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Most analysis programs assume structures are built and in use without considering the critical phase in the design process – namely, the construction phase. Staged Construction allows the engineer to model, analyze, and design structural models in a sequence of construction/deconstruction stages.

Multi-scenario Analysis and Design and Staged Construction both provide a method for engineers to evaluate different structural modeling concepts within a single S-FRAME model, making alternative design comparisons easy.​ Join us to learn about understanding your structure’s behavior during and after structural changes occur. We will discuss the two methods 1. Staged Construction, ​and 2. Multi-scenario Analysis & Design​, and their benefits: ​

• Evaluating a structure’s behaviour during and after construction
• Comparing two similar but different structures in one S-FRAME file/analysis run (e.g., same structure with different sections assigned)
• How to easily, and quickly code check, design and detail complete steel and concrete buildings within the staged construction environment

This 45-minute presentation will be followed by a Q+A session.

Structural model courtesy of Smith and Wallwork, PLP Architecture,
and University of Cambridge.
Images generated with S-VIEW

This presentation explains how you can use S-FRAME to run static and dynamic analysis according to NBCC 2015 provisions, benefit from S-FRAME’s automatic design process and improve your working efficiency. Our examples focus on a low-rise structure with rigid diaphragms, exposed to seismic loading, and evaluate the different Seismic Force Resisting Systems. Topics include:

• Structure description and site details for our example models.
• Static and dynamic analysis processes, applying code-required ESFP and RSA respectively.
• Use of braced frame for our seismic force resisting system.
• Use of moment-resisting frame for our seismic force resisting system.
• Use of shear wall for seismic force resisting system

This 45-minute presentation will be followed by a Q+A session.

A new feature has been added in S-FRAME with which numerical elements from different software or experimental specimens can be integrated into S-FRAME model using the UT-SIM framework (www.ut-sim.ca), developed at the University of Toronto. This feature allows studies on system level assessment considering the interaction between the system which is modelled in S-FRAME and detailed nonlinear elements modelled in other software or in a testing facility. This webinar includes the following topics :

• Introduction to multi-platform hybrid simulation using the UT-SIM framework
• Example of a hybrid simulation
• Example of multi-platform simulation
• How to perform multi-platform hybrid simulation with S-FRAME

Presenter: Professor Oh-Sung Kwon, Associate Professor of Structural Engineering at the University of Toronto.
To learn more visit UT-SIM Framework: A framework for multi-platform hybrid simulation.

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