RMA to Collaborate with LimitState in an IStructE Workshop

LimitState is a Sheffield based company producing limit analysis software tools for the practicing engineer using their patented DLO method. Their latest product is called SLAB and provides the flexural collapse mechanism and load for reinforced concrete slabs - as used in the floors of buildings and bridge decks. The DLO method produces upper-bound predictions of the collapse load. In order to verify the solution from SLAB and to provide a complete picture of the equilibrating moment fields, RMA are collaborating with LimitState to provide a version of EFE as a plugin to SLAB. A good picture of how these limit analysis techniques perform can be seen in a recent NAFEMS publication.

LimitState are launching SLAB with a workshop at the IStructE Headquarters in London which will include a presentation by RMA:

RMA's presentation slides may be seen in the Delegates' Pack and the powerpoint presentation can be found under http://www.ramsay-maunder.co.uk/r--d/resources/.