Rexel

VAI ALLA PAGINA DI REXEL IN ITALIANO

09/04/2010: REXEL 2.61 beta ENGLISH VERSION HAS BEEN RELEASED: REXEL allows to define the design spectra according to the Eurocode 8, the new Italian Building Code or completely user-defined. Based on these spectra, the software allows to search for sets of 7 records compatible, in the average, with them. Records may also reflect the seismogenetic features of the sources (in terms of magnitude and epicentral distance) and soil conditions appropriate to the site. The datasets contained in REXEL are that of the European Strong-motion Database (ESD) and now also that of the Italian Accelerometric Archive (ITACA) (for a table of matching between ITACA records and the accelerograms IDs in REXEL see here)

For details about updates and a track of changes of older versions see the change log.

If you use REXEL, please cite it as:Iervolino I., Galasso C., Cosenza E. (2009). REXEL: computer aided record selection for code-based seismic structural analysis. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 8:339-362. DOI 10.1007/s10518-009-9146-1

INSTALLATION

REXEL was developed in MATLAB environment; for its use the MATLAB Component Runtime (MCR) 711 is required. Please launch preliminarily the MCRInstaller.exe file and follow the instructions of the installation procedure. REXEL requires a specific version of MATLAB. If you have a different version of MATLAB, REXEL will not work; for this reason, you must install the MCR. It is recommended to restart the computer after installing MCR. The MATLAB Component Runtime is a free redistributable that allows you to run programs written in a specific version of MATLAB without installing the MATLAB version itself. There is no harm in having MATLAB and the MCR installed simultaneously, or in having multiple versions of each one installed. The first run of REXEL may take some minutes, please wait patiently, it works!

Download MCRInstaller (This new MCR is required for REXEL 2.61 to work)
Download REXEL v 2.61 beta
Download the tutorial (pdf)

Footnote 1: This version of REXEL will expire on October 31 2010. After this date, a new version of the software will be available on this website.

Footnote 2 (for Windows Vista and Windows 7 users): May be some problems in running REXEL after install on computers using Windows Vista or 7. In fact, it may be required to disable the the "user account control" (UAC) features. To do so right-click on the REXEL .exe file, then choose properties and disable the UAC. After that REXEL should run without further problems. More easily it is possible to right-click and select to run as an administrator in the context menu.

Footnote 3: Please recall that REXEL returns records in m/s^2 units.

DISCLAIMER: REXEL and this tutorial may be used and distributed for free while their modification and commercialization are not authorized. The authors have made every effort in order to ensure the accurate working of the software; however, any responsibility is declined for wrong results.

Iunio Iervolino
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Strutturale, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Via Claudio 21, 80125 Naples (Italy)
Tel: +39.081.7683488
Fax: +39.081.7683491

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