Software Tour
Advanced elements,
materials and solvers
Unrivalled
state-of-the-art linear and quadratic element libraries; advanced
material models; linear, nonlinear and seismic isolator joint models;
and direct, eigen and fast solver options allow all types of
structural engineering problem to be modelled and solved as
efficiently as possible.
LUSAS
high-performance element libraries include:
Beams, plates
and shells for ordinary reinforced concrete, prestressed concrete,
steel and composite construction
Solid
elements for detailed modelling and studying local effects
Elements for
cabled stayed and suspension structures
Joint
elements for linear and nonlinear modelling
Additional element information is given on
the product specification page
Advanced general
materials
- Isotropic models
including plastic, creep, damage, shrinkage, viscous, two-phase
- Orthotropic models
including plastic, creep, damage, shrinkage, viscous, two-phase
- Anisotropic and
rigidity models
- Temperature
dependent models
- Concrete models with
opening and closing of cracks, concrete crushing, and strain
softening based on fracture energy in 2D/3D
- Concrete creep
including AASHTO LRD 7th Edition, CEB-FIP Model Code 1990,
EN1992-1-1:2004 Eurocode 2, IRC:112-2011 and creep only for Chinese creep model
code.
- Concrete heat of
hydration modelling
- User-defined models
and others
All linear and nonlinear materials
include temperature dependency
Geotechnical material
models
- Constitutive soil
models include Tresca, von Mises, Drucker Prager, Duncan-Chang, Mohr Coulomb,
Modified Cam Clay, and others for use in all types of
soil-structure interaction modelling
- Volumetric
deformation soil model (includes consolidation)
Joint material models
Joint material
models are used in conjunction with joint elements to fully define
the properties for linear, nonlinear and seismic isolator joints
- Linear joint models
include those for spring stiffness only and for general joint
properties having spring stiffness, mass, coefficient of linear
expansion and damping factor. User-defined force/displacement and
axial force dependent curves are supported.
- Nonlinear joint
models include elasto-plastic uniform tension and compression with
isotropic hardening, elasto-plastic general with isotropic
hardening, smooth and frictional contact, nonlinear user-defined,
matrix properties, and others
- Seismic isolator
joint models include viscous dampers (Kelvin and Four Parameter
Solid), lead rubber bearings with plastic yield and biaxial
hysteretic behaviour, friction pendulum system with pressure and
velocity dependent friction coefficient and biaxial hysteretic
behaviour, and others
Solvers
- Direct and eigen
solvers are provided as a minimum in all software products
- A Fast
Solvers software option
provides
additional solvers for use with particular LUSAS Civil &
Structural products
Continue the tour...
Find out more
|
|
Software Information
|
