Structural Analysis

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why engineers should do their jobs right!

Structural analysis is the evaluation of the effects of dead and live loads on physical structures and their components. Structures subject to this type of analysis include all that must withstand loads, such as buildings, bridges, vehicles, furniture, attire, soil strata, prostheses and biological tissue. Structural analysis employs the fields of applied mechanics, materials science and applied mathematics to compute a structure’s deformations, internal forces, stresses, support reactions, accelerations, and stability. The results of the analysis are used to verify a structure’s fitness for use, often precluding physical tests. Structural analysis is thus a key part of the engineering design of structures.

Finite element modelling analysis

The finite element method (FEM) is the dominant discretisation technique in structural mechanics. The basic concept in the physical interpretation of the FEM is the subdivision of the mathematical model into disjoint (non-overlapping) components of simple geometry called finite elements or elements for short. The response of each element is expressed in terms of a finite number of degrees of freedom characterized as the value of an unknown function, or functions, at a set of nodal points. to read on more click on the link

Steel Structural design ( Cold formed, Hot rolled, Stainless steel )

Modelling software such as Fusion 360 , ANSYS , Bentley Systems, Limcon, Spacegass will be used for structural steel design and analysis, . It is of paramount importance to design everything with modelling software. however, All our engineers are responsible for their designs. We ensure that all our designs and 3-D modelling satisfies the Australian Standards and the Building Code of Australia. Small details do matter and that is why we are quite different to so many other engineering consultancy in town !!

  • For hot-rolled steel structures we make sure all our designs complies with AS4100
  • For Cold-Formed steel structures, we make sure all our designs complies with AS4600
  • For Timber design, we make sure all our designs satisfies AS11720.1 and AS1684