LUSAS User Group Meeting 

LUSAS for Structural and Bridge Applications Training Course

Dublin, Republic or Ireland, 18 and 19-20 May 2010

• Come along to the User Group Meeting to see new features in LUSAS software for use in your office and to discuss your general modelling and analysis issues with LUSAS staff and fellow LUSAS users and engineers in an informal environment. 
• Attend either one or both days of the training course to learn how to use LUSAS or to improve your existing knowledge of the software and use it more efficiently.

This course, presented with all new course notes, is for engineers with little or no prior knowledge of LUSAS or for those wanting to refresh their knowledge of carrying out linear static and linear buckling analysis for structural and bridge applications. The course covers getting started with LUSAS and then proceeds to cover in detail the modelling and analysis options available for creating beam models, modelling flat slabs, composite construction, 3D modelling, and in correctly applying the various types of bridge and structural loading available. 

You can choose to attend one or both days.

Day 1: Structural and bridge application modelling 

Topics covered will be selected from the following:

• About LUSAS, finite element analysis, geometry, attributes, the LUSAS treeview, section property calculators, viewing results, documentation, sources of help
• Getting more out of beam models, tapering sections, discrete loads and moving loads, temperature effects, settlement of supports, enveloping and smart combinations, report writer, obtaining natural frequencies
• Flat slabs, construction options/ classification, analysis options, isotropic slabs, plate models, grillage analogy, orthotropic slabs, multicellular slabs, shear key / box beam, 
• Beam and slab construction, construction options/ classification, analysis options, mixing elements, ordinary beams with top slab, box beams with top slab
• 3D modelling, plate girder modelling, CAD import, accuracy of FE analysis, interpolation and mesh refinement, element shapes, mesh patterns, surface and volume meshing, linear buckling analysis, basic checklist
• Bridge loading, principles and use of the vehicle load optimisation facility, wheel loads

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Topics covered will be selected from the following:

• Advanced analysis control
• Understanding nonlinear analysis
• Geometric nonlinear analysis
• Nonlinear materials
• Plate girder buckling
• Staged construction modelling
• Techniques available for complex bridge construction
• Using LUSAS to model soil structure interaction

Attendance at this Training Course costs Euro 350 for attending one day or Euro 600 for attending both days and requires you to complete a booking form to reserve your place. Attendance includes course handouts, use of hardware, and refreshments. Discounts are available for academic institutions. 

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Ian Mason
UK and Ireland Regional Manager, LUSAS

Email: ian.mason@lusas.com