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LUSAS User Group Meeting

LUSAS for Structural and Bridge Applications Training Course

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

A total of 20 delegates attended the LUSAS Finland User Group Meeting and two-day LUSAS for Structural and Bridge Applications Training Course at the Camden Court Hotel, Dublin, Republic of Ireland on 18 and 19-20 May 2010.

LUSAS Republic of Ireland User Group Meeting - 18 May 2010

At this one-day user group meeting, presentations were given on the latest facilities and key features in LUSAS version 14.4 and 14.5 that could be of use to Irish engineers for structural and bridge analysis in their design office or university.

Topics covered:

General New Features in LUSAS 14.4 and 14.5
Vehicle Load Optimisation including requirements for Eurocode
Eurocode implications for Steel Buckling analysis
Techniques for the analysis of Reinforced Concrete
Post-Tensioning and Time-Stage Techniques including new 14.4 tools
Eurocode Pedestrian Dynamics and Damper Systems
User Results Processing in LUSAS 14.4
CAD Import/Export and Solid Modelling/Meshing in LUSAS
Specific Ground Engineering facilities
Customisation of the LUSAS User Interface using dialogs / toolbars and basic scripting routines.

Presentation at the LUSAS Republic of Ireland User Group Meeting

LUSAS for Structural and Bridge Applications Training Course
19 and 20 May 2010

This two-day course covered getting started with a brief overview of LUSAS and then proceeded to cover in detail the modelling and analysis options available for creating beam models, modelling flat slabs, composite construction, 3D shell modelling, before moving on to buckling analysis, soli structure interaction and staged construction modelling.

Day 1: Structural and bridge application modelling

Topics (with appropriate hands-on examples) covered:

Getting started with LUSAS: FE concepts, Model creation, analysis and results from linear static beam models including tapering, moving loads, temperature loads and support settlement
Flat slabs and 3D modelling: Grillages, plate models, mesh refinement
Soil structure interaction: Introduction, Modulus of subgrade reaction (Winkler springs), 2D continuum analyses, Introduction to advanced SSI facilities
3D modelling considerations: Beam and slab structures, 3D modelling, Eigenvalue buckling

Day 2: Advanced structural and bridge application modelling

Topics (with appropriate hands-on examples) covered:

Advanced analysis controls
Modelling considerations and 3D structures, Grillages, Pseudo-3D structures and full 3D structures. Linear buckling analysis. Constraint equations and Nonlinear buckling also covered.
Staged construction modelling: Facilities available, Activation and deactivation, Introduction or removal of supports, Viscous (creep) time-dependent analysis.

Very favourable comments regarding the presentation and content of the course were received from delegates attending.

Any modelling and analysis capabilities described on this page are dependent upon the LUSAS software product and version in use.