Isaac Tool
IT PERFORMS RAPID ANALYSIS OF YOUR BUILDING’S VULNERABILITY TO EARTHQUAKE, AND PRE-DIMENSIONS ACTIVE MASS DAMPER SYSTEMS.
BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE YOUR JOB EASIER!
ISAACtool is our software developed to facilitate and speed up the work of our design clients.
Thanks to ISAACtool, designers can explore the advantages of adopting active control systems as a technological solution for earthquake-resistant improvement.
ISAACtool analyses the specific structure you are working on.
IT SIMULATES THE BEHAVIOUR OF THE STRUCTURE WITHOUT THE NEED FOR A FEM MODEL.
ISAACtool automatically generates a lumped-element model of the structure, starting from a few input data that can be loaded using an Excel file, and performs modal analysis and time history analysis.
- MODAL ANALYSIS.
- TIME HISTORY ANALYSIS.
- “SHEAR TYPE” CALCULATION SCHEME customizable with reductive coefficients of column stiffness.
- NON-LINEARITY OF R.C. ELEMENTS
- MODELLING OF PLUGS with linear or non-linear behavioural rules.
- MODELLING OF ACTIVE MASS DAMPER SYSTEMS.
It autonomously calculates the building’s vulnerability before and after installing active mass damper systems.
The vulnerability analysis is based on the verification of the reinforced concrete elements in terms of ductile (deformation capacity) and fragile mechanisms (shear strength according to the cyclic shear formulation of the 2019 Circular). The results obtained also make it possible to view the trend of the plane displacements and the stresses of the elements, as well as to monitor the performance characteristics of the active control system for the purposes of its dimensioning.
HOW DOES ISAACTOOL WORK?
REFERENCE REGULATIONS.
ISAACtool implements the provisions of the most recent Italian Regulations (Ministerial Decree 17/01/2018 “Technical Standards for Construction” and Ministry Circular No. 21 of 21/01/2019) and European Regulations (Eurocode 8 UNI EN 1998) regulating the methods of analysis and verification of existing reinforced concrete structures subject to earthquake actions. Being an active control system (Active Mass Damper), the I-Pro 1 system complies with the international standard ISO3010:2017, which regulates its use and verification through experiments.
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