ring2.0 Features


ring2.0 | a rapid analysis tool for masonry arch bridges

  

Flexibility and Power

Why guess when ring2.0 will identify the critical failure mechanism for you?

  • Analyse single or multi-span bridges, with no fixed upper limit on the allowable number of spans
  • Automatically identify the critical failure mode even if:
    • only a single span is involved
    • sliding is involved
  • Model multi-ring arch bridges
  • Multiple load case facility
  • Automatic detection of 'passive' pressures allows deep and multi-span arch problems involving passive pressures to be analysed without difficulty
  • Facility to model the presence of arch backing material

Ease of Use

Spend your time as productively as possible, taking advantage of ring2.0's user-friendly interface.

  • Undo / redo
  • Interaction with the model
  • Easy to use wizard system
  • Explorers
  • Property editor
  • 3D graphical output
  • Automatic generation of reports

Specify Local Properties

Model the bridge as it is, rather than as in a grossly idealized way.

  • User-definable arch and backfill profiles
  • User-definable individual block weights, masonry strength, mortar loss etc.

Previous Track Record

Use ring2.0 safe in the knowledge that it is the product of over 15 years research effort.

  • ring was originally developed as an academic research tool in 1992, with results published in papers in The Structural Engineer and elsewhere
  • The first public versions of ring (released 2001) were developed in association with Network Rail
  • ring2.0 has been developed for worldwide use in association with the International Union of Railways (UIC)

Introducing ring2.0


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ring2.0 is the latest version of the highly successful ring software program for the analysis of masonry arch bridges - now developed by LimitState, specialists in analysis and design software for engineers.

With its predecessor already in use by major consulting engineering companies and government bodies in over 40 countries worldwide, ring2.0 is both easier to use and much more powerful than before.

"quick and reliable for a significant range of bridge configurations"*

Developed in association with the International Union of Railways, the software has been designed from the ground up with the needs of professional engineers in mind:

Firstly, a new property editor and suite of object 'explorers' allow users to query and change local and global bridge properties (from single block to entire bridge properties). Changes made using the property editor can easily be reversed using the undo feature and a significantly enhanced 'new bridge wizard' allows users to set up complex problems more quickly and easily than before. Context sensitive help and enhanced report output are now also available.

"a very versatile tool"*

Secondly, a dramatically improved analysis engine means that solutions can be found for a wider range of problems than before. Furthermore, ring2.0 is the only commercially available software to implement the rigid block analysis method, described in a recent CIRIA report as being:

"a significant improvment from basic limit analysis"*

Though ring2.0 provides the level of versatility and power more usually associated with finite element packages, it is as simple to use as much less powerful automated hand analysis methods. It is just as useful for rapidly checking the adequacy of a simple single-span arch as it is when you need to perform a full analysis of a complex multi-span viaduct with a variety of defects.

 

Experience ring2.0 for yourself:

 


 

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* CIRIA C656 (October 2006) when describing rigid block analysis

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