SAP2000 STAGED CONSTRUCTION ANALYSIS AND DESIGN CAPABILITIES

STAGED CONSTRUCTION MODELING
• Integrated Object Based Bridge or Building Models
• Model Templates with Auto Meshing
• Frame, Cable, Tendon, Shell and Solid Object Libraries
• Powerful Grouping and Selection Options
• Gravity, Pressure and Thermal Loading
• Automatic Generation of Code Defined Wind and Seismic Loads
• Line and Surface Multi-Linear Springs (P-y curves)
• Straight & Curved Girders (BR)
• Combination of Static and Dynamic Analyses, including Time History
• Post Tensioning

STAGED CONSTRUCTION ANALYSIS
• Staged Construction Sequencing by Adding/Removing Objects
• Staged Construction Sequencing by Adding/Removing Loads
• Staged Construction Sequencing by Adding/Removing Supports
• Time Dependent Concrete Age Effects
• Time Dependent Creep and Shrinkage
• Time Dependent Prestressing Steel Relaxation
• Explicitly Model Time Dependent Effects using Tendon Objects
• P-Delta Analysis
• P/T Concrete Box Girder Design (BR)
• Nonlinear Large Displacement Cable Analysis

STAGED CONSTRUCTION DESIGN
• Integrated Steel and Concrete Frame Design
• AASHTO, LFD & LRFD Codes
• ACI, UBC, British, Canadian, New Zealand, Indian, Italian, Korean,
  Mexican and Euro Concrete Codes
• AISC-ASD & LRFD, UBC, API, British, Canadian, Italian, Indian and
  Euro Steel Codes
• Integrated Section Designer for Complex Concrete Sections

STAGED CONSTRUCTION RESULTS & OUTPUT
• 3D Perspective Graphical Displays
• Multiple Views with Different Stages Displayed
• Force Diagrams and Stress Contours
• Displacement Plots
• Tabular Display of Model Input & Output
• Analysis Case Tree