TNO DIANA BV

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TNO DIANA A TNO Company

 TNO DIANA BV

• To provide added-value services to our In those years, computer power and ease-of
About Us
clients to enable them to get the most out of use became important and the DIANA analysis
TNO DIANA BV was established in 2003 as our software. program was integrated with the FEMGV
a spin-off company from the Computational pre-post-processor, which was customised
Mechanics department of TNO Building and Over 30 Years of Innovation as iDIANA. At the same time, fit-for-purpose
Construction Research Institute in Delft, The applications were developed for customers in
Netherlands. Building on over 30 years of The development of the DIANA (DIsplacement the oil & gas industry. DIANA was one of the first
research and experience, the company provides ANAlyzer) program goes back to the late 70’s commercial programs that were fully prepared
world-class software products and services in and already in the early 80’s first customers to use 64-bits operation. At the start of the new
the field of finite element solutions dedicated to started to work with the software on a millennium, TNO DIANA BV was established
civil, geotechnical, earthquake, and petroleum commercial basis. DIANA was defined as and all development activities of DIANA and
engineering. a general purpose 3-dimensional nonlinear FEMGV (including marketing and sales), were
program from the start. In the first 10 years, in transferred to this company.
DIANA, our flagship software, is world cooperation with TNO research departments
renowned as the finest in its class as an “all and external partners there was a strong focus In this period, parallel processing functions were
in one” solution for Finite Element Analysis on nonlinear analysis of failure of reinforced introduced to keep pace with the growing size
within the civil engineering community. Our concrete structures. In the early nineties, the of computed models and need for more efficient
team of highly skilled and experienced civil and customer base expanded rapidly, especially and cost-effective analysis. Many specific
geotechnical engineers, scientists, software in Japan, and development focus extended material and element types were developed
developers and architects work to develop and to geotechnical, oil and gas, and earthquake for specific applications in the general DIANA
deliver innovative software and value-added engineering applications. framework. The architecture of the solver
services including technical support, training, functionality is evaluated continuously with
analysis consultancy and R&D projects.
“I have used DIANA since 1991 as a graduate student at
Mission Cornell University. I made sure to adopt DIANA as the main
computing engine for most of my projects when I joined the
• To continue to develop and distribute innova-
Faculty at UC-Berkeley in 1997 until now and for the foresee-
tive software to satisfy the fast-growing and
able future.”
challenging need for reliable, realistic and
user-friendly Finite Element analysis and
Professor Khalid Mosalam - Vice Chair, Department of Civil &
design software. Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

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new hardware and software capabilities. In models, element-types, solution procedures,
“Most of worldwide famous FEM
2007, Midas FX was introduced as a second modelling and meshing procedures and
programs are not Civil Engineering
pre-/post-processor for DIANA with state-of- visualisation options, for all possible applica- orientated. For this reason we have
the-art modelling, meshing and visualisation tions in civil and geotechnical engineering. introduced DIANA in our company
capabilities. The adaptation of this pre-/post- TNO DIANA BV can make the DIANA program more than 10 years ago. Since then
processor made it possible for the DIANA available to you, so that you can develop and we have been using DIANA success-
developers to concentrate on their strength: analyse your own models; we will advise our fully for Concrete Structures, Under-
making DIANA nonlinear analysis capabilities customers how to make optimum use of DIANA ground Tanks and Soil Analyses.”
stronger. In 2010, TNO DIANA moved to its own for their specific problems; we can carry out
Mr M Nakayama, Dr T Iizuka,
standalone purpose designed office in Delft. consultancy jobs and we can deliver customised Taisei Corporation
versions of DIANA as a stand-alone product or
as a non-linear solver in partner-products.
Our Philosophy
The potential advantage from advanced
computational modelling and analysis is
There are various reasons why our customers
increasing with hardware becoming more
identify computational modelling and analysis
powerful and more engineers being trained in
as part of their strategy:
this field of technology.
• Competitive advantage from accurate pre-
TNO DIANA’s development team makes
dictions of strength and failure in design of
sure that the DIANA program makes use of
structures and ground
new hardware and software platforms whilst
• Development and validation of new techniques we maintain the existing functionality and
and construction procedures continuously develop the program. Therefore,
our customers can be confident that their DIANA
• Risk assessment models can be used efficiently in the future.

• Scientific developments

The DIANA program, being an “all-in-one”

solution, offers an abundance of material

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 DIANA Time Line

1972 TNO Department of Computational Mechanics formed

1979 beginning of DIANA (DIsplacement ANAlyzer) development as a service
1983 first commercial DIANA user in the Netherlands
1984 foundation of DIANA Users’ Association
1984 first commercial sale of DIANA in Japan
1990 partnership set up with JIP Techno Services in Japan
1994 liquefaction project in Japan
1997 merger made with FemSys Ltd in the UK to enhance the DIANA pre/post processing capability
1998 Geomec development project with Shell International Exploration & Production
2000 Well-Life development project with Halliburton
2002 Fempal development project with EU store-rack manufacturing companies
2003 establishment of TNO DIANA BV as a subsidiary of TNO
2004 opening of US office - TNO DIANA North America inc.
2004 release of DIANA 9
2005 partnership with midas IT established
2006 joint development with midas of midas FX+ for DIANA
2006 release of DIANA 9.2 with new “state-of-the-art” pre-post-processor FX+ for DIANA
2007 development of “Hybrid Frequency-Time Domain Analysis” module with Stucky Ltd
2008 opening of UK office - TNO DIANA UK Ltd
2009 joint development with midas IT of midasGTS
2010 release of midasGTS with DIANA solver “inside” for nonlinear analysis
2010 release of DIANA 9.4 with among others bond-slip reinforcements, parallel iterative solver and design checking features
2010 move to own standalone purpose designed office in Delft, The Netherlands
2011 release of DIANA 9.4.4
2012 ongoing development of DIANA
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 DIANA Finite Element Analysis

assistance to companies in preparing the model

Why DIANA?
for analysis, or analysis of the model and the
Standard finite element packages can solve only a interpretation of results.
limited range of conventional engineering problems.
The DIANA program is designed to solve various
Non-conventional engineering problems require
problems: civil, geotechnical, earthquake and oil &
advanced modelling and analysis functionality.
gas engineering.
Examples are: analysis of big structures such
as dams; complex nonlinear material behaviour; In today’s challenging business environment,
stresses induced from extreme loading conditions implementing FEA analysis at an early stage allows
such as fire, earthquake, explosions, etc; complex engineers to design cost effectively. In this case,
models where the structure interacts with soil/fluid. DIANA is a perfect tool - where the most complex
DIANA, with it’s extensive library of material models design challenges can be met. With the software’s
and analysis capabilities, offers a solution to those wide ranging capability and reliability, DIANA
types of analyses in one package next to conven- provides strong/in-depth simulation solutions for
tional engineering problems. civil, geotechnical and geomechanical engineering. Its
open structure and rich library of materials, element
The open structure of DIANA allows the user to fully
types and functionality allows for a broad range of
control all analysis phases. User defined material
engineering disciplines.
models can also be defined.

As a result of the continuous collaboration with the

most prominent universities and research institu-
tions worldwide, DIANA provides the most up-to- “We have experienced DIANA as a powerful and complete
solution for simple to complex linear and nonlinear
date and high standard solution in the analysis of
engineering problems. The ability to implement for example
reinforced concrete structures, of soil, and of soil-
User Supplied Subroutines make DIANA a perfect fit for our
structure-fluid interaction. needs.”
Behind DIANA is a team of expert engineers who
Dr A. Vervuurt, Senior Researcher and Ir. H Burggraff,
provide technical support and offer customised Researcher, TNO Built Environment and Geosciences

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 DIANA Solutions

Solutions for Reinforced Concrete Geotechnical Solutions

Since the 1980s, DIANA has been used by research Geotechnical applications, and the interaction
organisations worldwide as numerical platform between the ground and structure, often provide
for implementation of material models describing engineers with technically demanding chal-
failure in reinforced concrete structures. DIANA lenges that are best solved with DIANA. The
continued to build on its reputation as leading program provides a wide range of state-of-the art
software for crack analysis and, in the 1990s, further constitutive models for tackling soil and rock
development was made to the framework to expand materials in applications as diverse as foundations,
the software to encompass analysis of 3D reinforced embankments, tunnels, excavations, slope stability,
concrete structures. mines, and dams.

Modelling of damage initiation and propagation The analysis capabilities for pore pressure and
until structural failure can be carried out accurately consolidation, groundwater flow, earthquake and
in DIANA by realistically modelling the geometry liquefaction problems are some of the most
and the material behaviour of concrete, the advanced available and are essential for accurate
reinforcements individually and their interconnection. analysis of these types of coupled problems.

Furthermore, the wide range of analysis function- DIANA also offers advanced features to model steel
alities allows modelling of the structure from its and reinforced concrete structures that interact with
construction, through its service life and until failure. the ground.

Analysis of a section of a high rise building 3D Raft Piles of a multi-storey building

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Solutions for Tunnelling & Underground Solutions for Dams & Dikes Solutions for Young Hardening Concrete
Structures
DIANA can be utilised, not only in the prediction of The analysis of dams and dikes is one of the original Massive castings of concrete can result in premature
tunnel induced settlement or lining stress analysis, core specialities of DIANA. Since its initial use in the cracking of the structure prior to its service life.
but also the tunnel’s reaction in the event of a fire, Netherlands for the analysis of existing and planned Choice of the mix, of time and sequence of casting
explosion or even a seismic event. dams and dikes, its use has expanded world-wide. can help to reduce or preclude any cracking. In
some cases, cooling techniques can also be used.
With increasing congestion in modern cities we are This has been as the result of the many types
turning even more to underground transportation of specialised analyses such as fluid-structure Young hardening concrete behaviour is also relevant
systems. This often means tunnelling under existing interaction, soil-structure interaction and phased in case of casting on a pre-existing structure, both
structures. The complex interaction between the (staged) construction. in case of enlargement of the structure, or reparation.
tunnel and its associated shafts and structures, can After completion, it is also possible to carry out
be assessed with the use of both 2D and 3D models The extensive library of material models and the further analyses simulating events which may take
within DIANA. ability to carry out multiple analyses in one command place during the life of the structure, highlighting any
sequence has pushed DIANA to the top of its field deficiencies during construction, which may cause
The analysis of existing and new build tunnel linings in dam analysis. damage or reduce performance of the structure.
under the effect of events caused by structural
damage, freezing, fire, flood, or earthquake are DIANA offers wide range of young hardening
critical to the safety and longevity of the tunnel. With concrete models and the possibility to predict
DIANA, a model of the tunnel segments and joints, cracking with linear or more detailed nonlinear
along with the soil and grout pressures upon it; and analysis.
potential factors listed above can be analysed to
show intrinsic possible deformations.

3D supported excavation near a tunnel A range of analyses undertaken on a Dam Buttress Phased construction of an arch dam

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 Solutions for Structural Fire Analysis Earthquake Engineering Solutions Solutions for Masonry & Historical
Constructions
During fire, thermal strains develop within the With their enormous power, earthquakes can cause The analysis of a historical construction is more
structure, these add to strains from mechanical substantial disaster to densely populated areas. complex than analysis of newly constructed
loading, shrinkage and creep. Materials also Often the earthquake is accompanied by water structures. There is uncertainty upon the materials
undergo thermal degradation of their mechani- impact loadings resulting from tsunami, collapse of from which they are built, on the construction
cal properties, this may result in damage to the neighboring structures, liquefaction of ground, or sequence, and on the events that have occurred
structure: cracking in concrete and plastification in fire. during the lifetime of the structure. If strengthening,
steel. restoration or any other intervention is required, this
DIANA offers both simple linear and dynamic should be not visible to the visitors’ eyes.
DIANA offers all of the necessary analysis func- analyses which can be utilised in the design of
tionality to assess structural behaviour under fire. new structures. However, it can also be used to Thus, the analysis of historical constructions
These analyses are also able to take into account predict how an existing building will react using full requires different and more distinguished tools than
pre-existing structural damage. nonlinear dynamic analyses to take into account in case of new constructions. Historical construc-
loading histories. tions are often masonry constructions. DIANA is
a unique program that provides the possibility to
analyse masonry structures in detail or as a whole,
under standard or extreme loading.

Structural nonlinear staged analysis of a gas explosion in a tunnel Earthquake analysis of a high rise building Discrete masonry modelling

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Solutions for Oil & Gas
General Functionality

Production of Oil and Gas shifts from easily accessible Element types Postprocessing
reservoirs to those which are located at greater • Truss • Contour and vector plots
depths, or in formations with complex geological • Timoshenko, Bernoulli, and Mindlin beam • Iso-surface, slice, clipping and partition plot
history. These come with larger risks and hazards. • Plane stress and plane strain • Diagram and vector plot
• Complete/general plane strain • Results extraction to MS-Excel compatible table
Geo-mechanical analysis of Oil & Gas reservoirs or
wellbores is one of the specialties of DIANA. • Axisymmetric • Screen-shots in different picture formats
• Plate bending, flat, curved and layered shells • Animation
DIANA will help to quantify rock-compaction, stress • Solid, composed, interface and contact
changes, fault slipping in reservoirs, overburden • Discrete spring/dashpot Solution procedures
and surface subsidence as result of, and related • Base spring and bounding • Automatic solver selection
to production of oil and/or gas. DIANA can also • Point mass/damping • Out-of-core direct equation solvers
be used on wellbore scale to quantify rock failure, • Embedded reinforcements • Iterative equation solvers
casing deformations and cementing integrity during • Flow • Automatic substructuring
well completion, or operational conditions such as • Embedded pile • Eigenvalue analysis
pressure, or temperature shocks, or fault sliding. • Boundary surface • Newton-Raphson, Quasi-Newton, Linear and
Constant stiffness iterative procedures
Preprocessing • Load and displacement control incremental
• CAD like geometry modelling functionality procedures
• Advanced selection methods • Arc length control incremental procedure
• Advanced geometry modelling • Adaptive load and time increments (auto load
• Boolean operation for solid modelling step option)
• Geometry check and repair tools • Automatic incremental loading
• Practical mouse snapping • Direct and Iterative solvers with Parallel pro-
• Auto-, map- and protrude-mesh methods cessing
• Mesh manipulation and check functionality • Updated and total Lagrange geometrical
nonlinear formulation
• Loads and boundaries applicable both on
geometry or mesh
• Function based definition of loads and boundary
conditions
• MS-Excel compatible tables

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 Other Products Services

FemGV Support

A powerful yet flexible general purpose pre- and post-processor The support team at TNO DIANA have an
for FEA and CFD analysis software.
extensive knowledge of DIANA and a passion
Interfaces available for a wide range of solvers and CAD- to grow with the software and pass on their
programs with the additional ability to run under Linux or UNIX. knowledge and expertise to our valued users.

Users can choose to take up our offer of annual

maintenance contracts covering support and
upgrades. These users, not only benefit from
FemPal the support of our team by

FemPal is a dedicated application for the analysis of stability

• email
and design checks of pallet racking systems. Geo-metrical
nonlinear analysis is performed, and design checks on • telephone
members and connections are applied according to Eurocode.
• webinar
This program has been developed in close co-operation with
Dutch pallet racking system manufacturers. but can often find help from other users at our
website users forum.

GEO 5 Next to our technical support and maintenance

program. DIANA comes with a thorough manual
The GEO5 suite of analytical programs is designed to solve including an examples volume covering a wide
various geotechnical problems. The easy-to-use suite consists
variety of the DIANA applications and a “getting
of individual programs with a unified user friendly interface.
Each program is used to analyse a different geotechnical started” guide.
task but all modules communicate with each other to form an
integrated suite. This product has been developed by our
partner, Fine in the Czech Republic and is available via TNO
DIANA BV to customers in the Benelux.

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Training sessions, TNO DIANA also offers online training necessary time in-house or skills to carry out an
sessions, on regular basis, to introduce the analysis.
TNO DIANA offer a wide range of training latest finite element techniques that have been
implemented in DIANA. These online training TNO DIANA offers to carry out analysis
opportunities from “A General Introduction to
sessions are open to the public and usually no consultancy on behalf of their clients, or other
DIANA”, in-depth courses on specific subjects
registration fee is required. The aim of these parties, which includes the analysis with DIANA
at our office here in Delft to on-site training for
online sessions is to present DIANA solutions and the interpretation of results.
new, existing and potential customers.
for all types of civil engineering applications
Our courses consist of a balanced mixture of to those who are interested in finite element
lectures, instruction and hands-on tutorials and analysis methods in conjunction with enhancing Specialised Software Development and
are often followed with a “workshop” where Integration of In-house & Partner Software
their analysis and design procedure to the next
existing or new users can, for example, bring level. These online training sessions could be In the past we have had a number of clients
along their own existing projects and work with followed on the go as well using a designated approach us with the phrase “if only DIANA
our experts to identify best practice to model APP for Apple and android devices. could...”. We always take these comments
and analyse them. Our courses are aimed at seriously and often leads to new functionality
practising engineers or academics who wish being added to DIANA.
to learn more about finite element analysis Analysis Consultancy
However, occassionally a request will come
techniques available in DIANA.
With such a wealth of experienced engineers at from a client for a very specialist functionality
Next to a series of in-house and on-site training TNO DIANA, how can we not make ourselves to be added. This has resulted in a number of
available to customers if they do not have the “one-off” pieces of software being designed for
those customers.

We also are open to working with clients to

integrate DIANA into their existing in-house
When you need a little extra help... software.

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 TNO DIANA BV
Delftechpark 19a
2628 XJ Delft
The Netherlands
+ 31 (0) 88 34262 00 (T)
+ 31 (0) 88 34262 99 (F)
(Headquarters)

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