StructuralComponents 5.0: Super element based tool for early design collaboration applied to mid-rise buildings

This paper presents the development of a feasibility analysis tool for the Architecture Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry called StructuralComponents 5.0. It is the fifth paper in a series of developments starting with Breider (2008), which discussed modelling and analysing 2D tall buildings with an emphasis on quick generation and...

ADAS structures module: Evaluation report

In a joint research project between the National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) and the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering of Delft University of Technology (TUD) a multi-level system for the preliminary design of aircraft structures has been developed. The present system is essentially an extension of the existing Aircraft Design and Analysis System ...