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SAPFire Analysis Engine
- Blazing SAPFire analysis engine
- Three solver options
- Multi-processor, multi-threading support
- Supports 64-bit machines
3D Analysis Model
- Full 3-D model
- Stiffness of columns, walls, braces, and ramps included
- Columns, walls, and braces above and below the slab
- Beams with flexural, shear, and torsional deformations
- Orthotropic slab properties
- Thick plate behavior with shear deformation
Deflection Control
- Nonlinear analysis
- Cracked analysis
- Long-term cracked analysis considering creep and shrinkage
- Initial conditions based on previous nonlinear load case
Dynamic Analysis
- Modal frequency analysis using Ritz or Eigen vectors
- Floor vibration analysis
- Response spectrum loads and modes imported from ETABS®
Object Based Meshing
- Automated based on maximum element size
- Meshes parallel and perpendicular to longest edge, grid system, or area local axes
- Aims to maintains good element aspect ratios
- Edge constraint connects mismatched slab meshes
