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DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.2658.7045
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RuaumokoStudio An INNOVATIVE, ROBUST, FAST and ADAPTABLE STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK for the NONLINEAR PERFORMANCE BASED ENGINEERING EVALUATION of BUILDINGS
Fast 64bit structural analysis RuaumokoStudio is a structural analysis framework for the Performance Based Engineering (PBE) engine based on Ruaumoko3D; evaluation of buildings. The framework draws together the world’s most advanced ‘building the product of more than 40 focused’ nonlinear structural analysis software, Ruaumoko3D and the leading Building Information years of active development at Modelling (BIM) application for structural engineers, Autodesk Revit. RuaumokoStudio offers a shift the University of Canterbury. from an analyst-centric building evaluation to a collaborative team approach with more efficient allocation of technical resources and significant time savings. Collaborative paradigm shift in PBE with analytical modelling RuaumokoStudio Other PBE done by both technicians and software engineering analysts in parallel. Nonlinear pushover and time history analysis Tight integration with Fast 64bit multi-threaded nonlinear analysis engine Autodesk Revit 2015 Building Seamless integration with Revit for efficient team Information Modelling (BIM) collaboration software for easy development Next generation library of component and hysteresis models of large and complex buildings.. Automated ASCE41-13 procedures with customizable Enhanced Revit analytical overrides modelling tools for rapid Scalable cloud based analysis, post-processing and reporting definition and editing of analytical model properties. Efficient Workflow
Next Generation element RuaumokoStudio allows an unlimited number of participants to contribute to the modelling and models with over 60 hysteresis analysis effort. This flexibility promotes collaboration and better distribution of tasks across both rules to capture nonlinear engineers and technicians. Technicians can immediately commence creation of the model based on response of any structural architectural or as-built specifications. In parallel and using the same model, analysts in the team component. can define and assign modelling parameters and acceptance criteria to structural components. Cloud based analysis and Technician
post-processing of results for Create physical and analytical Export model topology Tasks
model of building in Revit from Revit
fast and cost effective .XML computer resourcing. Post- Analysis Reporting processing Automated element modelling Revit Model Database
and evaluation using Define modelling parameters Apply modelling parameters
ASCE 41-13 modelling (yield surfaces, reinforcing content, etc.) to analytical components in Revit Analyst Tasks
parameters and performance .XML .XML
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criteria. Define acceptance critera Apply acceptance criteria to
.RES .XML
(performance limits, analytical components in
Standalone three dimensional deformation limits, etc.) Revit
model viewer for model .XML .XML
interrogation and presentation
of analysis results including Robust and Fast Analysis Engine time history animations. RuaumokoStudio uses newly developed analysis libraries based on the Ruaumoko3D finite element computer program. The analysis engine is entirely written in Fortran – the computer language most suited to intensive mathematical operations. The code references the Intel Math Kernel (MKL) library for sparse matrix and Eigenvalue solutions. It has been compiled specifically for the hardware on which it is run. This means extremely fast analysis of complex building models with hundreds of thousands of elements and millions of degrees of freedom. Analyses that can take up to a week to complete using other PBE software can be done with RuaumokoStudio in a matter of hours. Integration with Revit 2015 The RuaumokoStudio framework is tightly integrated with Revit 2015 through the Revit Application Programming Interface (API). The analytical model is completely developed within Revit in parallel with the creation of the physical model. Basic element properties are automatically derived from the physical representations of each element. Modelling parameters and performance criteria are applied to the analytical model from within Revit. These assignments are maintained outside of the Revit model database in ‘user readable’ Extensible Mark-up Language (XML) files. Many BIM products are able to interpret files produced by Revit and a significant number of predominately linear structural analysis programs are able to exchange data with Revit. This makes Revit the ideal portal for the accumulation of building information that can be used for the PBE evaluation of buildings.
Enhanced Modelling Tools Revit analytical model.
40 storey moment frame and shear wall building. RuaumokoStudio includes a number of powerful model editing and inspection tools including: (Jakarta, Indonesia) A standalone three dimensional model viewer which permits the user to inspect and edit element connectivity, set boundary conditions and assign loads to elements; Automatic tributary area load generation based on element proximities and floor plate envelopes; and Automatic floor plate connectivity generator and mass/mass-moment calculations based on floor plate envelopes, element weights and reduced imposed loads.
Next Generation Analytical Element Models and Evaluation Procedures
More than 20 structural element types and over 60 hysteresis rules can be used to capture the nonlinear response of any structural component without resorting to complex composite models. Reinforced concrete walls are modelled using newly developed quadrilateral multi-spring elements that are substantially more representative of the nonlinear behavior of concrete walls. Both in-plane and out-of-plane effects are captured along with the interaction between flexure, shear and axial forces. With six degrees of freedom at each corner node, these elements dispense with the need to introduce dummy elements or rigid links to model coupling beams.
Cloud Analysis and Post-processing
RuaumokoStudio was developed with the intention of maximizing the efficiency with which PBE 3D views of analytical model.
evaluation is undertaken. The analysis process requires relatively short bursts of computing power. Other PBE software is heavily reliant on internal computing infrastructure. RuaumokoStudio shifts peak computing loads to the more capable, scalable and cost effective cloud platform offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Analyses are initiated and managed using the RuaumokoStudio Analysis Management Console (AMC) web application. The AMC scales the available computing resource based on specified prerequisites Analysis Management Console. such as minimum processor speed and maximum hourly cost. It then distributes analysis tasks to each computing instance and monitors progress. RuaumokoStudio Analysis Management Console.
As each analysis is completed, the output is transferred to low cost scalable storage. Post-processing of the analysis results is done remotely. Both raw and processed output can be interrogated using the RuaumokoStudio Query web application without the need to download large results files to the local network.
