Welcome to the CSI Knowledge Base

The CSI Knowledge Base is a searchable, online encyclopedia that provides information to the Structural Engineering community.

The purpose of the CSI Knowledge Base is to further understanding within the field and to assist users with CSI Software application.

Documentation may be of general technical interest or specific to CSI Software application.

Please visit the Help Space for tips on navigating the Knowledge Base and for information on contacting CSI Technical Support.

Search Feature – Find resources quickly by entering key terms into the search box in the upper-right corner of any page.

General Technical Topics

A	Acceleration · OAPI · Auto lateral load
B	Bridge Modeler · Buckling
C	Cable · Composite behavior · Constraint · Creep
D	Damping · Design · Display
E	Error · Export
F	Frame
G	Generalized displacements
H	Hinge
I	Import · Installation · Interoperability
J	Joint
L	Lane · Licensing · Link · Load case · Load combination · Load pattern
M	Mass · Meshing · Miscellaneous · Modal analysis · Modeling techniques · Moving load
N	Nonlinear · Numerical problems
P	P-Delta effect · Plugins · Power spectral density · Program usage · Pushover
R	Reporting · Response spectrum
S	Section cut · Section Designer · Shell · Shrinkage · Soil · Solid · Solver · Staged construction
T	Target force · Tendon · Tension and compression limits · Time history
V	Vehicle · Vibration

Product-specific information

Product descriptions and additional information specific to each CSI Software are accessible through these links:

Specific content types may be accessed through the links which follow:

Videos – CSI Watch & Learn video series
Tutorials – Tutorials and supplemental documentation
Documentation – Manuals, technical notes, and documentation distributed with CSI Software
Test Problems – Sample problems with supplemental models and calculation sets

Help Space – Information on using the Knowledge Base and contacting CSI Technical Support