SteelConnection

The courses dedicated to the Structural design of STEEL structures with IDEA StatiCa

COURSE 01 - Essentials of steel connection design

WELCOME

A warm welcome from IDEA StatiCa Campus.

In this course, you will develop an in-depth, thorough understanding of the potential and workflows of the IDEA StatiCa Applications for steel structure design. You will follow a program of study that combines audiovisual lessons (and reference documents in PDF format - ???).

That all is accompanied by a series of self-evaluation activities that must be completed to obtain the IDEA StatiCa Certificate.

You can find all the information in the IDEA StatiCa Campus Course Factsheet.pdf

You can find all the information in the IDEA StatiCa Campus Course Factsheet.doc

HOW TO DOWNLOAD THE SOFTWARE

To go through this course, it's highly recommended to have IDEA StatiCa software downloaded, installed, and activated the license. Find below all the information you need to set up IDEA StatiCa Steel apps.

DOWNLOAD IDEA StatiCa

If you have not installed the software yet, we strongly suggest for the purpose of this course using our EDUCATIONAL license.

TUTORING

As a student on the course, you will have access to tutoring, which you can choose to use at any point. We offer two methods:

Group tutoring: in the forum provided below you can ask general questions, generating a conversation that may help other students well.
For the more specific queries, there is also the option of asking the teachers questions via email.

General Questions Forum

OTHER INTERESTING RESOURCES

Finally, we offer a series of general resources for accessing support and asking questions.

01 | Principles of CBFEM method

In this unit, we will shortly introduce the elementary background of the CBFEM (Component Based Finite Element) Method – the theory behind applications like IDEA StatiCa Connection, IDEA StatiCa Member, HILTI PROFIS Engineering, Advance Design Connection, and others.

Component Based Finite Element Method (CBFEM)

Material and plate model. Finite Element Mesh.pdf

Material and plate model. Finite Element Mesh.doc

Introduction.
CBFEM Components.
CBFEM Analysis.
Material model.
Plate model and mesh.
Contacts.

Welds, bolts anchors, and concrete block.pdf

Welds, bolts anchors, and concrete block.doc

Welds.
Standard bolts.
Preloaded bolts.
Anchor bolts.
Anchor bolts with stand-off.
Concrete block.

QUIZ 01.

TASK DESCRIPTION

The objective of this first activity is to break the ice with the evaluation system in IDEA StatiCa Campus.

Therefore, you should read the PDF Documentation for this Chapter 0 and then start the attempt and complete the quiz.

ACTIVITY EVALUATION

The activity will be evaluated by means of a multiple-choice questionnaire. Of the 4 possible answers for each question, only one will be correct.

You will be able to take the test twice; the results of the last attempt will provide the final mark.

Incorrect answers will NOT be penalized.

Time limit

There is no time limit set for processing the questionnaire.

ASSESSMENT 01. ABOUT CBFEM QUIZ

02 | Different ways of how to create new project

03 | Principles behind loadings

04 | Modeling of joints

05 | Results interpretation