PRE-Stress
PRE-Stress is the main calculation program in the PRE-Stress Suite. It is possible to import geometry from, and export the results to IMPACT.
User Manual
Here is a link to the User Manual within this wiki.
Elements
Supported cross-sections:
- Rectangular
- Variable rectangular
- T-section
- Variable T
- Circular
- Singlesymmetric I-section
- F-section (Flange)
- Fh-section (Half flange)
- KB-section
- KBE-section
- D-section (deck)
- Hollowcore (parametric and dwg/dxf-import)
Special elements:
Codes and standards
Overview of available codes and national annexes:
| Available | |
| Eurocode | ✔ |
| Eurocode, British annex | ✔ |
| Eurocode, Danish annex | ✔ |
| Eurocode, Finnish annex | ✔ |
| Eurocode, Norwegian annex | ✔ |
| Eurocode, Swedish annex | ✔ |
A complete list of codes, standards and technical documents used in PRE-Stress can be found here: Codes and standards
Results
Analysis
- Shear force
- Moment
- Torsion
- Deflection
- Eigenfrequency
Design
- Bending
- Shear
- Topping joint (if topping is present)
- Torsion
- Punching
- Flange reinforcement
- Deflection check
- Fire calculations
- Regular beam elements
- Hollow core elements
Exporting the results
Theory
The Theory section gathers such information as does not directly pertain to the practical use of PRE-Stress. More specifically, it offers insight into the theory underpinning the calculations.
Troubleshooting guides
The guides in the troubleshooting index is based on experiences gathered from the support. To let the users learn from other users questions.
Examples
In the Examples section there will be a few examples using PRE-Stress to show different applications of the program.
Examples index
Verification examples
In the Verification examples section there will be a few verification examples taken from other publications to compare results using PRE-Stress and hand calculations.
Feedback
Here are information on how to give feedback and submit bug-reports or just how to learn more about different issues in the software