This thesis presents a new procedure that has been devised to support structural engineering. Using a building model as a basis, we investigate how the processing steps required to create the numerical model for structural analysis can be accomplished automatically without interrupting the digital model chain while providing new impulses for the integration of numerical computation in the building design workflow. Our confidence in achieving a beneficial advancement is particularly high since strictly three-dimensional finite elements are used throughout, which accordingly dispense with the problematic use of dimensionally reduced partial models. In conjunction with polynomial, higher-order hierarchical element approaches, this completes the transition to the holistic computation of building structures (pure 3D calculation) and allows a more accurate representation of the static behaviour of the structures with qualitatively upgraded analytical results.
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This thesis presents a new procedure that has been devised to support structural engineering. Using a building model as a basis, we investigate how the processing steps required to create the numerical model for structural analysis can be accomplished automatically without interrupting the digital model chain while providing new impulses for the integration of numerical computation in the building design workflow. Our confidence in achieving a beneficial advancement is particularly high since st...
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