TYPES OF ANALYSIS
Structural Analysis Types
- Static analysis.
- Dynamic analysis:
- Modal analysis (Damped and Prestressed).
- Transient Linear and Non-Linear.
- Harmonic Response.
- Response Spectrum.
- Automatic mode combination according to code specifications.
- CFRAPPN seismic sign utility.
- Seismic spectra lists available on HTML or ASCII format
- New window for the representation of seismic response spectra.
- Availability of seismic design data through the ~CFGET command
- Automatic spectrum definition according to Eurocode N 8, NCSE (Spanish) and GB50011 (Chinese).
- Seismic response spectra definition according to the Greek code EAK
- Seismic response spectra definition according to the Indian Standard code IS 1893
- Seismic response spectra definition according to the French code PS 92.
- Seismic response spectra definition according to Uniform Building Code
- Seismic response spectra definition according to CALTRANS Seismic Design Criteria
- Seismic response spectra definition according to AASHTO .
- Seismic response spectra definition according to the Italian Code IT 3274.
- Intensity maps for the spectra definition according to local codes and the “Global Seismic Assessment Program”
- Buckling:
- Linear
- Non-linear
- Push-Over Analysis.
- Seismic Safety Margin: Seismic margin methodology provides a quantification of a nuclear power plant’s ability to withstand a site specific earthquake design motion and enables a safely shut down if capacity is exceeded.
- HPCLF: High Confidence of Low Probability of Failure (NEW)
Geometric Nonlinearity
- Large Strain
- Large Deflection
- Stress Stiffening
- Spin Softening
