1. Pre/Post Processing System Sungkyunkwan University Seung Jae Lee The Silver Prize Winner, Student Development Division for Structural Analysis Using Super Elements 2001 National Structural Engineering Software Development Competition

2. Need for This Work High-rise apartment buildings in Korea  Feature of same architectural plan and elevation on each floor High-rise building structures  Each floor plan is very similar to typical floor plan. Subdivide such a structure into finer meshes with many elements  Taking up a lot of analysis time & computer memory. Taking advantages of modeling method using super elements

3. Pre/Post Processing System for Analysis Using Super Elements /15 Typical floor Plan Part A Elevation Part A  Example Structure Concept of Super element 3

4. Pre/Post Processing System for Analysis Using Super Elements /15 Substructure Seperate SE-3SE-2SE-1 Substructure Super elements  Composition of Entire structure Matrix Condensation 4

5. Pre/Post Processing System for Analysis Using Super Elements /15 Operation procedure 11 22 33 44 55 66 Modeling super elements Assemble super elements & Substructures generation Assemble substructures & Entire structure generation Input Boundary conditions & Loads Analysis Post-process 5

6. Pre/Post Processing System for Analysis Using Super Elements /15 Typical floor Elevation Matrix Condensation Assemble Super elements Modeling procedure using Super elements Substructure for Typical floor Substructure Extrude 6

7. Pre/Post Processing System for Analysis Using Super Elements /15 Appearance of Work environment Work View Information Tree View Input View Work View Change Tab ¤ Work View View for phased modeling of super element, substructure and entire structure ¤ Information Tree View - View for generated information - Drag & Drop function support (helpful to efficient modeling) ¤ Input View View for direct input instead of mouse input 7

8. Pre/Post Processing System for Analysis Using Super Elements /15 Modeling Super elements Super element Draft Generation Super element Generation Dialog Box Editing Super element Select & Delete 8

9. Pre/Post Processing System for Analysis Using Super Elements /15 Defining MaterialsAdding Super element Materials Definition Dialog Box 9

10. Pre/Post Processing System for Analysis Using Super Elements /15 Substructure Generation Generating GridAssembling Super element Generating Grid from Dialog Box Assemble by Drag & Drop 10

11. Pre/Post Processing System for Analysis Using Super Elements /15 Modeling additional elementsAdding Substructure Substructure Addition Box 11

12. Pre/Post Processing System for Analysis Using Super Elements /15 Entire structure Generation Assigning Substructure for Typical floorGenerating Entire structure Drag & Drop Copy 12

13. Pre/Post Processing System for Analysis Using Super Elements /15 Input Boundary conditions & Loads Setting Boundary conditionsAssigning Loads 13

14. Pre/Post Processing System for Analysis Using Super Elements /15 Analysis & Post-process AnalysisDeformed shape Solver Window Scale factor Input 14

15. Pre/Post Processing System for Analysis Using Super Elements /15 Nodal Displacement Solver Window Node number Nodal Displacement Output 15