Graphics Post-Processing for Thermal Analysis via CS-ASA/FA

Resumo

Structural analysis aims to determine structural behavior, and whether it meets all the design's goals,
such as adequate strength and stiffness for combinations of loading conditions within the serviceability limit and
ultimate limit states. Stresses, deformations, and displacements are examples of response that act according to the
boundary conditions imposed on the structure. The process of this analysis has three basic steps: create the model,
the calculation, and analysis of the results. To facilitate this process, a a numerical method software was used for
preprocessing, processing, and post-processing, providing a more realistic and efficient analysis. In this context,
the aim of this article is to present the development of a post-processing for the module CS-ASA/FA. This module
performs a thermal analysis in a transient regime of common cross-sections in civil construction, which are
fundamental for the analysis in a fire situation. A graphics post-processing gives the analyst a major reduction in
the required effort to visualize the results, facilitating the interpretation of the data generated by the analysis
program. It developed the post-processing graphics using an interactive environment denominated GiD, and its
implementation in CS-ASA/FA creates a new result file to attend the GiD’s demands for input files and satisfactory
graphic presentation.