Open-source analysis software: an opportunity
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Luis C. Pérez Tato
(XC Structural Engineering, Madrid, Spain)
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Congress: Beyond Structural Engineering in a Changing World, San José, Cost Rica, 25-27 Seotember 2024 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Congress San José 2024 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 906-914 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 9 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/sanjose.2024.0906 | ||||
| Abstract: |
Today, structural engineers can access a good amount of high-quality open-source analysis so'ware, opening up possibili*es for innova*on unthinkable a few years ago. Despite their large development as a whole, structural analysis so'ware has not advanced much in terms of interoperability. In general, they func*on as black boxes well suited for a certain purpose but almost impossible to adapt to other problem types or to the par*cular needs of a project. Furthermore, data sharing capabili*es are never a priority for obvious reasons. This ar*cle demonstrates how free so'ware can be used, in prac*ce, to create customized analysis tools that can be easily adapted to di0erent purposes. The proposed methodology allows engineers to gain complete control over their design tools and to acquire a deep knowledge of how they work and, therefore, the ability to imagine improvements or new applica*ons. |
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| Keywords: |
structural design structural analysis interoperability open-source so''ware 1nite element method building informa*on modeling (BIM)
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