ETABS v9.

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LINEAR AND NONLINEAR STATIC AND DYNAMIC ANALYSIS
AND DESIGN OF BUILDING SYSTEMS FOR STEEL, CONCRETE AND MASONRY.
STRUCTURAL AND EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING SOFTWARE
Win 2000/ XP / Vista


HIGHRISE BUILDINGS, MULTIPLE TOWER BUILDINGS, RIGID

OR SEMI-RIGID DIAPHRAGMS, RAMPS AND PARKING
STRUCTURES, MEZZANINE FLOORS, STEPPED DIAPHRAGM
SYSTEMS, LINEAR AND NONLINEAR STATIC AND DYNAMIC
ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF BUILDING SYSTEMS INCLUDING
NONSYMETRICAL-GENERAL SHAPED STRUCTURES.

FULL 3D BUILDING MODEL, STEEL AND CONCRETE FRAME

DESIGN, CONCRETE SHEAR WALL AND SLAB DESIGN,
STAGGERED TRUSS BUILDINGS DESIGN, STEEL JOIST DESIGN.
DESIGN OPTIMIZATION, CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE
LOADING.

RESPONSE SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, LINEAR and NONLINEAR

TIME HISTORY ANALYSIS, STATIC PUSHOVER ANALYSIS, BASE
ISOLATORS, VISCOUS DAMPERS, STRUCTURAL POUNDING,
EARTHQUAKE SIMULATION, STAGED CONSTRUCTION.

ETABS IS THE SOLUTION, WHETHER YOU ARE DESIGNING A SIMPLE 2D FRAME or PERFORMING A
DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF A COMPLEX HIGHRISE THAT UTILIZES NONLINEAR DAMPERS FOR
INTERSTORY DRIFT CONTROL OR DESIGNING THE HIGHEST BUILDING OF THE WORLD.




THIS IS ETABS

For nearly 30 years, ETABS has been recognized as the industry
standard for Building Analysis and Design Software. Today, continuing
in the same tradition, ETABS has evolved into a completely Integrated
Building Analysis and Design Environment. The System built around a
physical object based graphical user interface, powered by targeted
new special purpose algorithms for analysis and design, with
interfaces for drafting and manufacturing, is redefining standards of
integration, productivity and technical innovation.

The integrated model can include Moment Resisting Frames, Braced

Frames, Staggered Truss Systems, Frames with Reduced Beam
Sections or Side Plates, Rigid and Flexible Floors, Sloped Roofs,
Ramps and Parking Structures, Mezzanine Floors, Multiple Tower
Buildings and Stepped Diaphragm Systems with Complex Concrete,
Composite or Steel Joist Floor Framing Systems. Solutions to complex
problems such as Panel Zone Deformations, Diaphragm Shear
Stresses, and Construction Sequence Loading are now at your
fingertips.

ETABS is the solution, whether you are designing a simple 2D frame

or performing a dynamic analysis of a complex high-rise that utilizes
non-linear dampers for inter-story drift control.

In any endeavor, a tool tailored to a task is the most efficient. For

buildings, ETABS provides the automation and specialized options
needed to make the process of model creation, analysis and design
fast and convenient. Tools for laying out floor framing, colums, frames
and walls, in either concrete or steel, as well as techniques for quickly
generating gravity and lateral loads offer many advantages not
available from most general purpose finite element programs. Seismic
and wind loads are generated automatically according to the
requirements of the selected building code. All of these modeling and
analysis options are completely integrated with a wide range of steel
and concrete design features.

Full dynamic analysis, including nonlinear time-history capabilities for

seismic base isolation and viscous dampers, along with static
nonlinear pushover features offer state-of-the-art technology to the
engineer doing performance design. Powerful features for the
selections and optimization of vertical framing members as well as the
identification of key elements for lateral drift control provide
significant time savings in the design cycle.

In addition, because ETABS includes complete and detailed steel and

concrete design calculations for beams and columns, braces, walls
and slabs, the time typically associated with the transfer of data
between analysis and design programs has been eliminated. This
design integration, in combination with the fact that ETABS generates
CAD output files, means that production drawings can be generated
faster and with greater accuracy.

ETABS has long been a favorite for the analysis and design of
buildings, and whether the project is a one story shopping center or
the tallest building in the world, this latest release offers the
comprehensive tools needed to produce timely, efficient and elegant
engineering solutions.

ETABS LEVEL DEFINITION

Plus Version: No practical limit on model size. Object based
modeling specifically developed for design and analysis of building
systems. Use column, beam, brace, wall, ramp and floor objects
to design for gravity and lateral loads all within the same model
with auto-meshing options for one-way or two-way load transfer.
Option to have multiple Cartesian and/or cylindrical coordinate
systems. Insertion point options to connect top of beam, bottom 
of beam or other cardinal point locations. Auto lateral load 
generation for wind and seismic loads using UBC, IBC, NBCC,
ASCE and other standards. Loading options for joint, line (uniform
or trapezoidal), surface area, and temperature. Automatic design
of steel members, joist design, composite beam design, concrete
frame design, and shear wall design with no limits on the types of
connections: continuous, moment and/or shear releases. Option to
design for different materials within the same model. For example,
a steel frame building with filled deck composite beam floors and
shear walls can be analyzed and designed within the same model.
Static, modal analysis, response spectrum and time history
dynamic analysis, and 2nd order P-delta effects all available with 

the Plus version. User control on how mass is calculated. Tension
only and compression only frame elements. Line constraint option
to connect mismatched meshes for transfer of shear and
moments. Open GL view options for walk-thru.

Nonlinear Version: Expands the Plus options to include nonlinear

analysis under both static and/or time history loading. Nonlinear
analysis for gaps, hooks, friction dampers, tension or compression
only, large deformation analysis, base isolators, and pushover
analysis per ATC and FEMA criteria including use of plastic hinges
(moment vs. rotation, force vs. deflection curves), and basic stage
construction analysis.

The ETABS has a Section Designer feature as an integral part of the

program. The way you access Section Designer is that you go to the
Define menu and add a SD Section from the Frame section property
box to define nonstandard sections, built-up sections, and/or to
specify rebar configurations. An advantage using this feature
instead of the Section Builder standalone program is that the
sections are available to you to use within the model.

The ETABS Package comes with a comprehensive set of printed and

online documentation including: User Manuals, Tutorials, Watch and
Learn Videos.

ETABS, SAP2000 and SAFE input files of real projects which was
provided from our users are gathered in Web-Pool and available to
our users free of cost. Please contact baser@comp-
engineering.com for more information.

The Wilson FNA Method: The ETABS nonlinear time history analysis
uses the new numerical Integration technique known as the Wilson
FNA (Fast Nonlinear Analysis) Method. The procedure uses an
iterative vector superposition algorithm that is extremely efficient
for analzing structures with predefined, localized nonlinearity. The
method has demonstrated significant reductions in processing times
when compared with other nonlinear analysis methods.




ETABS MODELING
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following a feature identifies the version(s) that are associated with it.

 
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Autodesk Revit Structure 2009

Import: Import from AutoCAD: Arbitrary nonrectangular grid systems, Framing plans, 3D Framing
models; CIS/2 (.step), FrameWorks Plus (.sfc), Strudl-Staad (.gti, .std), Prosteel (.mdb), IFC-Tekla-
Xsteel (.ifc), IGES (.igs), Autodesk Revit Structure (.exr) 2009

Export: Export to AutoCAD: Floor plans w/ composite design info, User defined framing elevations;
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material properties. Reinforcing bars can be specified for concrete sections. Modification factors for
cracked sections. Definition of unsymetrical concrete section with reinforcing and the development of
the associated PMM interaction surface for use in the concrete frame design postprocessor integrated
within ETABS. Definition of wall pier geometry and reinforcing and development of the associated PMM
interaction surface for use in the shear wall design postprocessor.
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The 3D Beam / Column / Brace (Frame) Element
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