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Dear eNews reader,

In this eNews you will discover a interesting example of how Scia Engineer has been used by the Consulting Engineers ILF to work out the research of fire resistance of tunnels, as project we present the extension of an industrial precast structure by Structo nv and finally, our support department wants to share the different ways of transferring an Allplan model to Scia Engineer. Enjoy reading!

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Traffic tunnels designed with Scia Engineer to withstand fire

 
   

The consulting engineers ILF with headquarters in Innsbruck (Austria) and 30 offices worldwide (Europe, USA, Asia, see www.ilf.com) has a dedicated team for designing and checking tunnels.

Dr. Dipl. Ing. Klaus Schmid is leading this work and has published a research paper together with the German Federal Ministry of Traffic (Bundesanstalt für Strassenverkehr / BASt) on the safety design of tunnels (research project #15.428).

Scia Engineer has been extensively used to work out this research at an early stage of the release of the new function "fire check of concrete".

Dr. K. Schmid explains: “A tunnel cross section is modelled with beam members, on which a temperature-distance curve is applied to simulate the effects of a fire. The high temperatures across the tunnel walls decrease the ... more

consulting engineers ILF

 


 
 

Structo nv – Extension Volvo Cars Gent (B)

 
     
 

About Structo nv
The company was set up in 1948 and is a specialist in prefabrication, from the preliminary study up to and included the assembly. Structo nv is actively involved at the basis of many buildings, industrial and other, as well as in the field of infrastructure works.

Description of the building
It regards an extension of an existing building with a ground surface of 24 m by 54 m and with a height of 20 m. It is a typical industrial structure on a raster of 12 by 18 m, with an intermediate floor at a height of 8m.
This construction was built on against an existing building with a similar construction. On the floor was required a mobile load of 1 ton per square meter. For the intermediate floor was opted for the use of TT-elements with a concrete pressure layer of 120 mm. Each element has a length of 6 m and weighs 5.5 ton. This self-bearing floor is supported through secondary level beams of 18 m long, with a height of 1.60 m and a weight of 24 ton each.

Since this construction has been coupled to ... more

Structo nv
Industrial precast structure by Structo nv

 
 

 
 

Transfer of general 3D volumes to Scia Engineer

 
     
 

There are several ways to transfer the Allplan model to Scia Engineer.

On the one hand we have the format-neutral way through an IFC-file; in this way intelligent building parts (wall, column, floor, beam, …) are transferred one by one, its parametric properties are included. Such an IFC-file will also take along the general 3D volumes and visualize them in Scia Engineer.

On the other hand we propose our own link, that is either a direct coupling (Round-Trip) or an indirect one (via a standalone esa-file). It is a misconception that this operating procedure can only transfer architectural elements; it is definitely possible to also transfer 3D volumes to the calculation environment. And even more: with this method it is possible to already activate the Scia Engineer form recognizer (Recn’go) on the 3D volumes during the conversion; in this way rather strange looking architectural objects as well as building parts, which are created via Allplan 3D-modeller, are prepared for the analysis.

The transfer from 3D volumes via Round-Trip or indirect exchange can only be done if the option is activated in the Round-Trip settings.

On top of the Allplan-window, in the menu Plug-In you find the Round-Trip-settings (image 1). In the subsequent dialogue we select the ... more

Transfer 3D volume to Scia Engineer
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Transfer 3D volume to Scia Engineer
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