Time History Analysis made easier than ever before midas civil includes a database of built-in design earthquakes from which you can conveniently select the design earthquake that best suits your project. midas Civil also includes input menus that enable you to simply define the hinges as per the hysteretic system. The results are then generated in both graphical and text format.
Advanced Design Precision
Extraordinary solutions that will revolutionize your refined analysis
High-end projects with complex geometry and loading pose a variety of unique challenges for engineers. It is essential to use refined analysis methods since conventional methods are not accepted by design codes for these projects. These difficulties have caused engineers to use finite element software for these analyses. However, the limited functionality of these programs has caused engineers to typically convert their finite element models into 1D elements in an effort to save time and effort. This leads to a significant reduction of the accuracy of the calculations as well as designs that are over-conservative.
midas FEA has been specifically designed to overcome all of these challenges. Its advanced functionality enables you to create highly detailed models with plate and solid elements that produce equally precise and reliable results. With midas FEA you will be able to perform high-end analyses with unprecedented levels of confidence and efficiency. You will also be able to greatly expand your range of design capabilities. Projects that may have been beyond your scope will now be attainable since midas FEA greatly expedites work processes that previously required exorbitant amounts of time and effort to complete. Engineers have widely used midas FEA for projects such as plain and reinforced concrete structures, concrete damage and cracking, plain and reinforced masonry structures, composite structures, steel structures, foundations, and offshore structures.
Optimized Steel Design
Elevate your steel design to even higher standards
Steel design has multiple key applications that require the use of solid and plate elements to perform analyses that are acceptable for design codes. Steel connections in particular require local analysis of elements to calculate deformations and failure conditions. With midas FEA you can use plate elements to simulate both friction and bearing connections. The use of plate elements enables you to analyze the behavior of the steel bolts and plates as they are subjected to varying levels of tension. The results generated are substantially more accurate than those generated by idealizations and models that only use 1D elements. Thus you will be able to create designs that are both meet design codes and are optimized and economical.
Certain steel design projects also require analysis of steel beam for buckling and torsional failure criteria. These analyses can only be performed through finite element analysis with plate elements, which can be particularly cumbersome to run on software programs that are not specifically designed for the extensive use of plate elements. midas FEA's specialized functionality enables you to create plate element models of steel girders and columns with a fraction of the time and effort required by other programs.
Unequaled Capabilities for
Concrete Analysis
Concrete design made simpler, faster, and more realistic than ever before
midas FEA is equipped to handle cracking analysis for concrete structures. Through the use of 3D solid elements, you can generate models that will simulate critical conditions for large concrete structures subjected to rigorous loading. The program's solver accounts for nonlinear behavior of the concrete over a 3D area with multiple loading patterns and thus calculates detailed crack patterns for each case specified. midas FEA simulates partial, full open, closed, discrete, smeared, and burgeoning crack types. It is also equipped with reinforcement analysis functions that enable it to account for the impact of rebar in the tensile behavior of concrete structures. These highly specialized capabilities will enable you to handle a wider range of concrete analysis and will eliminate the need to rely on overly conservative models.
Streamlined Functionality for Cable Anchor and Pylon Design
The versatility to design even the most specialized connections
midas FEA is equipped to handle cracking analysis for concrete structures. Through the use of 3D solid elements, you can generate models that will simulate critical conditions for large concrete structures subjected to rigorous loading. The program's solver accounts for nonlinear behavior of the concrete over a 3D area with multiple loading patterns and thus calculates detailed crack patterns for each case specified. midas FEA simulates partial, full open, closed, discrete, smeared, and burgeoning crack types. It is also equipped with reinforcement analysis functions that enable it to account for the impact of rebar in the tensile behavior of concrete structures. These highly specialized capabilities will enable you to handle a wider range of concrete analysis and will eliminate the need to rely on overly conservative models.
