Palmer technologies: ATENA refractory structure analysis

"We are using ATENA to analyze the behavior of refractory concrete structures. To date the behaviour of refractory structures is not fully understood and a wrong design can result in very high financial losses for our customers. Non-linear analysis is an extremely useful tool to verify and check the refractory design. ATENA proved to be the most accurate program for this purpose and it provided to be a highly effective tool in understanding the behaviour of refractory structures."

Greg Palmer
Director
Palmer Technologies PTY Ltd
Brisbane, Australia

Rambol sweeden: Atena experience

„We have successfully used ATENA for design of the strengthening of some old RC frame structures at Slussen in Stockholm. Nonlinear capabilities were needed for reliable assessment of the remaining structural capacity and simulation the effect of the optimized strengthening.“

Says Mikael Hallgren, Ramboll, Sweden AB.

Prize in ETH Prediction Competition

Naples, 2nd fib Congress, 6.6.2006

Cervenka Consulting wins a prize in the competition "Predicting the Response of RC Slabs to Transverse Shear" http://www.fib-international.org/news/, organized by IBK, ETH Zurich.

photo by Maria Rosaria Corrado
(more photos from fib 2006 in Naples)

Stregthening by CFRP 1/2

ATENA is used to investigate the effect of beam strengthening by carbon fibre reinforced polymers.

Stregthening by CFRP 2/2

First page of the summary containing basic facts and results of this application of ATENA in engineering practice.

SBETA-ATENA helps to explain bridge cracks 1/2

An inspection of the 30 years old Lindenacker bridge in Switzerlan revealed cracks in the transverse beams above piers. The repair project was conducted by Aegerter&Bosshardt, Basel, Switzerland. Program SBETA was used to explain the cause of the beam cracking. This page contains the basic facts about the problem, pictures of the bridge and some basic analytical results showing the cracking in the transverse beam.

SBETA-ATENA helps to explain bridge cracks 2/2

This second information page contains more detailed results from the numerical analysis showing the vectors of principal stresses and profiles of reinforcement stresses.