1 | - Written By
- Dr. Al Zeiny
- Mechanical and Civil Engineering Department
- University of Evansville
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2 | - Floor modeling by the developer
- Pre-processor to be used by a non-technical user
- Analysis engine
- Post-Processor to display results in a very simplified form for the non-technical user
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3 | - Floor modeling is done by the developer for all the available galleries in the museum
- The floor of each gallery is divided to finite elements
- Various mechanical and strength properties of both beams and slabs are calculated and stored in the gallery database
- The stiffness matrix of the floor is calculated, inverted and stored in the Gallery database
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4 | - The pre-processor allows the non technical user to do the following:
- place statues, exhibits, forklifts, crowds and various kind of objects
- Turn on and off the earthquake
- Turn on and off various analysis options
- Run the analysis engine
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5 | - The post-processor displays results in a very simplified way easy to understand by the non-technical user
- Results are displayed as spectrum of colors that indicate the Demand to Capacity ratio
- The colors range from very blue (cold) for small D/C ratios, and very red (hot) for D/C ratios above 100%
- The user is then instructed to avoid getting red colors
- If the user gets red colors, then he is instructed either to remove some objects, or move heavy objects closer to supports (bearing walls and columns)
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