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RAM Structural System

Integrated Structural Analysis and Design of Concrete and Steel Buildings

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Built by engineers for engineers.

Save countless hours with an intuitive modeling environment for concrete and steel-framed buildings. RAM Structural System provides you a complete solution for analysis, design, drafting, and documentation for steel and concrete buildings, foundations, and even individual structural components; all in compliance with your local building codes. With RAM, you will save time and money by automating the most tedious, repetitive, and time-consuming tasks so that you can focus on the more critical aspects of design and provide a cost-effective solution to your client.

Analyze

  • Analyze the buildings’ lateral system for wind and seismic loads in the most practical way.
  • Calculate gravity load distribution using methods tailored to specific framing systems.

Design

  • Design structural steel and concrete elements, including foundations.
  • Efficiently design safe, optimized concrete tilt-up walls.

Share

  • Share structural data with applications such as Revit, Tekla, and OpenBuildings.
  • Automatically update documentation including plans and elevations when changes are made to the 3D model.

RAM Structural System is an integrated 3D static and dynamic structural analysis and design solution that automates time-consuming tasks. The application helps engineers deliver projects on time and within budget. It is developed for concrete and steel-framed building systems subjected to lateral, dynamic, and gravity loads.

PERFORM ANALYSIS FOR ALL TYPES OF BUILDING STRUCTURES SUBJECTED TO STATIC AND DYNAMIC LOADS

RAM Structural System is a highly sophisticated analysis package that includes many time-saving features, unavailable in competing software packages. RAM Structural System accommodates a wide range of building structural configurations including flat concrete slabs, slab and beam systems, composite steel-framed floors, shear walls, moment frames, braced frames, isolated footings, strip footings, mat foundations, or a combination of these systems. Frames and walls can be of any building material including steel, concrete, masonry, or any combination of these materials. Gravity, wind, seismic, dynamic, and notional load cases are automatically generated and applied to the model.

AUTOMATICALLY OPTIMIZE DRIFT AND SHEAR-WALL DESIGN FORCE CALCULATIONS

Two powerful post-processing modules are integrated into RAM. This allows the engineer to easily optimize drift in the structure and obtain wall force information for further design. The Drift module graphically identifies those members with the most significant contribution to structure drift, allowing the engineer to easily optimize the member sizes to control drift. The Shear Wall Force post-processor provides design forces wherever needed, whether through piers, between wall openings, or between levels.

PRODUCE DETAILED REPORTS

RAM Structural System allows engineers to generate detailed reports in every step of analysis and design. Analysis results are reported for the structure as a whole and detailed reports for individual members are also provided. Many capabilities are available to interactively display analysis results graphically.

Modal analysis of concrete high rise in RAM Structural System.
Concrete design and documentation in STAAD Advanced Concrete Design working directly off the RAM model.
“In this project alone, the RAM Structural System saved WSP approximately 40% of the overall structural design time. Literally, months of design time were saved using RAM.”
Parsons Brinkerhoff
WSP

RAM Structural System At-A-Glance

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

RAM Structural System is structural design software for buildings. Bentley RAM Structural System helps structural engineers save time by automating tasks that are tedious, repetitive, and time-consuming.

Processor
Intel or AMD processor 2.0 GHz or greater

Operating System
Windows 10 and higher x 64 RAM 2 GB minimum recommended

Hard Disk
675 MB free disk space for installation
2 GB available for analyzing models

Display
OpenGL compatibility recommended.

For the most up-to-date system requirements, visit Bentley Communities.

LICENSING AND SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS

Perpetual License

One-time purchase with SELECT (Annual Maintenance) Option

One-Year Subscription​

License rental for 12 months via Virtuosity

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