In connection with the revival of interest in wooden housing construction in Russia, the creation of specialized software systems for the calculation and design of buildings and structures made of wood is becoming relevant. One of the most popular systems in the world is light-frame housing construction. As one of the possible tools for automated design of light-frame wooden buildings, this article presents the FrameCAD program, developed at the Department of Metal, Wood and Plastic Structures of the Don State Technical University. Some of its capabilities are presented, allowing you to design wall fences of light-frame buildings, beamed wooden floors, perform calculations of individual frame elements taking into account the requirements of current regulatory documents and automatically generate albums of drawings of wooden structures in the domestic NormCAD program, as well as specifications for them factory made. FrameCAD has been tested in the design of a number of objects. The software product is developed by engineers who have many years of experience in the actual design and construction of light-frame buildings. It continues to be improved and supplemented, and in the future it may become a replacement for similar foreign complexes.

Keywords: wooden structures, software package, wall panels, beam overlap, automated calculation

The process of determining the most effective design solution from the point of view of metal consumption for the dome structure of the designed exhibition complex in Rostov-on-Don with a plan diameter of 100 m is considered. Three different dome design options are analyzed. Calculation models were created in the Lira-SAPR software package and calculations of various coating options were performed. The obtained results were compared in terms of rigidity and conclusions were drawn about the possibility and feasibility of using each of the considered design solutions. The most efficient design option in terms of metal consumption was selected.

Keywords: metal structures, dome, metal consumption, material consumption

The process of optimizing the applied sections in steel frames with elements of variable stiffness, formed from rolled I-beams by their diagonal dissolution and subsequent welding, is considered. A table with groups of I-beams according to GOST R 57837-2017 is proposed, which are advisable to be used together to form a monosymmetrical I-beam of variable height. An algorithm for finding the optimal section is proposed, taking into account the discreteness of the assortment. The calculation of a typical building structure code 828KM according to the proposed algorithm is carried out and a comparative analysis of the applied sections with the found optimized sections is presented. The possibility of obtaining a more economical supporting structure, both in terms of metal consumption and in terms of the cost of rolled products, is noted.

Keywords: variable section, variable stiffness, diagonal opening, I-beam, steel frame

The article deals with the issues of regulating the stress-strain state of the design scheme of the coating of the demonstration center by combining the geometry of the interface of the crossbar and the cross frame post. The dependence of the distribution of forces on the solutions of the eaves of the roof truss is established.

Keywords: Arched constructions, finite element method, stress-strain state regulation, optimal design

The article deals with the construction and definition of the stress-strain state of the design scheme of a lattice tower-like structure in the form of a mesh hyperbolic paraboloid. The dependence of the wind load distribution on the characteristics of the form is established, a sectional calculation method for such structures is given.

Keywords: Hyperbolic paraboloid, finite element method, aerodynamic loads, lattice towers