SLaMA Solver Frame

The Simple Lateral Mechanism Analysis (SLaMA) allows to estimate both the plastic mechanism and the capacity curve (i.e. a force–displacement curve) of reinforced concrete frames (among others). SLaMA Solver Frame provides a graphical user interface to apply SLaMA.

Completely standalone

You don’t need any other software to run it

Type and Check Environment

Every time you input a parameter, a plot updates allowing for cross checks

Member failure mode

For each beam and column, SLaMA solver Frame provides their expected failure mode: flexure, bar buckling, shear, lap splice

Hierarchy of strength

For each beam column joint sub-assembly, SLaMA Solver Frame determines its hierarchy of strength, indicating the member-level mechanism that causes its failure

Plastic mechanism

By composing the results of each sub-assembly, SLaMA solver Frame provides an estimation of the plastic mechanism

Global capacity curve

The results are composed to derive a force-displacement capacity curve (pushover) for three different plastic mechanisms: Beam Sway, Mixed Sway and Column Sway

License

Creative commons “Attribution-No Derivatives 4.0 International” license

In action

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Dr Roberto GentileAssociate ProfessorCatastrophe Risk Modelling · UCL

I provide tools that allow engineers to use quantified risk as a metric for design, and risk modellers to improve their estimates using advanced engineering methods.

I co-direct the DE|RISC Lab at UCL.

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