*LINEAR ELASTIC AND NON-LINEAR POST YEILD
*NON-LINEAR CONTACT, INERTIAL EFFECTS, LARGE DEFORMATIONS
*POST YIELD WITH STRAIN HARDENING
*BUCKLING ANALYSIS, CONVENTIONAL EULER AND NON-LINEAR
*STEADY AND TRANSIENT THERMAL ANALYSIS
*REINFORCED CONCRETE, POST CRACKED SECTION MECHANICS
Concrete materials model provides the capability to simulate the composite mechanics of embedded steel reinforcing members and the concrete matrix. Load transfer during the transition to cracked section mechanics is accurately simulated.
Deep beam structural mechanics are a special case resulting in load paths within the beam cross section that approximate truss members. The truss action can be demonstrated using non-linear FEA methods.
Buckling of compression members is a non-linear process but can be evaluated under linear elastic criteria (Euler buckling criteria) or more accurately using non-linear FEA models that consider local defects, eccentric loading and actual displacements.
