GENERAL INTRODUCTION
Productivity Usability, Technical Advances, Public Relation Aspects and Career Path
Integrated Computer Models – Design, Construction, Life Cycle
Structural BIM and the Structural Engineer’s Kingdom
Super fast non template Model Creation of 3D Complex Structural Systems
CSI’s Unified Development Environment
Special Purpose Numerical Techniques
Multiple Solver Options – Profile, Sparse, Multi-threaded Sparse, 64 bit
New Generation User Interfaces – Generation of 3D Complex Structural Systems
Alive dynamic model
CONCRETE (SHEAR WALL/SLAB) BUILDING SYSTEMS
(Integrated ETABS & SAFE for Concrete Building Systems)
SHEAR WALL SYSTEMS
Complex 2D and 3D Shear Walls
Elevator Cores and Walls with Openings
Curved Shear Walls
Straight and Spiral Parking Garage Ramps
Design for Torsion Effects in 3D Walls
The Shear Wall Pier and Spandrel Conventions
Nodal Force Integration
Section Designer for Creating Complex Sections
Complex Reinforcing Layouts for Walls and Columns
Modified Wood-Armer Design for Shear Walls
3D P-Mx-My Interaction Diagrams
Meshing Techniques for Shear Walls and FloorsLink Beam Modeling and Design
Concrete Floor Diaphragm Shears & Section Cuts
Chord & Collector Forces
Live Load reduction Factors
SLAB SYSTEMS
Advanced Slab Design Technology
Automated P/T Layout- Banded and Distributed Tendons
Hyperstatic Loading Options
Curved Beam and Slab Geometry
Architectural Tracing to Generate SAFE Structural Objects
Auto Pattern Live Loading
Flat Slabs, Foundation Mats, Spread & Combined Footings
Wood-Armer Design for Twisting Effects
Punching Shear Checks
Cracked Slab Deflection Control
No tension Soil Model
Detailing of Complex Slabs
Pattern Loading and Range Combos
The Element Property Modification Factors
Meshing and line constraints
Eccentricities Due to offsets in Member Centerlines
STEEL BUILDING SYSTEMS
Floor Systems and Automatic Member Sizing
Automatic Gravity Load Transfers
Rigid, Semi-rigid and Flexible Floor Diaphragms
Auto Lateral Wind and Seismic
Live Load Reduction Factors
Auto Loading Combinations, Design Groups
Virtual Work Drift Lateral Optimization
Direct Analysis Method
Panel Zone Deformations
PRACTICAL EARTHQUAKE ANALYSIS & NONLINEAR ANALYSIS
Wilson’s Fast Nonlinear Analysis (Wilson’s FNA)
Ritz Vector Analysis
Base Isolators, Friction and Viscoelastic Dampers
Uplift and Pounding
Buckling Restrained Braces (BRB)
Shear Wall Dampers
P-Delta and Large Deformations
Shape Finding - Determining Fabrication Lengths
Incremental Construction Analysis (Stage Construction)
Creep and Shrinkage Effects
Tension/Compression Only
Multiple Eigen/Dynamic Solutions
Buckling Analysis
Tuned Mass Dampers
Response Spectrum Step-by-Step Time History Design
Centers of Rigidity and Mass Source
Performance Based Design - Acceptance Criteria - Demand and Capacity Curves
NEW 3D OBJECT BASED BRIDGE ENGINEERING ~ SAP2000
Parametric Object Based Bridge Modeler
Automatic Frame, Shell or Solid Models
Parametric Cross Section Variations
Parametric Bridge Layout Lines
Super-elevations, Curves and Skews
Lane Definition Independent of Structure
Nonlinear Abutments and Hinges
Moving Loads with 3D Influence Surfaces
Moving Loads with Multi-Step Analysis
Standard & User Defined Vehicles
P/T Concrete Box Girder Design
Explicit Modeling of Post Tensioning Cables
Nonlinear Large Deformation Cable Analysis
Cable Stayed & Suspension Bridges
Stage Construction Simulation
Modeling of Creep and Shrinkage Effects
Composite Steel Deck Bridge Design
Straight & Curved Girder Design
AASHTO, LFD & LRFD Codes
Dynamic Effects of Moving Loads
Animated Views of Moving Load Analysis
Multi-Support Seismic Excitation
*Subject to time constraints
