Industry CPD: Accuracy and precision in finite-element analysis

This CPD module, sponsored by SCIA, explores the productivity benefits that structural engineers could gain by adopting a parametric approach to design.

This CPD module, sponsored by IDEA StatiCa UK, introduces CBFEM, a method to analyse and design connections of steel structures, which is a synergy of the standard approach to connection design (component method) and finite elements.

This two-day course extends the principles developed in the Understanding structural behaviour course. It covers more complex real structures and failures, and the important skills of approximate analysis for checking computational output and member sizing.