LARSA

LARSA 4D - Advanced analysis and design for bridges and structures.

In use for more than two decades on projects world wide, LARSA 4D provides nonlinear static and dynamic analysis
for bridges, buildings, and special structures. LARSA works closely with clients to adapt the software to their evolving
engineering needs.

LARSA 4D Structure - Nonlinear static, dynamic, and collapse analysis for structures using LARSA’s advanced elements
library, plus staged construction analysis to model changes to the structure over time.

LARSA 4D Bridge - Analysis tools for bridges, including everything in LARSA 4D Structure plus bridge geometry control,
influence surface analysis, and additional staged construction methods.

LARSA 4D Bridge Plus - The most advanced tool for “4D” bridge analysis and design, including pre/post-tensioning
tendons and material time effects such as creep and relaxation.

LARSA Section Composer - Cross-section modeling and code check.

LARSA Section Composer can be used to compute cross-section properties of any shape for buildings and bridges with
non-standard sections. Parametric geometric definitions make modeling, creation of templates, and nonprismatic variation
easier to define.

• Automatic computation of section properties.

• Parametric section library or define a new arbitrary (“user-drawn”) shape.
• Section analysis and design per AASHTO LRFD 2006, BSD 5400, and EN 1992-1-1:2004 with moment curvature and
moment capacity analysis.
• Nonprismatic variation. Composite materials.
• Integration with LARSA 4D. Import/export DXF.

Steel Girder Design Module - Bridge modeling and code-check per AASHTO LRFD 2006 with 2007 additions.
The steel girder design module combines a model generation wizard with code check for steel I and box girders. Based on
the “4D” analysis engine in LARSA 4D, this module is perfect for curved, straighed, and skewed bridges.

• Parametric model generation of 3D finite element models using simple questions such as deck width, span length,
and bridge layout for curvature.
• Code-check a new or existing model or enter forces and section properties directly.
• Code check and detailed reports for cross-section proportion limits, constructability, service limit state, strenght limit
state, and stiffeners.
• Detailed reports.
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