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October 2006 |
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Dear SCIA eNews reader,
October … summer is over and autumn comes along. But no worries, with SCIA you keep standing strong!
Poetry is not our strongest point, making construction software however is our speciality.
In this eNews we will show you a marvellous project, designed and calculated by our Swiss client Varitec.
They realised an innovative combination of glass and steel, indeed a masterly example of the possibilities of our software. Further you will find an item on our products and support, in this way we always keep you up-to-date.
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| SCIA on its way up |
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 SCIA sees a sharp increase in net revenue during 2006. The technological advantage, built up through major development investments in the past years, has proven to be rewarding.
New clients were realized in the major market segments Civil Engineering,Infrastructure Works, Fabrication (Steel and Concrete) and Energy design companies. An excerpt: BHM Ingenieure (Au), H+W Ziviltechniker (Au), Infra Consult (NL), Link Project (Cz.R.), Kahn Scheepvaart (NL), Voorbij Groep (NL), Dokkum (NL), BTE Nederland (NL), MinistèreEquipement et Transport (B). New clients were also achieved on the international scene, goingfrom Finland (PTH-engineering oy) up to China (Wuxi Huaguang Boiler Co Ltd) and the close cooperation with themachine manufacturer Kaltenbach (Lörrach) resulted in new clients too.
SCIA has extended its ... more |
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SCIA•ESA PT 2007 will include the CAD shape of 2D members and ESA-ESA update |
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CAD shape of 2D members
 Even though SCIA•ESA PT is primarily a state-of-the-art and sophisticated tool for static, dynamic, …, calculations, it can serve also as a powerful modeller, as it can recall two types of model: a structural model (called CAD model in the current versions of SCIA•ESA PT) and an analysis model (called calculation model in SCIA•ESA PT).
The former represents the real shape of the structure and is also used for imports from other CAD programs, the latter contains certain simplifications and idealisations enforced by the applied numerical method of solution.
So far, the structural model in SCIA•ESA PT was restricted to beam members only.
Now, this feature extends to plates, walls and shells as well. The user can take the full advantage of this fact and within one project define ... more |
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| Hochtief, preferential candidate for the construction of a motorway in Greece |
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The German leader of the BTP, Hochtief, announced that the consortium, that it carries out with Vinci, has been retained as preferential candidate for a project of a turnpike in Greece involving a total investment of approximately one billion euros.
“The Greek government aims at becoming the signature on the final contract by the end of the year”, declares a spokesman of Hochtief. The project involves the construction and/or the modernization of a motorway stretch of 230 kilometres on the important road connecting Athens and Thessalonica. The consortium will then have a concession for thirty years, as specified by Hochtief in its official statement. This motorway is financed partly by European funds. It fits indeed in a project of the EU to develop the European transportation network. The remainder of the financing, a little more than two thirds, will come from ... more |
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Framework-System for Glass Façade |
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Project: Lamda Shopping Mall – Athens (GR)
SCIA Customer: Varitec (CH)
Software used: SCIA•ESA PT
The newly built Lamda Shopping Mall has recently beeninaugurated. The huge glass façade (99.5 m length and 9.8 m height) allows an unrestricted sight at the impressive buildings ofthe Olympic site in Athens. This high-tech-project was realised by Varitec Engineering AG from Switzerland.
The façade consists of a post and mullion construction, which is not rigidly connected to the roof. The horizontal forces are transmitted to the slab through a framework system that suspends from a lattice girder made of tubular sections. The height of the posts between the slab and the framework is 7.6 m. The posts have a filigree appearance and a framework made of chrome steel tension members, which limits the deflection.
Varitec Engineering AG has developed the design of the lattice girder made of tubular sections to match with the sight of the nearby Olympic stadium. The total thickness of the double-glazing of the façade is 32 mm and consists of 12 mm thick toughened and coated glass. The maximum size of the glass elements is 4.0 by 2.3 m. Eight glass automatic sliding doors are integrated ... more |
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Tips & Tricks:
Internal Forces, more Components in SCIA•ESA PT |
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When viewing Internal Forces on members, it is possible to select More Components.
‘ More Components’ allows the user to view multiple internal forces simultaneously on the screen. The desired components can be checked and after ‘Refreshing’ they are shown:
Using Drawing Setup the distance between the different components can be altered:
When changing the option ... more
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Even though SCIA•ESA PT is primarily a state-of-the-art and sophisticated tool for static, dynamic, …, calculations, it can serve also as a powerful modeller, as it can recall two types of model: a structural model (called CAD model in the current versions of SCIA•ESA PT) and an analysis model (called calculation model in SCIA•ESA PT).
