Evaluation of some selected software in civil engineering.pptx

Some selected software in civil engineering were compared and evaluated. their differences and similarities were discussed

1. EVALUATION OF SELECTED SOFTWARES FOR STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING WORKS

2. INTRODUCTION Software applications in Civil Engineering is usually classified into three types which are; architectural, structural and management software applications. Architectural software applications are based on designing of interiors and exteriors, and planning. Structural software applications help in the analysis, design and in some cases, detailing of structural members, while project management software applications have the capacity to plan, organise, and guide (control) resource tools and come-up with resource estimates.

3. AIM AND OBJECTIVES The aim of this seminar is to evaluate some software applications for Structural Engineering works in Civil Engineering applications. In cognisance to the aim, the objectives are to review 16 different Structural Engineering software tools and their applications to compare the software tools in terms of their strengths and weaknesses

4. SCOPE OF THE SEMINAR The research work is limited to structural analysis and design software.

5. JUSTIFICATION OF THE SEMINAR There are confusions on the software to be used in the analysis and design of building structures as there are hundreds of Structural Engineering software applications in the world today. Majority of these software applications operate on certain criteria which makes them suitable for some projects and unsuitable for some. There is a need to research the strength and weakness of some of these software tools to help structural engineers in the selection of the best application in their daily tasks. e research work is limited to structural analysis and design software.

6. SOFTWARE REVIEW Figure 1: Interface of STAAD PRO Software 1. Structural Analysis and Design of Computer Programme (STAAD PRO) LIMITATIONS

7. SOFTWARE REVIEW (Contd.) Figure 1: Interface of SAP2000 Software 2. System Application and Products (SAP2000) LIMITATIONS

8. SOFTWARE REVIEW (Contd.) Figure 3: Interface of ETABS 3. Extended Three-Dimensional Analysis of Building Structure (ETABS) LIMITATIONS

9. SOFTWARE REVIEW (Contd.) Figure 4: Interface of Tekla 4. TEKLA LIMITATIONS

10. SOFTWARE REVIEW (Contd.) Figure 5: Interface of SAFE 5. SAFE LIMITATIONS

11. SOFTWARE REVIEW (Contd.) Figure 6: Interface of RISA 6. RISA LIMITATIONS

12. SOFTWARE REVIEW (Contd.) Figure 7: Interface of GT STRUDL 7. GT STRUDL LIMITATIONS

13. SOFTWARE REVIEW (Contd.) Figure 8: Interface of Prokon 8. Prokon LIMITATIONS

14. SOFTWARE REVIEW (Contd.) Figure 9: Interface of Robot 9. Robot LIMITATIONS

15. SOFTWARE REVIEW (Contd.) Figure 10: Interface of CSC Orion 18 10. CSC Orion LIMITATIONS

16. SOFTWARE REVIEW (Contd.) Figure 11: Interface of Prota Structure 2018 11. Prota Structure LIMITATIONS

17. SOFTWARE REVIEW (Contd.) Figure 12: Interface of ANSYS 12. Analysis SYStem (ANSYS) LIMITATIONS

18. SOFTWARE REVIEW (Contd.) Figure 13: Interface of Abaqus 13. Abaqus LIMITATIONS

19. SOFTWARE REVIEW (Contd.) Figure 14: Interface of Quick Civil Series 14. Quick Civil Series LIMITATIONS

20. SOFTWARE REVIEW (Contd.) Figure 15: Interface of CSiBridge 15. CSI Bridge LIMITATIONS

21. SOFTWARE REVIEW (Contd.) Figure 16: Interface of TEDDS 16. TEDDS LIMITATIONS

22. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS Figure 17: Multifunctionality of Software Applications

23. CONCLUSION Different applications have different functions and therefore, it is impossible to say one is better than the other. Some are for general structural works (SAP2000, STAAD-Pro, RISA 3D, GT-STRUDL), while some are just for a particular structure type (CSI Bridge, ETABS). The software applications that can execute general structural engineering works are versatile but at the same time, quite complex to handle.

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