Adrian Ghencea, Ana Maria Grămescu, Andra Dobrinescu
DOI: 10.2478/ouacsce-2024-0004
Pages: 28-34
Abstract – It is most likely that at the beginning of the 21st century, with the 4th
industrial revolution, we will find ourselves at the borderline between technique and
technology. The question underlying this article is whether the technological advance
that the construction industry presents today can lead to the full replacement of the
technique in the testing laboratories. Decisions on structural systems extracted from
these laboratory-made physical models were often accurate, but the cost and time
involved made the validation method low-yield. Today, through digitalization, all
structural concepts can be directly realized in 3D with software specially designed for
the AEC (Architecture, Engineering & Construction) industry. Models made in this
way can be developed down to the smallest detail, can be calculated and dimensioned
from a structural point of view under different assumptions, and then can be
georeferenced and managed from the point of view of assets.
Keywords: digitalization, FEM models, silos, scale models, numerical models.
