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RAM Elements Case Studies
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JDI Group’s Analysis Ensures Zoo Exhibit Withstands Highly Unusual Force
The Portico Group, Seattle, Wash., the lead architect on the Toledo (Ohio) Zoo Elephant Exhibit Renovation Project, contracted with the JDI Group of Holland, Ohio, to engineer the structural elements for an elephant shade structure. The man-made tree not only had to withstand wind forces and snow loading, but also the impact of a full-grown bull elephant ramming the trunk. Bentley’s RAM Elements was the software of choice to handle these complex and unusual load calculations quickly and easily. |
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