Available and Unavailable Degrees of Freedom. Determining the Local Axes from the Reference Vectors Joint Coordinate Angles.
ĬSI Analysis Reference Manual Defining the Three Axes Using Two Vectors Local Coordinate Systems. Upward and Horizontal Directions Defining Coordinate Systems.
Wilson, Professor Emeritus, University of California at Berkeley, who was responsible for the conception and development of the original SAP series of programs and whose continued originality has produced many unique concepts that have been implemented in this version.Īnalysis Features. THE USER MUST EXPLICITLY UNDERSTAND THE ASSUMPTIONS OF THE PROGRAMS AND MUST INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE RESULTS.ĪCKNOWLEDGMENT Thanks are due to all of the numerous structural engineers, who over the years have given valuable feedback that has contributed toward the enhancement of this product to its current state. IN US ING THE PROGRAMS, HOWEVER, THE USER ACCEPTS AND UNDERSTANDS THAT NO WARRANTY IS EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED BY THE DEVELOPERS OR THE DISTRIBUTORS ON THE ACCURACY OR THE RELIABILITY OF THE PROGRAMS. THE PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN THOR OUGHLY TESTED AND USED.
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Integrated design code features can automatically generate wind, wave, bridge, and seismic loads with comprehensive automatic steel and concrete design code checks per US, Canadian and international design standards.Īdvanced analytical techniques allow for step-by-step large deformation analysis, Eigen and Ritz analyses based on stiffness of nonlinear cases, catenary cable analysis, material nonlinear analysis with fiber hinges, multi-layered nonlinear shell element, buckling analysis, progressive collapse analysis, energy methods for drift control, velocity-dependent dampers, base isolators, support plasticity and nonlinear segmental construction analysis. SAP2000 Features Complex Models can be generated and meshed with powerful built in templates.