Advanced Beam Analysis

Model and analyze complex beam penetrations, stiffeners, and tapers with shell finite analysis

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SkyCiv Advanced Beam Analysis

SkyCiv Advanced Beam Analysis provides an easy-to-use and integrated solution for the analysis of complex prismatic and non-prismatic beams. Easily customize beam penetrations, stiffeners, and tapers.

SkyCiv Advanced Beam Analysis performs realistic simulation using linear and non-linear analysis (including material and geometric nonlinearity) with additional allowance for geometric imperfection.

UI for Advanced Beam Analysis showing a color-mapped beam model with two circular holes and a displacement scale; camera and rotate icons on the left.

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Structural analysis software that runs the full workflow

Easy and powerful FEA analysis

Run linear, non-linear, buckling and dynamic analysis within a single solver. No separate modules for complex analysis types.

Integrated design checks

Steel, concrete, timber and cold-formed design modules run directly on your analysis results. No exporting, re-entry or version mismatches.

Detailed calculation reports

Every formula, design check and
reference is shown in full, so you can defend every number, not just the result.

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What SkyCiv Advanced Beam Analysis Offers

Capabilities for modelling and analysing simple to complex structures.

Web Stiffeners and Openings

Create vertical and horizontal web stiffeners anywhere along your beam. Optimize their position and shape to prevent local and global buckling.

Model beam penetrations by using the web openings functionality. Create openings in a variety of shapes, including:

  • Circles

  • Rectangles

  • Polygons with custom radius and corner numbers

Openings can also include stiffeners automatically created along their perimeters to match your chosen shape.

Two 3D engineering diagrams of a long blue-walled containment structure with an orange base and green supports, shown in side and isometric views. On the right, a photo of a green steel beam/bridge girder.

Your Own Virtual Laboratory

When an extra level of detail is required, utilize SkyCiv Advanced Beam Analysis to determine exactly how non-linear plastic behavior is distributed throughout your members and how they affect buckling characteristics.

Non-linear analysis is performed in steps. Drill down into the details of each step to see precisely how your member progressed to failure. Identify where and how your member entered plasticity, along with its post buckling behavior.

Top-left graph: P-Δ curves comparing TEST and reference, with an inset rectangular diagram indicating loading region.

Powerful FEA Solving

The software supports a number of analysis features and capabilities, including:

  • Linear Static

  • Linear Buckling

  • Geometric Non-Linear

  • Geometric and Material Non-Linear

  • Introduce imperfections, displacements and other detailed input to your model

  • Review reaction, stress, strain and displacement results

  • Review results with direction, view and deformation scaling options

  • Screenshot and review clear results with coloured contours using the graphical interface

Analysis Input panel: Linear Static selected; Output options U, RF, S, E checked; 'Analysis' button enabled, 'Abort' disabled.
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Trusted by thousands

The ease of use and the presentation of the results are both awesome. I have had ongoing interaction with the support team and everyone is excellent.

Mitch Frumkin

Mitch Frumkin

CEO OF KIPCON

It is used for various civil and mechanical engineering courses and the students love it. We are happy with the continuous updates to SkyCiv as well, highly recommended.

Mitch Frumkin

Dr Kenneth R. Leitch

Assoc. Prof. at Texas A&M

It was easily the most intuitive package available to learn; it is particularly easy to build the 3D model and define nodes, members, supports, materials, sections, then apply loads & combinations.

Mitch Frumkin

Stuart Agars

Managing Director of Struct-Sure Limited

SkyCiv has been a great tool to help efficiently and clearly document and update design results for a member of a small company with multiple responsibilities.

Mitch Frumkin

Lydia Fahrenkrug

Engineer at MT Solar

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Intuitive Interface

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Comprehensive Design Code Support

Our software supports a comprehensive array of steel, wood, and concrete design codes including AISC, EN, AISI, NDS, AS, and CSA.

API Technology

SkyCiv is a customised solution featuring seamless integrations, easy implementations, automated reports and a scalable design and architecture.

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