SAP2000

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Description

SAP2000 is high-quality structural analysis program from Computers & Engineering.  Unlike most general-purpose commercial finite-element tools, which are intended primarily for use in mechanical engineering settings, SAP2000 provides powerful analysis capabilities targeted at civil/structural applications.  Thus, the SAP2000 package makes it relatively easy to model and analyze large structures without a steep learning curve, because many of the analysis capabilities are specifically targeted to structural analysis markets such as high-rise buildings and bridges.  Computers & Structures also markets other structural tools, such as the powerful ETABS application for analysis and design of building structural systems.

Features

features run the full spectrum of structural analysis capabilites, including static and transient analyses for linear and nonlinear problems, and a robust suite of frequency-domain analysis techniques, e.g., eigensolutions.  Special-purpose structural elements such as elastomeric bearings and tension-only elements are readily handled using SAP2000, and it is one of the few commercial finite-element toolkits that readily handles live loads on bridges without a lot of extra analyst effort.  Nonlinear analysis techniques include those methods most commonly found in structural settings, such as secondary moments in columns, pushover analyses, and accurate models for structural materials.  SAP2002 also includes graphical tools to support rapid problem setup, and to help the structural analyst interpret the results of complex analyses.

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