Computers and Structures, Inc. (CSI) is a
structural
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and
earthquake
An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes can range in intensity, fr ...
engineering software company founded in 1975 and based in
Walnut Creek, California
Walnut Creek is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States, located in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, about east of the city of Oakland. With a total population of 70,127 per the 2020 census, Walnut Creek s ...
with additional office location in
New York.
The
structural analysis and
design
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software CSI produce include SAP2000, CSiBridge, ETABS, SAFE, PERFORM-3D, and CSiCOL.
One of Computer and Structure, Inc.'s software, ETABS, was used to create the mathematical model of the
Burj Khalifa, currently the world's tallest building, designed by
Chicago, Illinois
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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-based
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM).
In the ''Structural analysis'' section of their December 2009 Structural Engineer magazine article entitled ''Design and construction of the world's tallest building: The Burj Dubai'', since renamed to
Burj Khalifa, William F. Baker, S.E. and James J. Pawlikowski, S.E. mention that gravity, wind, and seismic response were all characterized using ETABS. Further, ETABS' geometric nonlinear capability provided for
P-Delta Effect consideration.
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://www.csiamerica.com/, Computers and Structures, Inc. official website
Construction software
Companies based in Contra Costa County, California
1975 establishments in California