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When most people look at transmission and distribution lines, they see a series of tall towers or poles with wires strung between them. But engineers? They see art. There’s beauty in the symmetry of structures and the geometric alignment of...

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by Eleanore Nguyen-Locke

ADINA Joins Structural WorkSuite: Unlocking Advanced Nonlinear and Multiphysics Analysis Bentley Systems is excited to introduce Structural WorkSuite 2025, a major upgrade to its suite of structural analysis and design tools. This release offers engineers a cost-effective license that includes...

by Marc Novaes

While most structural analysis software can evaluate everyday stresses, they often fail to prepare buildings for extreme events. As environmental disasters and severe weather become more frequent, clients demand greater confidence in building safety. Engineers need better tools to ensure...

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Hydroelectric power plants are used for economic and environmentally friendly electric power generation all around the world. One of the technical challenges in the design of such structures is to consider the fluid-structure interaction effects. For example, when the water...

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The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) initiated the California Toll Bridge Seismic Retrofit Program to determine the vulnerability of California’s major toll bridges to damage associated with strong earthquakes and to design retrofits to improve seismic safety. ADINA was selected...

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An earthquake can cause a dam to crack or dislocate, or even cause its component blocks to detach. The damage can result in uncontrolled water release or a catastrophic flood. Numerical methods such as finite element analysis play an important...
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