The longitudinal reinforcement bars in columns can be tied together with separate smaller diameter transverse bars along the column height or they can be spirally-reinforced. Spirally-reinforced columns they are ones in which the longitudinal bars are arranged in a circle surrounded by a closely spaced continuous spiral. Advantages to using spirally reinforced columns There are…
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Sensequake is making cities safer and smarter by bringing real sensing data to structural engineering practices. By using their solutions you can improve reliability of your finite element models, directly assess structural integrity and monitor health of all type of structures. Sensequake technology can be used for seismic and time history analysis. 3D-SAM software can quickly…
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The latest version of Revit software released just a few days ago, and if you’ve taken a look at Revit 2018, you will have noticed that this release has a number of features related to extending design to fabrication detailing and construction. These include modeling tools for better capturing the intent of your design or…
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Revit 2018 includes a several major updates for steel design and detailing including over 130 new parametric steel connections. The Steel Connections for Revit 2018 add-in has heavily extended its connections categories and now has 24 tube connections, 23 bracing connections, 12 column-beam connections, and two new categories– Miscellaneous, Purlins & Cold rolled. With these…
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Building on Autodesk’s strategy to make Revit a robust model authoring tool for designing and concrete detailing, the Revit 2018 release includes a number of new features that increase modeling versatility, accuracy, and productivity for engineers and detailers. We’re excited to share these feature with you—take a look! In Revit 2018 you can place rebar…
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Autodesk Revit and Advance Steel better connect structural design and fabrication Since acquiring Advance Steel in 2013, Autodesk continues to work towards better support for BIM-centric workflows for structural steel design and detailing. For instance, we have been working to strengthen the interoperability between Autodesk Revit design software and Autodesk Advance Steel software. In advance of…
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