LimitState RING 4.0.6.30301:Introducing LimitState: RING, the unparalleled software solution for masonry arch bridge analysis, is trusted by top consulting engineers, bridge owners, and universities worldwide. With its rapid analysis capabilities and user-friendly interface, LimitState: RING revolutionizes the process of understanding and optimizing masonry arch bridges.
Analysis Technology:
- Rigid Block Analysis: Utilizes rigid block modelling to simulate masonry elements, considering contacts and the beneficial effects of backfill.
- Limit Analysis Theory: Underpinned by rigorous Limit Analysis theory to obtain precise solutions.
- Optimization: Determines the line of thrust, pattern of hinges, and corresponding margin of safety through optimization techniques.
How It Works:
- Specify problem geometry, material properties, and loading.
- Model masonry elements using rigid blocks, accounting for contacts.
- Incorporate effects of backfill, such as load spreading.
- Utilize optimization to identify critical collapse mechanisms and margins of safety.
- Speed: Create a bridge model with vehicle loading in minutes, with analysis results available in seconds.
- Power: Utilize rigorous optimization to identify critical modes of response and safety margins, whether a single-span arch or a complex multi-ring viaduct.
- Trust: Developed by renowned experts and validated against laboratory and field bridge tests, ensuring reliability and accuracy.
