{"id":30335,"date":"2026-07-10T14:48:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T14:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=30335"},"modified":"2026-10-09T08:47:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T08:47:16","slug":"section-5-structural-analysis","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/docs\/whitepapers\/en-1993-1-1\/section-5-structural-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Section 5: Structural analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5.1 Structural modelling for analysis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5.2 Global analysis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5.2.1 Effects of deformed geometry of the structure<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5.2.2 Structural stability of frames<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5.3 Imperfections<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5.3.1 Basis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5.3.2 Imperfections for global analysis of frames<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>(2) Diamonds supports global imperfections using equivalent horizontal forces (Figure 5.3) during the elastic analysis. \u03a6 is set to 1\/200 by default. It&#8217;s up to the user to define the correct value. This can be done in the dialog for the elastic analysis <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"wp-image-7895\" style=\"width: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/KnopElastischeAnalyse.png\" alt=\"\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local bow imperfections are not supported in the elastic analysis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5.3.3 Imperfection for analysis of bracing systems<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5.3.4 Member imperfections<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5.4 Methods of analysis considering material non-linearities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5.4.1 General<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>(1) Diamonds only supports <strong>an elastic global analysis.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5.4.2 Elastic global analysis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5.4.3 Plastic global analysis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Not supported by Diamonds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5.5 Classification of cross sections<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5.6 Cross-section requirements for plastic global analysis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Not supported by Diamonds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":28181,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","doc_tag":[],"comment_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/30335"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30335"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/30335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32220,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/30335\/revisions\/32220"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/28181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=30335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}