Steel connection design Reinvented!
The first software in the world which can design and check all steel connections and joints. Clear pass/fail checks according to the code for welded and bolted connections, footing, and anchoring.
IDEA StatiCa Steel Connections v. 8.2 November 2017
1. Steel connection design – reinvented
Ing. Jo Gijbels
Countrymanager IDEA België
Antwerpen
14 nov. 2017
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IDEA STATICA FOR STRUCTURAL
ENGINEERING
Development team with 20 years of
experience of making innovative software for
structural engineers in more than
40 countries.
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3. Engineering software dedicated to
structural design and code-check
of joints, cross sections, beams
and other details.
1000+
desktop
licenses
Software
results
validated by
universities
Linked to 15+
CAE/CAD
programs
30+ employees
15+ resellers
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IDEA StatiCa Connection gebruikt CB-FEM:
+ Snel
+ Voor alle verbindingen
Componenten Methode EC3:
+ Zeer snel
- Werkt niet voor alle verbindingen
Eindige Elementen Software (FEM)
+ Voor alle verbindingen
- Neemt veel tijd in beslag
STANDARD NON-STANDARD
Easy Joint
NON-STANDARD
Difficult Joint
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Stress-strain Buckling analysis Stiffness analysis Overall check
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ELECTRICITY TOWER MAST – POLAND
Huge normal force loads the
group of bolts eccentrically.
Bolts cannot take this.
Rearranging of bolts solved the
problem.
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Stress-strain Buckling analysis Stiffness analysis Overall check
STEEL WAREHOUSE – GERMANY
Connection fully
satisfies all stress/strain
checks
But the web of the
beam can collapse
because of local
buckling
Additional stiffener
resolved this problem
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Stress-strain Buckling analysis Stiffness analysis Overall check
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POWER PLANT – CZECH REPUBLIC
Ovalization of CHS. Stiffness
perpendicular to CHS is
weaker.
All CHS are welded to one
plate. Stiffness is 10x higher.
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Stress-strain Buckling analysis Stiffness analysis Overall check
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HEATHROW AIRPORT – UK
Connection was not
designable with the
suggested prescribed
EC3 requirements and
a more generic analysis
approach had to be
adopted.
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CASE STUDY
FRISOMAT
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Prof. Dr. Ir. Luc Schueremans
Engineering Manager
“IDEA Connect werkt vlot en snel. Er is geen
gebruiksvriendelijker alternatief voorhanden
dat toelaat FEM met CBM te combineren.
IDEA is gewoon degelijk en goed.”
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CASE STUDY
PROMSTAL ENGINEERING, S.R.O.
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Pavel Stibor
C.E.O.
“We originally used IDEA Connection only for
complicated nodes. With templates, we began
using the software for even easier joints, because
the graphical outputs help us to sell our work.”
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COMPONENT BASED FINITE
ELEMENT MODEL (CBFEM)
The weak point of standard Component method
Design guides is that the topology is limited.
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Component Model Bolted Joint CBFEM model
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TEMOIGNAGES
TRACTEBEL ENGINEERING (BELGIQUE)
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Prof. Dr. Ir. Peter Buffel
Directeur Technique
“IDEA StatiCa rend possible le calcul d’assemblages
très complexes là ou le calcul manuel est impossible
et où les autres solutions n’y arrivent pas.“
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CASE STUDY
CAUNTON ENGINEERING LIMITED
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Robert Weeden
Technical Director – CEng MIStructE MICE
“This has the potential to be game-changing
connection design software, there is nothing else
like it currently available.”
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REFERENTIE IDEA STEEL CONNECT
MACOBO
ir. Wouter Geelen
Teamleader Industrie & IPC
“Onze projecten bij Macobo Industrie vallen, naast complexe (staal) bouwprojecten,
binnen zeer specifieke nichemarkten, bvb hoogspanningsmasten. IDEA Connect is in
staat geavanceerde berekeningen van dergelijke complexere verbindingen door te
rekenen, waar andere rekenprogramma’s afhaken. Met IDEA Connect gaan we
ervoor om onze diepgaande expertise te tonen.”
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REFERENTIE IDEA STEEL CONNECT
VANLOMMEL STUDIEBUREAU
ir. Dieter Vanlommel
Zaakvoerder
“IDEA Connect is voor ons onmisbaar geworden in het
dagelijks gebruik. Het praktische gebruik en de snelle
berekeningen zorgen voor een heel effectief eindresultaat”
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Events over IDEA StatiCa op YouTube IDEA Belgium
60. Tool needs to…
Allow efficient workflows through interoperability
Be simple to learn and use
Be fully supported by codes and validated theory
Be used for concept through to detailed design
Arup use of IDEA StatiCa Connection
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REPORTING
We support Eurocode 3
and AISC (US code).
Various sets of material
types, cross-sections,
bolts, etc.
Different types of reports.
Schemes of drawings.
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OUTPUT REPORT
Three types of output reports – one line, 1 page and detailed.
All checks according to Eurocode or AISC displayed
and referenced.
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CUSTOMER PROJECT
CEPS – Electricity Tower Masts
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Special request for manufacturing operations.
Developed in 8 weeks.
We also provided consultancy
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CASE STUDY
CEPS INVEST
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Cenek Laub
Head of engineering department
“Maintaining and developing electricity network
in the Czech Republic is full of challenging tasks.
With IDEA StatiCa Connection, joint design got
much easier and faster for us.”
96. TRY OUR FREE TRIAL TODAY!
It takes 30 minutes
to see the potential
Our customers use
it for non-standard
joints as well as
standard ones
The software repays
itself on your first
project
Let me introduce you David. Maybe you know him, he is a structural engineer from your neighborhood who is dealing with steel structures. And as you know steel structures are also about connections which are very important part of the design.
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So let me ask you. Can David design connections like these?
So let me ask you. Can David design connections like these?
This Slide shows the process used by the BIM modellers and the structural engineers – This workflow is for the node design, there were other used for the main super structure, north core and floor plate design.
Initially we modelled the nodes as “crashing plates”, then from the Tekla model (.stp file) was generated and imported into Rhino to clean up the volumes and into the meshing software ANSA, creating simple finite element models with which we could study the structural behaviour in more detail.
At the same time the loads from the structural analysis were being processed using excel in order to identify the critical load combinations.
The analysis itself was then carried out using Nastran and was supported by tools we developed in-house.
D3 plot facilitates the search for high stress concentrations by enabling the user to cut sections through the analysis results in real time. We also wrote some Excel visual basic routines which calculated the stresses in the welds.
Once the design was completed the data was fed back to the BIM modellers and incorporated.
Arup fully designed the nodes at lower levels prior to tender, in order to give confidence to the contractors when they were pricing the job. For these final design checks we used a similar process to that employed during scheme design, but with some more sophisticated analysis tools.
There are over 100 mega frame nodes on the project, some similarities between various nodes but Arup is still responsible for around 40 individual nodes.
As you can imagine this process mean close collaboration with the structural engineer, architect and later in the process the fabricator to develop the details in a way which ensured that they were buildable and yet also met the architectural intent.