DIANA

Finite Element Analysis

Civil Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering
Petroleum Engineering
…

NOW Advancing in new numerical analysis techniques

 About DIANA

• DIANA is as acronym for DIsplacement method ANAlysis

• DIANA is a general purpose Finite Element program with

a wide range of specific features for applications in:

• Civil Engineering
• Geotechnical Engineering
• Petroleum Engineering

• Our Mission is to enable our clients to solve the most

complex engineering problems and in doing so becoming
experts in their engineering field.
User Network and Global Support

• Scientific Expert Network

• DIANA FEA Library and

Expert Forum

• Global Support Network

DIANA Program Structure

Model-Definition FE-Analysis Post-Processing

iDIANA-Pre/ DIANA_W iDIANA-Post

.dat .V72
FEMGEN Analysis-Control VIEW

Mesh-Editor .ff .dcf

FX+ for Analysis Modules FX+ for

.dpb
DIANA/Pre
.fxd - Linear DIANA/Post
- Nonlinear
- Heat Transfer
- Design
- … .tb
Work Flow

Performing Analysis
Geometry Modeling
Output to FX4D
Mesh Generation Post-Neutral File
Load & B.C.’s
Post-processing

DIANA
FX4D

FILOS File

Pre-Neutral File MeshEditor

Check & Final Editing

Analysis Options
FX4D – Task oriented pre/post processor

Main Menu
Tabbed
Toolbar

Works Tree

Property
Window

Table
Window
Output
Window
FX4D – Advantages
• Graphical tools
• Intuitive graphical user interface
• Various display options
• Advanced selection methods
• CAD-like modeling functions
• Efficient and robust geometry checking & repairing tools
• Meshing tools
• Various easy & strong meshing algorithms for 1st- and 2nd-order elements
• Embedded reinforcements generation
• Automatic DIANA element type selection
• Loads and boundary conditions
• Full support of load and boundary conditions
• Both applicable on mesh and geometry entities
• Function based definition
• MS-Excel compatible tables
• Post-processing
• Complete solution to result interpretation
 MeshEditor - Framework

Toolbar

Working window
Works-Tree
with full
access to
model’s Right click
components context menu

Right click
context menu

Group list
selection
window
MeshEditor - Analysis Editing tools

Load Combination

Advanced Material properties

Reinforcement properties
Sectional properties
Diana_w and command files
Diana_w and command files
Diana_w and command files
Diana_w and command files

*FILOS
INITIA
*INPUT
READ FILE "C:/Documents and Settings/bej/test.dat"
*END
*LINSTA
OUTPUT FILE "test"
*END
iDIANA – Integrated pre/post processor

Working Window
Works-Tree
with full
access to Model
model’s Navigator
components

Interactive
dialogue boxes

Command line
DIANA Test Selection - DTest

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DIANA Test Selection - DTest

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DIANA Test Selection - DTest

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DIANA Test Selection - DTest
DIANA Online Documentation
Analysis Types
Analysis types

• Linear Static
• Nonlinear Static (Physical, Geometrical, Transient)
• Dynamic (Linear and Nonlinear)
• Stability (Buckling and post buckling)
• Potential flow
• Coupled flow-stress
• Phased
 Analysis types

Linear Static Analysis

• Moving Loads Analysis

(Influence lines and fields for critical results)

• Fatigue Failure Analysis

• 2D and 3D Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics
Analysis types

Nonlinear Analysis

• Material Nonlinear Analysis

• Geometrical Nonlinear Analysis
(Total and Updated Lagrange methods)

• Transient Nonlinear Analysis

• Contact Analysis
Analysis types

Dynamic Analysis
• Frequency response analysis
• Direct frequency response analysis
• Modal response analysis
• Spectral frequency response analysis
• Transient analysis
• Linear transient analysis
• Nonlinear transient
• Hybrid Frequency-Time Domain Analysis
• Fluid-Structure interaction analysis
Stability Analysis
• Euler Stability Analysis
• Perturbation Analysis
• Continuation Analysis
Analysis types

Potential Flow Analysis

• Heat Flow Analysis
• Groundwater Flow Analysis
• Heat transfer by conduction, convection and radiation
• Temperature and time dependency of material properties
• Contamination transport of a pollutant within a soil
• Reynolds Flow–Lubrication Analysis
Analysis types

Coupled Flow-Stress Analysis

• Simultaneous Solution with Pore Pressure

• Staggered Solution with Pore Pressure

• Staggered Solution with Temperature

Phased Analysis
• Phased Structural Analysis

• Phased Potential Flow Analysis

Analysis types

Specific Analysis Types

• Lattice Analysis
• Pipeline Analysis
• Parameter Estimation
• Probabilistic Analysis
• Liquefaction Analysis
• …
Element Library
General Element Library

• Trusses • Interface
• Beams • Spring
• Plane Stress • Point mass
• Plane Strain
• Axisymmetric
• Plate Bending
• Flat Shells
• Curved Shells
• Solids
DIANA Special Element Library

• Embedded Reinforcement
• Pile / Pile tip element
Material Models
 Material Models

• Linear, nonlinear, modified elasticity, hyperelasticity

• Isotropic and Orthotropic plasticity
• Viscoelasticity and Viscoplasticity
• Discrete and smeared crack models
• Creep and Shrinkage models*
• Time/temperature/maturity dependent
• Liquefaction *
• User Supplied models

* DIANA also offers simplified engineering models

Material Models

Crack models
• Discrete Cracking
• Smeared Cracking
• Multiple Fixed Crack Model
• Total Strain Crack Models
• Fixed and rotating crack models

General behavior
• Tension softening (linear, multi-linear, nonlinear, etc)
• Constant and linear tension cut-off
• Shear retention constant or diagram
Material Models

Creep
• Metal Creep (Temperature creep)
• Transient Creep (Salt formation)
• Viscoelasticity (Concrete)

Shrinkage
• Discrete Function for shrinkage strains
(Depending on the element age or on the maturity)

• Concrete Shrinkage Models

• CEB-FIP Model Code, EC2, ACI 209, NEN 6720
Special Material Models

Spring/Dashpot Elements

• Linear Elastic Springs

• Nonlinear Elastic Springs

• Loading - Unloading - Reloading

• Plastic Springs

• Soil Springs

• Continuous damping
Special Material Models

Interface Behavior

• Linear/Nonlinear Elastic

• Cracking (Discrete/Dilatancy)

• Bond-slip

• Coulomb friction

• Combined Cracking-Shearing-Crushing

• User Supplied Subroutine

Special Material Models

Reinforcement Behavior

• Linear Elasticity

• Plasticity

• Tendon modeling (Bondless, Grouted)

• User Supplied Subroutine

Special Material Models

Soil Behavior

• Stress Initialization
• Initial fields
• K0 procedures

• Pore pressure modeling

• Drained/Undrained Behavior
 Soil Material Models

Material Model Behaviour Reference Type

Transversely Isotropic Anisotropic Elastic
Jointed Rock Anisotropic Elasto-plastic Rocks
Hoek-Brown Elasto-plastic
Modified cam-clay Elasto-plastic Clay
Mohr-Coulomb Elasto-plastic with hardening and
Drucker-Prager softening and Ambient influences
Sand & Clay
Modified Mohr-Coulomb Elasto-plastic with cap-hardening
Duncan-Chang Hyberbolic, Nonlinear elastic
London clay Nonlinear elasto-plastic OC Clays
Ramberg-Osgood Models for energy dissipation and
Various Soils
Hardin-Drnevich cyclic loading
Towhata-Iai, Nishi, Bowl, and
Liquefaction Soil Liquefaction
Added Viscosity
User-supplied material User-coded subroutine -
Material Models

User-supplied Models
• General User-supplied Material Model
• Elasticity and Viscoelasticity
• Nonlinear Elasticity
• Plasticity and Cracking
• Ambient influences
• Interface
• Liquefaction
 Loads
&
Boundary
Conditions
Load and Boundary Constraints

• Supported Functions
• Body Force • Arbitrary Point Load
• Nodal Head • Constraints
• Nodal / Surface Flux • Fixed/Prescribed
• Pressure Head • Released constraint (Slides, hinges,…)
• Heat Generation • Non-reflecting (Far field)
• Initial Potential • Load functions:
• External Potential • Spatial
• Time/Frequency CSys-based Constraint
• Element Temperature
• Nodal Temperature • Constraint Tables
• Force • Load Tables
• Moment
• Displacement
• Nodal Mass
• Pressure
• Element Beam Load
• Line Beam Load
• Prestress
• Prestress for Reinforcement
• Post Tension
Spatially Varying Pressure (Function Applied)
Load and Boundary Constraints

Pre-Works Tree
(Explorer-like)

MS-Excel

Load Table
(Excel-compatible, Copy/Paste, Input/Delete)
 Solution
procedures
Solution Procedures

• Linear Equation Solver

• Direct Solution
• Iterative Solution
• Mixed Solver
• Parallel Solver (Intel Pardiso)
• Nonlinear Equation Solver
• Eigenvalue Solver
Solution Procedures

Nonlinear Systems
• Iterative Procedures
• Linear and Constant Stiffness
• Regular and Modified Newton-Raphson
• Secant (Broyden, BFGS, Crisfield)

• Incremental Procedures
• Load and displacement Control
• Arc Length Control
• Line Search algorithm
• Adaptive Load and Time Increments
Availability
 TNO DIANA BV TNO DIANA UK Ltd TNO DIANA North
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2628 XJ Delft Building 1000 3871 Seven Mile Road
The Netherlands Lakeside North Harbour Suite 260
T +31 (0) 88 34262 00 Western Road MI 48152
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