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Can Diamonds calculate aluminium, masonry, composite steel-concrete?

Calculating a structure ( regardless the material), consists of two steps:
  1. The elastic analysis where the internal forces (= moments, shear force, axial force), reactions, elastic displacements and elastic stresses are determined.
  2. The design where it’s verified if the chosen sections can meet the strength, stability and stiffness requirements. The design is always done according to a standard.

Elastic analysis

  • For all materials the elastic analysis can be done if the mechanical material properties are known. Read here how to add a new material to the library.

Design

  • The relevant design codes for aluminium (EC9), masonry (EC6) and composite steel-concrete (EC4) are not implemented. The internal forces obtained in Diamonds can be used to manually verify the cross sections.
Warning

  • The design of stainless steel is supported in Diamonds 2022 or newer.
  • It is not recommended to apply Eurocode 3 to an aluminium section. The differences between Eurocode 3 and Eurocode 9 are too large.

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