InfoCAD Update July 2016 - Version 16 Dear customers, the annual update for version 16 is completed and is available to all maintenance cus-tomers for download on our website. For this purpose, please log in under your license number on the service page www.infograph.eu/en/service. Please download the file 'InfoCAD_16.exe' and start the installation. Customers with a network license have to update their installation of the license man-ager 'InfoNetKey_16.exe' first. All updates are briefly outlined in the attachment. More detailed explanations can be found in the help system and on the download page www.infograph.eu/en/downloads. We wish you the best of success with the new program functionalities. Sincerely yours, InfoGraph Ingenieurgesellschaft für graphisch unterstützte Datenverarbeitung mbH Picture credits: Lev Kropotov, 123rf.com.

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News in InfoCAD 16

The following chapters provide you with the latest information on the InfoCAD pro-gram system and the most important changes with respect to the previous version 15 from May 2015. General Information

• Model edges can now have the meaning 'spring element', 'link element' or 'pile beam'.

• For loadings on curved surfaces and solid models a new 'projected' surface load is implemented.

• The new load type 'uniform load on model faces' allows a simplified creation of an area load by se-lecting model faces.

• In the option menu, the background color of the representation area can be optionally switched to black.

• The cross-section colors can now be saved in the project file.

• The line width can now be displayed on the screen.

• BIM specifications of imported IFC objects can now be displayed in a new property window.

• In the print preview, a new line object is available as a supplement to the commentary box.

• The license information of the help menu can now optionally be presented in a table and copied to the clipboard.

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FEM Analysis

The FEM analysis has been accelerated by further parallelization. The system preparation, the eigen value solver and the reinforcement preparation for the 'creep and shrinkage' load case were hence improved.

The integration of link elements in the stiffness matrix for the 'parallel sparse solver' has been ac-celerated significantly.

The standard equation solver has now also been parallelized according to the OpenMP standard.

Pile Calculation

To support pile calculations a number of improve-ments were made:

Model edges can now have the meaning 'pile beam'.

Bedding profiles can be defined.

Variable bedding moduli and strengths are now available.

The 'pile beams' are automatically meshed accord-ing to the bedding profile.

In the non-linear calculation the bedding strengths will be considered. For this, the material nonlin-earities can be switched off.

Laminate

The new type of cross section 'laminate' was im-plemented. This is suitable for layered materials such as fiber-glass or plywood constructions.

For specific calculations the shear bond between the layers can be disregarded.

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EN 1992-1-1, DIN EN 1992-1-1 and SS EN 1992-1-1

The concrete checks have been adapted to the amendment of the base document from 2014 and the amendment of the National Annex Germany from December 2015.

For the punching shear check, the update implies that the maximum load-bearing capacity, which can be reached with the installation of a punching shear reinforcement, is now limited according to equation (6.52).

In the standalone program for crack width limita-tion the check according to the National Annex Sweden has been added.

Bridge Checks

The action QTS / QUDL for the traffic load model of the bridge checks was revised. This simplifies in particular the use of own load cases.

The tandem vehicles of LM1 and LMM can now optionally be calculated transversely decoupled. This means, they are not necessarily adjacent. This can lead to higher stresses, e.g. for oblique-angled bridges.

Load model 1 and LMM can now be projected on curved shell or solid bridge structures.

The options Asb,Q + cor. Asb,T and Asb,T + cor. Asb,Q have been added to the graphical view of the shear reinforcement.

In the single design the statically determined inter-nal forces of prestressed steel layers are now logged.

In the detailed log a complete listing of all check combinations with associated safety and combina-tions coefficients is output.

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Bridge Recalculation

The new program module complements the existing bridge checks and allows recalculation of road bridges taking into account the specificities of the Recalculation Guideline 2015-04:

DIN Technical Report 102 or DIN EN 1992-2 se-lectable

Check level 1 or 2

Graphical view of the base reinforcement

Longitudinal and shear reinforcement utilization

Calculation of the reinforcement reserves

Check of the receivable forces (M and Q)

Calculation of cot with the shear crack angle r

Check of the shear force resistance with the prin-cipal stress criteria

Taking into account tendons for the torsional longitudinal reinforcement

Crack reinforcement utilization

Fatigue utilization

EN 1993-1-1 and DIN EN 1993-1-1

• The steel checks have been adapted to the amendment of the base document from July 2014 and the new edition of the National Annex Ger-many from August 2015.

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Timber Checks according to OENORM B 1995-1-1

• The corrections of the Austrian Standards Institute of 15 June 2015 for OENORM EN 1995-1-1:2014-11 and OENORM B 1995-1-1:2014-11 were incor-porated into the timber checks.

SIA 261

• The calculation of the response spectra has been adapted to the new edition of SIA 261:2014.

SS EN 1992-1-1, Crack Width Limitation

In the standalone program for crack width limita-tion the Swedish standard SS EN 1992-1-1:2014 with the national annex has been added.

Lateral Torsional Buckling Check with the Equivalent Beam Method

• In the lateral torsional buckling program the flex-ural buckling checks for T-, L- and hollow profiles acc. EN 1993-1-1, Chapter 6.3.1, has been added.