Welcome to the CSI Knowledge Base

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

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

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

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General Technical Topics

A	Acceleration · [API] · Auto lateral load
B	Bridge Modeler · Buckling
C	Cable · Composite behavior · Constraint · Creep
D	Damping · Design
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

Product-specific information

Product descriptions and additional information specific to each

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Software are accessible through these links:

SAP2000 – general-purpose structural analysis and design software
CSiBridge – integrated analysis and design software tailored to bridge engineering
ETABS – integrated analysis and design software tailored to multi-story building systems
SAFE – software for engineering elevated floor and foundation slab systems
PERFORM-3D – nonlinear performance-based analysis and design software
CSiCOL – software for the analysis and design of advanced column systems

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

Videos – the
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Watch & Learn video series
Tutorials – tutorials and supplementary documentation
Documentation – manuals, technical notes, and documentation distributed with
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Software
Test Problems – sample problems with supplementary models and calculation sheets
[Example Problems] – supplementary information for official example problems
[Verification Problems] – supplementary information for official verification problems