at Starka’s Hollowcore Factory in Kristianstad were [...]
Get control of the foundation with FEM-Design
Modelling foundations with the correct rigidity and element type is crucial for the load distribution and stability analysis. Options within FEM-Design are the Foundation Design and 3D Soil modules [...]
Sweco Denmark map Revit models into FEM-Design
StruSoft offers a free tool that allows Engineers to integrate and map 3D Revit models into FEM-Design structural analysis software and vice versa. StruSoft's StruXML Revit Add-in enables two [...]