Templates for steel connection design had a major improvement with the implementation of the Connection Browser. Now, more than 10.000 users per month experience the tool. If you’re wondering why and what you can achieve with it, this post has
We encounter it almost everywhere and don’t even think about it. Replacing it with another construction material is nearly impossible. Yes, we are talking about reinforced concrete. A composite material that has been used in construction for more than 170
Prefabricated members are often very slender in order to minimize their weight, to optimize the material and, last but not least, to improve the aesthetic aspect of the whole building. But how to deal with the stability of precast
We could find them in almost every structure. Structural members come into the node with eccentricity from the ideal axial position. Is it still safe to neglect the eccentricity, or should it be considered? Frequent questions with no general answer.
Sometimes, we are focused so much on complex tasks that some obvious ones are postponed and overlooked. Now, the time has come to fix that and bring the calculation of self-weight into the IDEA StatiCa Detail application. It took some
I was inspired to write this piece from the perspective of a consumer of structural information prepared by another – both engineers but with different end goals when they should be the same. This was after listening to many a
Imagine a tool to which you give data such as bare geometry and loads and with one click you get a perfectly designed, optimized, and code-checked steel connection. Now imagine this with the structure and all its nodes that you
Baseplates come in all shapes and sizes. They are designed to take a multitude of loads in an ever-increasing number of combinations. These are possibly the most important type of connection on any project and yet they are often some
When we asked our customers how much did they like our Code-check Manager, the answer was “It is OK, but we would appreciate some improvements”. So we took it to heart and now you can enjoy our brand new solution
In this article I am going to look at how IDEA StatiCa can be used to design and check virtually any type of splice connection. I will highlight any potential traps that might lie in wait for designer along the
