Towards an integrated grid- and cloud-based structural analysis platform

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Abstract

The Building Information Modeling (BIM) approach has revolutionized the way buildings are designed and constructed. The BIM design method - combined with web services, grid and cloud computing power - opens the door for construction engineers to improve the building design through enabling them to run advanced structural analyses for design alternatives quickly with low cost. However, the high hard- and software cost for complex computations like parametric studies are usually reserved for big companies or research facilities. This paper introduces an ongoing research with the project SE-Lab (http:/www.selba.eu) to develop a web-based Structural Engineering platform which allows small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to bundle their already available computing resources for complex simulations. Furthermore it provides data management functions, supports the creation of model variations and offers a collaboration layer to experts of different disciplines.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationComputing in Civil and Building Engineering - Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering
EditorsR. Raymond Issa, Ian Flood
PublisherAmerican Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Pages431-438
Number of pages8
ISBN (electronic)978-0-7844-1361-6
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Peer-reviewedYes

Conference

Title2014 International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering
Duration23 - 25 June 2014
CityOrlando
CountryUnited States of America

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-7951-6354/work/228235193