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Engineer's Studio(R) for Students Ver.up
3D Plate Dynamic Nonlinear Analysis

Price : US$105 Release date : December 2010 Dynamic nonlinear analysis
Engineer's Studio(R) for Students is the students' version of Engineer's Studio(R). It is provided for students' personal study only. The difference from Engineer's Studio(R) is described below.

License
The license is provided only for an individual student. The student must prove that they belong to an academic institution including a university or professional school. The license is managed by a network authentication method via the internet. The user needs to have constant access to the Internet.

Use for non-commercial purpose only
It is prohibited to use this product for commercial purposes including but not limited to design and analysis.

License effective period
The license is valid for one year. It includes all product revisions during that time. The license will automatically cease to function after this period. To continue usage after this the license must be updated.

User support
The license does not include user support via telephone or e-mail. An online users' forum is provided as a means of obtaining assistance. See the "Engineer's Studio(R) Users Forum" below.

Overview of feature
Engineer's Studio(R) for Students is a 3D FEM analysis program that has been developed completely in-house. It includes preprocessing, calculation engine and post processing (Figure1/2). Civil and Architectural structures can be modeled with a variety of element types. Static and dynamic analysis can be undertaken. In addition, there is a wide range of material nonlinear element types and specific models within each element type.

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Figure1:Result example of plate element analysis
(Wall=plate element, Column=fiber element)
Figure2: Model example of frame element
(steel arch bridge)

Both material nonlinear and geometrical nonlinear (large displacement analysis) analyses are possible and these two effects can be modeled simultaneously. Fiber elements are supported. This is the element type that was used in the blind analysis contest (Note1). Mindlin plate elements are supported and in addition to material linear analysis the Maekawa nonlinear constitutive law of reinforced concrete (distributed crack model) developed in the concrete laboratory of Tokyo University is supported.
Design features are also included and the student can gain experience in design including influence line analysis (for live load), reinforcing level checks, allowable stress calculations and ultimate strength checks for both shear and flexural actions.

Note1) The analysis result of "Engineer's Studio(R)" won the E-Defense Pre-analysis Contest of Full scale RC Pier Earthquake Resistance Experiment!

Sharing information via the User Forum
Users can freely share information with each other via the User Forum (http://es101bbs.forum8.co.jp/). This is an unofficial site and our Engineer's Studio(R) Development Team will occasionally post on it. The users can post on the site after login while their license is valid. The site is available for viewing only in the absence of a license. If you wish to login to the User Forum please contact our sales staff.
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Figure3 User Forum Engineer's Studio(R) User's Forum
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