Strategies and Technologies to handle complex loading in FEM

How to survive with 10 000 load combinations

Design codes often specify a complex set of loading scenarios that must be considered in the verification of structures. This easily leads to thousands of possible load combinations. Calculating more than 500 combinations with an FE model is, however, often impractical or even impossible. The most problematic cases are usually those with arbitrary axle loads combined with other effects, such as varying groundwater pressures or combined external and internal pressures from wind and excavation conditions. A common solution is to simplify load combinations—but are there better and more systematic methods to solve this problem?

There are systematic and easy-to-use methods for handling this complexity. Welcome to the webinar on 10th September at 13:00 CET, where we will present strategies for managing complex loading in FEM. The webinar will cover methods such as load group envelopes and the state-of-the-art unit vector response optimization. You will also receive many practical tips for your daily workflow with these methods, plus much more.

Why should you participate?

• You design two-way load-bearing slabs with axle loads or other arbitrary loads on structures with varying water or soil pressures.
• You frequently face scenarios where your FE model results in more than 500 load combinations.
• You are a concrete or steel designer and want to learn how to approach complex loading—such as axle loads or varying pressures—in a systematic and safe way, even with thousands or millions of possible combinations.

For more information contact:

Joni Hytönen
Country Manager – Finland
Phone: +358 505 452 200
Email: joni.hytonen@strusoft.com

Bio: Joni has helped and trained hundreds of engineers in structural analysis in Finland. He works in both civil and mechanical engineering fields with structural analysis. Joni has over 15 year of experience in structural design of many types and sizes of steel, concrete and timber structures. Joni is the Product Owner of our JIGI software and Country Manager for Finland. Please free to contact Joni if you need any help to solve your structural analysis problems.