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Mastering Floor Vibrations: The Critical Role of Mode Shapes in Footfall Analysis
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Footfall analysis is essential in structural engineering because it assesses how a building or structure responds to vibrations caused by people walking or moving across floors, walkways, or other structural components. This is particularly critical in buildings with large open spaces, such as offices, shopping centres, stadiums, and footbridges, where the impact of foot traffic can lead to noticeable vibrations.
MasterSeries 2024 Webinar: Multi-Bay Portal Case Study & Key Updates for Steel & Wind Analysis
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If you're looking to expand your structural design skills and stay updated on the latest in steel and wind analysis, then you won’t want to miss our recent webinar showing MasterSeries 2024 and its updates with the Ballyreagh Workshop Steel Frame! This in-depth multi-bay portal frame case study webinar is packed with actionable insights and showcases new tools and enhancements designed specifically for structural engineers.
Introducing SCIPHYR: A Powerful New Wind Analysis Tool for MasterSeries 2024
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One of the standout features of MasterSeries 2024 is the implementation of the SCIPHYR Wind Analysis Toolkit, which replaces the legacy BREVe wind analysis tool. This transition to SCIPHYR marks a major leap forward in the accuracy, efficiency, and ease of use for wind site analysis within MasterSeries.
Integrated Steel Design in MasterSeries 2024: Key Updates and New Features
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The MasterSeries 2024 update brings a significant overhaul to the Integrated Steel Member Design module, making it one of the major developments of the last year. This upgrade not only prepares for the upcoming second-generation Eurocode implementation but also introduces several enhancements that will improve the overall user experience. From a redesigned interface to more intuitive checks and flexible design options, here's a breakdown of the key improvements.
Options for Designing a Portal Frame with MasterSeries
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You have multiple options when it comes to designing a Portal Frame with MasterSeries. Read on to find out more about the different options, including prices.
MasterSeries 2023 is here!
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After a busy year at MasterSeries since the release of MasterSeries 2022, we are proud to announce the Full Version release of MasterSeries 2023 is here!
What financial incentives does being able to produce a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) with MasterSeriesLCA provide?
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Being able to produce LCAs with your building designs, gives you the opportunity to contribute to various Green Certification Schemes. With this advantage, not only would you be doing you part in the Climate Emergency, but you would also getting the opportunity to contribute to the design of Green Certified Buildings, which often be seen as very attractive investment for various reasons that we will outline within this blog post.
Understanding How to Edit and Add Both Standard and Non-Standard User Sections to Your Masterseries Model
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MasterSeries includes a large library of in-built steel sections which includes British, European, American, South African and Chinese sections. These in-built section profiles adhere to geometric properties defined in design codes such as British Standards and Eurocodes, which allow for their design within MasterSeries. As well as the in-built libraries, MasterSeries incorporates many other section types which can be designed within the software, the full range of which can be found within our MasterKey: Steel Design feature list.
Is your finite element mesh size appropriate?
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The accuracy of any FE analysis is heavily influenced by the size of the finite element mesh. Large elements result in a faster analysis time but at the cost of a loss of accuracy. But a small global mesh size, while giving a higher level of accuracy, comes at the cost of analysis time. So how do you know if the mesh is correct?
Hints & Tricks Webinar Part 2 – How to model and analyse buildings using Finite Elements [WEBINAR RECORDING]
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Finite Element Analysis is an extremely useful tool for modelling structures that are too complex for regular beam element analytical solutions. However, finite elements raises many questions both in modelling and analysis.