Cooperative information sharing between a 3D model and structural analysis software for railway viaducts

Abstract

Much effort has been being done to realize the concept of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in building industry. In the civil infrastructure domain, however, BIM has not been prevailing so much yet. To promote BIM in this domain, advantages by adoption of the new methodology, especially the cooperative aspect, must be clearly illustrated. In this paper, cooperative information sharing methodology between a 3D model and structural analysis software for railway viaducts is described. © 2012 Springer-Verlag.