A COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO BIM SOFTWARE FOR ANALYSIS AND CALCULATION IN REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES

Abstract

The objective of this work is to analyze the performance between two tools for structural analysis, analysis and detailing in a reinforced concrete structure, CYPECAD and EBERICK, in terms of material consumption suggested by the tools, also considering the numerical analysis methods used by both. For this analysis, the model of a linear residential building will be elaborated, with previously stipulated and identical shapes and loads in both tools, which will be analyzed using their standard installation configurations. After this process, the results of both tools, reinforcement rates and material consumption in the structure as a whole and in its individual elements, such as beams, columns and slabs, will be compared. A comparison will also be made between the results obtained through a similar article carried out in 2009, and the results of the present work in order to follow the evolution of the results of both tools mentioned above. It should be noted that the original article was based on the NBR 6118-2003 standard, and the present work with its 2014 revision.