VERSION HISTORY
LIRA-FEM
- Mass redistribution
- Damping ratio
- Seismic isolators
- Pushover Analysis
- Finite element "Joint"
- New types of perfectly rigid body (PRB)
- Nonlinear behaviour of soil
- New type of force
- Nonlinear custom cross-sections
- Accounting for orthotropy
- Analysis parameters
- Analysis of reactions
- Stresses and forces
- Dynamics
- Nonlinearity
- Finite elements
- Calculation and Performance
RC Design
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In the parameters of punching shear calculation, consideration of the rotation angle of the punching column has been added. For materials (concrete and transverse reinforcement), working condition coefficients are taken into account according to RSZ and RSN groups. Also implemented is the option to generate a report with intermediate calculations.
For all implemented codes, punching reinforcement calculation has been added.
In punching shear calculation, reaction to the force group E1 has been added for progressive collapse verification tasks, with selection of all necessary working condition coefficients.
- In the calculation of composite RC sections for concrete-filled tubes with circular steel tubes, the option Consider multiaxial stress state in concrete-filled tubes has been implemented — for adjusting stress–strain diagrams of the concrete core and tube under compression (relevant for compressed sections, while for bending and eccentrically compressed sections with large eccentricity, formulas remain unchanged). Tube behavior in tension corresponds to the original diagram.
- In dialogs related to reinforcement, the local coordinate system of bars has been synchronized with other subsystems — now the bar section is viewed from the end of axis X1, so the local axis Y1 is rotated to the right, consistent across the complex.
- Implemented use of actual specified anchorage for reinforcement layers in TSA for plates when calculating by Wood’s method (instead of reduced values).
- Implemented calculations according to DSTU-N B EN 1992-1-1:2010 “Eurocode 2. Design of concrete structures. Part 1-1. General rules and rules for buildings” and AzDTN 2.16-1 “Concrete and reinforced concrete structures.” Selection of these codes is available in the Design options dialog.
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Added a mode for viewing reinforcement selection results of all bar reinforcement types simultaneously (symmetric, asymmetric, ring).
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Updated reinforcement selection algorithm for superelement tasks.
- Implemented calculation of concrete and reinforcement consumption considering configured reinforcement mosaics. This allows visual assessment of material distribution across the calculation model and faster preparation of data for bill of quantities.
- Additional settings for material properties — concrete and reinforcement (rigid reinforcement) have been implemented for verification and selection of required reinforcement. In particular, the option to consider working condition coefficients according to DSTU 9294:2024 “Calculation of buildings for resistance to progressive (disproportionate) collapse” has been added.
- For verification of bearing capacity of bar analogues Wall (Bar), separate TSA assignment has been implemented in three zones: left/lower edge of section, central part of section, and right/upper edge of section. Exact position of reinforcement bars is considered when determining safety factor. Multiple TSAs can be assigned in each zone.
- Added ability to save variants of configured reinforcement scales, allowing saving and switching complete sets of scales for all reinforcement types: longitudinal and transverse reinforcement of plates, transverse reinforcement of plates for punching shear, longitudinal and transverse reinforcement of bars at corners and along section edges, as well as longitudinal reinforcement of bars with ring sections.
- For documentation, the table Reinforcement for punching shear contours has been supplemented with the column Punching reinforcement area per 1 linear meter of perimeter (Asw / U).
- Added ability to simultaneously copy and delete multiple parameters selected in the list for reinforced concrete structures (type / concrete / reinforcement).
- More flexible control of punching shear calculation has been implemented in design options settings. Now each design option has a separate toggle for enabling/disabling punching shear calculation.
- In visualization dialogs of selected reinforcement for composite RC sections, display of steel inclusions has been added.
- Improved synchronization and control of reinforced concrete material data when changing design codes.
Analysis & design of reinforced concrete (RC) structures
- For the DBN V.2.6-98:2009 standards, the option to output the safety factor for the specified reinforcement as an envelope result for each check has been added.
- For the DBN V.2.6-98:2009 standards, the option to determine the strength safety factor for precise reinforcement pattern in PR types has been added.
Analysis & design of reinforced concrete (RC) structures
Within the Wall reinforcement type, it is possible to perform analysis of walls and pylons with a detailed arrangement of all rebars and selection of zones of corner reinforcement and reinforcement along edge.
An alternative method is implemented for determining reserve factors for types of pilot reinforcement at a fixed value of axial force.
Added option to define additional number of intermediate reinforcing items for increasing reinforcement. This option is available for the following list of element types: bar, column, beam.
New option to define any number of horizontal cuts of transverse reinforcement to check the types of pilot reinforcement. For the exact type of PR, there is an option to create several layers of transverse reinforcement.
For the check of load-bearing capacity, the user could define an exact location of the reinforcement bars without grouping them into zones as is done for a complete analysis, e.g. with account of torsion.
New option to create and edit names of custom materials: concrete and reinforcement.
Reinforced concrete (RC) structures
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Enhanced algorithm for analysis of reinforcement with off-centre tension at small eccentricities (including by strength).
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Analysis of reinforcement is optimized with account of fire resistance (now it is possible to avoid the significant increase in reinforcement in individual elements where the compressive or least tensile reinforcement was increased in cases of extremely small compression zones of concrete).
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For the SP RK EN 1992-1-1:2004/2011, the condition "not less than 1.5 wall thickness" is added to the parameters for determining the min dimension of the end zone Lc of a plastic wall.
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For plates, in the analysis for width of crack propagation by Karpenko method, the value Ψs=1 may be fixed now.
Improvements to the module for analysis & design of reinforced concrete (RC) structures
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For the SP RK 1992-1-1:2004/2011, in analysis of "Column" and "Pylon" element types, there may be more intermediate reinforcing items for increasing reinforcement. This option increases the analysis accuracy and makes the selection of reinforcement more efficient. The additional items are located at the edges of cross-sections. The number of such items may be specified as the input data for RC materials.
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For the new reinforcement type "Wall (Bar)", the strength analysis of walls and pylons is implemented based on the linear distribution of strain in the normal section. The new reinforcement type may be assigned to bar elements of the model and bar analogues. The bearing capacity of a normal wall section is determined based on the distribution of normal stresses in the section. The relationship between the normal stresses and relative strains is based on the stress-strain diagram specified for concrete and reinforcement. The position of the reinforcement items depends on the spacing or number of reinforcement bars (rebars) along the length of the wall.
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For the type of reinforcement "Wall (Bar)", the peripheral reinforcement at the ends of walls are computed in earthquake analysis by sect. 5.4.3.4 SP RK EN 1998-1:2004/2012 "Design of structures for earthquake resistance. Part 1. General rules, seismic actions and rules for buildings". This analysis is carried out when the "Plastic Wall" mode is activated.
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New option to compute the percentage ratio of the reinforcement area of selected/defined longitudinal reinforcement along X, Y and XY-axes (total) to the cross-sectional area of the plate.
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It is possible to create a custom steel table with rebars; this table may be used to select required reinforcement.
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The program is updated to support the base edition of EN 1992-1-1:2004 + A1:2014. "Eurocode 2: Design of concrete structures. Part 1-1: General rules and rules for buildings".













