The Robot Structural Analysis Professional Story

In this video, we explore why you should use Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional, what it does, and when you should use it.

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From the first pyramids of Egypt to the highest tower in Dubai, men have relentlessly pursued the building of monumental structures. History’s most celebrated scientists have contributed to the advancements of structural engineering.They developed theories, mathematical formulas, and methods to better understand how structures behave. These efforts lead to the development of Structural Analysis.

Structural analysis is the study of how loads affect physical structures and their components.

Forces such as dead loads are the weight of the structure itself.

Live loads, or dynamic loads, are loads imposed temporarily on a structure. Examples include building occupants, equipment, or vehicles crossing a bridge.

Environmental loads are generally caused by natural phenomena such as snow, and lateral loads such as wind and earthquakes.

These loads are documented locally according to a set of Building Design Codes specific to each country or region. If the potential loads and local design codes are not followed throughout the design process, the resulting structure may be too weak or unstable to resist even small loads, and may eventually collapse.

In the past, engineers spent large amounts of resources calculating these loads, but today the process is simplified through computational analysis. Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional helps structural engineers by providing a comprehensive set of tools to model and analyze buildings as well as other large and complex structures.

Let’s say you want to build a structure in California. The first step is to get the correct building codes. Then, you need to analyze the structure. You need to calculate the forces, strains, deflections and deformations caused by the combination of loads that will assault the structure.

There are seismic risks in California that need to be accounted for. Forgetting them could lead to severe property damage, injury, or even worse… loss of life.

With Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional, you can ensure that the design is structurally sound during the design stage before the structure has been built. Throughout your design process, you can predict the effect of applied loads and adjust the design to correct any problems. With the analysis results, you can verify and adjust structural elements according to the local codes and regulations. This design process allows you to guarantee the safety and cost-optimization of the structure.

After multiple iterations, you will have a series of highly documented reports that demonstrate the strength, stiffness, stability, and the overall quality of the structure.

Upon completion, you will have a building that will withstand wind, seismic events, and of course, millions of footsteps every day.

With Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis, structural engineers can continue to pursue grandiose structures with the confidence that their buildings will live up to heavy loads and high expectations.