IDEA StatiCa
Steel Member Design

DESIGN ANY STEEL MEMBER

Solve stability-sensitive steel members of any geometry and loading

What Does Member Solve?

Stability issues

No more estimating buckling lengths, stiffness of connections or the effects of local section inconsistencies
Accurately analyze stressed columns as well as roof girders, heavy industrial structure members and lightweight bridge segments
Ideal for both standard and non-standard cases

Cold-form sections

Analyze thin-walled sections for roof purlins or floor beams, girts or beams for facade construction
Perform member analysis of thin-walled sections, offering you full graphical control of the behavior of element and stability checks influenced by imperfections through advanced GMNIA

Frames and subframes

Cost-effectively design hall structures, including stability analysis of individual frames or subframes
Calculate the spatial stiffness and stability of the entire structure in your current FEA software, and perform the rest of the stability analysis in Member for selected subframes
Analyze the influence of frame corner stiffness on roof beam stability, the stability of bracing system columns or roof purlins

Strengthening structures

Cover any changes in loading or structural details in existing structures
Go beyond conventional procedures that do not provide you with sufficiently accurate results
Eliminate the need for simplifications and estimates
Gain complete confidence in your design solution using advanced nonlinear analysis

COMPLETE ANALYSIS in 3 steps

MATERIALLY NONLINEAR ANALYSIS

3D shell models of analyzed members
Detailed connection modeling with real stiffness/bearing capacity
Calculate stress and strain of a selected member using the CBFEM method
Materially nonlinear steel models with plasticity/plastic strain limit

Check buckling mode shapes directly in a 3D view
Display critical load factors and amplitudes set the initial imperfection value
Linear buckling mode analysis and critical load factor determination
Consider buckling of the whole member and the slender member plate with combination of more buckling mode shapes

Geometrically and materially nonlinear analysis and checks with initial imperfection definitions
Analysis considering imperfections set in previous step together with material and geometrical nonlinear behavior
Fire design by taking into consideration the degradation of materials according to user-set temperatures during the analysis

ALL TYPES OF MEMBERS

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Segmental steel beam

Bridge diaphragm

Launching rail of a bridge

Column

Steel transverse beam

Cellular

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SOLVE THE CRITICAL STEEL MEMBER

Confidently design and code-check the critical members of your projects – girders, beams, columns, frames, etc. Perform quick and accurate analysis of their load response, stability, and buckling calculations without traditional oversimplification.

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NO MORE ESTIMATES OF BUCKLING LENGTHS AND CONNECTION STIFFNESS

Using the advanced analytical tool, perform checks of the members modeled and loaded in 3D. Real connection stiffness provided by stiffeners, bolts, welds and openings simulates the behavior of steel members or whole structural parts. The code-compliant geometrically and materially nonlinear analysis with imperfections (GMNIA) is used for the safe final checks.