Damaged structures

With LimitState:RING you can readily incorporate bridge-specific defects to make the analysis even closer to real-life.

Localized mortar loss can be assigned to contacts to represent such defects as cracks, water scour at the base of a pier, or weathering of the arch barrel contact surfaces.

Different unit weights can be assigned to individual blocks throughout the structure to account for changed densities due to patch repairs, porosity and frost damage etc.

With careful modelling, even areas with missing blocks can be considered in the software.