ABSTRACT
In the recent years the issue of BIM is gaining increased attention and there is a growing number of practical applications of BIM. The basis of BIM is Industry Foundation Classes (IFC), 2013, published as International Standard ISO 16739: 2013. IFC constitute an open data format for data exchange between different types of software applications, used in design, construction and subsequent management of buildings (Facility Management), i.e. throughout their entire life-cycle. Authors created within the international project SE-Lab an application for data conversion to structural analysis (Structural Analysis View MVD). The structural data are converted from IFC standard to ATENA software input format, which is suitable for the nonlinear FEM analysis of concrete and reinforced concrete structures. The functionality of ATENA solution core has been extended in order to solve some of previously unsupported load types which are part of the IFC standards. Integration of the NLFEA with stochastic and degradation modeling allows to assess life-cycle reliability of civil engineering structures or structural elements.
