u2.03.07 Overview of the tools available to perform concrete Civil Engineering structural calculations

Summary:

The objective of this document is to provide an overview of the modeling possibilities available to the user according to the type of analysis he wishes to carry out in Civil Engineering. Different choices are always possible and the aim of this document is not to replace the engineer’s analysis but to allow him to more easily choose the modeling options, according to the tools available, and to guide him towards more specific documents.

• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. The type of analysis to be conducted
  • 1.2. The type of modeling to use:
  • 1.3. The law of behavior
• 2. Possible choices for thermal calculations
• 3. Possible choices for hydration calculations
• 4. Possible choices for drying calculations
• 5. Possible choices for mechanical calculations (static or dynamic)
  • 5.1. Choice of modeling for reinforced and/or prestressed concrete
  • 5.2. Behavioral laws that can be used for concrete:
  • 5.3. Behavioral laws that can be used for steel
  • 5.4. Behavioral models that can be used for the steel-concrete connection
  • 5.5. Modeling of soil-structure interaction and structure-soil-structure interaction
• 6. Various
  • 6.1. Reinforcement calculation
  • 6.2. Macro to help identify material parameters
  • 6.3. Pre/post-treatment
• 7. What Code_Aster can’t (yet) do