midas Civil Technical Specifications Lite vs Advanced

Nodes (Elements) Lite Advanced

Unlimited Nodes and Elements  
Automated Modeling Wizard for Bridge Types Lite Advanced
Beam / Column / Plate / Shell  
Box Culverts  
RC Slab Bridge  
RC Frame Bridge  
Steel Truss/Bowstring  
PSC I-girder Composite Bridge  
Steel Composite Bridge  
Integral Bridge Wizard (Soil-Structure Interaction)  
Segmental Bridge Girder Construction × 
Balanced Cantilever Construction × 
Incrementally Launched Bridge × 
Span by Span Construction × 
Movable Scaffolding System × 
Cable Stayed Bridge × 
Extradosed Bridge × 
Suspension Bridge × 
Grillage Model  
Transverse Analysis Model  
Analysis Types Lite Advanced
Static Analysis  
Dynamic Analysis
- Eigen (Lanczos) and Ritz vector Analyses  
- Response Spectrum Analysis  
- Time History Analysis  
- Inelastic Time History Analysis × 
- Boundary Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis using Gap, Hook, × 
Damper, Isolator, Hysteretic System
- Pushover Analysis  
Construction Stage Analysis
- Unlimited construction stages × (10 stages) 
- Creep, Shrinkage & Modulus of Elasticity  
- Tension losses in tendons  
Moving Load Analysis
- Indian codes (IRC 6, IRS Bridge Rules)  

- American, British, Euro, Canadian codes  

Detailed Section Analysis

- Section Property Calculator for irregular sections  
Buckling Analysis  
Heat of Hydration Analysis for mass concrete
- Heat of Hydration Analysis for mass concrete × 
- Convection, Heat Source, Pipe cooling, etc. × 
Thermal Stress Analysis  
Material Nonlinear Analysis × 
Higher Order Analysis
-P Delta Analysis  
-Geometric Nonlinear Analysis × 
- Large Displacement (Forward / Backward ) Analysis × 
· Suspension Bridge
· Cable Stayed Bridge
· Cable Tuning
Design & Load Rating including International Lite Advanced
standards
Steel Design (IS 800 and IRC 24)  
Reinforced Concrete Design (IS 456 and IRC 112)  
Plate Girder (IS 456, IRC 112)  
PSC Box and Steel composite girder Design (IRC 112, IRC 22)  
Irregular Section Design  
Moving Load (IRC 6, IRS bridge rules)  
Response Spectrum (UBC, Eurocode, IBC, NBC)  
Creep / Shrinkage (CEG-FIP, ACI, PCA, AASHTO, IRC,  
Eurocode)
Bridge Load Rating (AASHTO, CS454)  
Finite Element Library Lite Advanced
General Beam  
Tapered Beam  
Truss  
Compression Only  
Gap  
Hook  
Mass / Spring / Damper  
Plane Stress  
Plane Strain  
Plate (Thick / Thin, In-plane / Out of plane Thickness &  
Orthotropic materials)
Stiffened Plate  
Solid (Hexahedron, Pentahedron, Tetrahedron)  
Rigid Link  
Cable (Equivalent Truss Type)  
Cable (Elastic Catenary Type )  
Report Lite Advanced
Dynamic Report Generation  
Others Lite Advanced
GSD (General Section Design)  
 
- Draw Arbitrary Cross-sections (RC, Steel, Composite)
- Capacity Curves ( P-M, M-M, 3D) & Capacity Check Ratio  
(Eurocode)
- Moment-Curvature Curves for Different Axial Loads  
- Stress Contours for Combined Loading  