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MODELLING CONCRETE STRUCTURES WITH FINITE ELEMENTS
14 May 2006 - NAFEMS
| NAFEMS, The International Association for the Engineering Analysis Community, has announced that registration is open for the upcoming seminar, "Modelling Concrete Structures with Finite Elements", to be held in London on May 24th 2006. |
NAFEMS, The International Association for the Engineering Analysis Community, has announced that registration is open for the upcoming seminar, "Modelling Concrete Structures with Finite Elements", to be held in London on May 24th 2006. The seminar will bring together an outstanding and diverse group of engineers and managers currently working with analytical methods, who wish to gain insight into latest practices. Structural concrete (i.e. plain, reinforced and pre-stressed) is often thought of as a simple, low-tech material. However, the varied constituents (aggregate, cement, water, additives and reinforcement) that make it such a versatile material, also make it notoriously hard to describe and model computationally. Modern finite element codes have some powerful capabilities for analysing the behaviour of structural concrete, but it can be very difficult to know how to make effective use of them. In consequence, engineers face a number of challenges including: How confident can I be in the results?
How do I allow for the inevitable variability in the constituent material?
How do I use the results in conjunction with codes of practice?
What level of reinforcing details should be modelled?
How can I analyse old structural concrete reliably?
The seminar aims to address these questions and will attempt to explore the issues involved. It will cover some recent developments in the modelling of structural concrete and will also feature a number of case-histories, by leading practitioners.
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About: NAFEMS
NAFEMS is a not for profit organisation aimed at promoting best practices and also fostering education and awareness in the engineering analysis community. In line with its objectives to promote the effective use of simulation technologies, NAFEMS is continually seeking to create awareness of new analysis methodologies, deliver education & training, and stimulate the adoption of best practices and standards by offering a platform for continuous professional development.By the late 1970s and early 1980s, as computing power became more widely available, increasingly industry was starting to solve practical engineering problems using finite element analysis techniques. There was however considerable concern that the accuracy of the methods, and software implementations, required to be verified in order to allow the results to be effectively used. Following extensive lobbying, by industry and academia, the UK Government's Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) set up, and funded, a project within the National Engineering Laboratory (NEL), based in East Kilbride, Scotland, to investigate the issues. As a result the National Agency for Finite Element Methods and Standards, quickly shortened to the acronym NAFEMS, was founded as a special interest group in 1983 with a specific objective namely: "To promote the safe and reliable use of finite element and related technology" In order to keep engineers abreast of the latest developments in the Analysis World the quarterly magazine BENCHmark was launched by NAFEMS in July 1987. After seven years of seed funding by the UK government, and with the support of its industrial members, the decision was taken to launch NAFEMS Ltd as an independent not-for-profit company, owned by its member's in 1990. The company celebrated its 10th Anniversary in 2000, and has developed both the scope of its technology focus and its membership well beyond the original vision. Today NAFEMS and its members are involved in many different types of engineering simulation covering both products and processes. Membership continues to grow, now exceeding 700 corporate members in over 30 different countries. Steering groups have been set up in the UK, France, Germany, and the USA to co-ordinate local activities and interaction with members. |
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