Left

CivilFEM Online Help

Right

CFVR0923 - Shell reinforcement design according to EHE

Shell reinforcement design according to the Spanish code EHE using the Orthogonal Directions method and the Most Unfavourable Direction method.

The model is a rectangular slab of 5.0m x 2.5m meshed with 0.5m sized shell elements. The nodes of two adjacent sides are completely restrained.
The shell is defined with an initial reinforcement of 1 cm2/m on each direction and surface.
The applied load is a vertical force (perpendicular to the slab) of 1000 kN, on the free corner of the slab.

The reinforcement design methods are the Orthogonal Directions method and the Most Unfavourable Direction method.

Element types used in the model: SHELL63

Needed CivilFEM Modules:
Geotechnical Module
Bridges and Civil Non Linearities Module
Advanced Prestressed Concrete Module

The example can be launched on an educational license.
KEYWORDS
Shell
Shell Vertex
Reinforced Concrete
EHE

Model Statistics
Number of elements 50
Number of nodes 66
Number of civil materials 2
Number of cross sections 0
Number of shell vertices 1

Log file: CFVR0923.DAT


   FINISH
  ~CFCLEAR,,1
   NomFile='CFVR0923'
  /TITLE, %NomFile%, Shell reinforcement design according to EHE
! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! Model definition and solve
! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

! Setup
 ~UNITS,SI
 ~CODESEL,EC3-92,EHE,,,EC8-94
 ~CFCONFG,PLRES   ,SHELL   ,EPSW 
 ~CFCONFG,RESULT,CFSHF,1

/PREP7
! Materials
 ~CFMP,5,LIB,CONCRETE,EC2,C40/50
 ~CFMP,2,LIB,REINF,EC2,S400
! Element types
  ET,2,SHELL63
! Shell Vertex
  t=0.70     ! Thickness
  r=0.03     ! Cover
 ~SHLRNF,1,t,5,2,r,0.0001,0.0001,0.0001,0.0001,0,0.0,45.00
! Beam & Shell property
 ~BMSHPRO,10,SHELL,1,1,1,1,63,,,,Shell property

! Keypoints
  K,1,0.0,0.0
  K,2,5.0,0.0
  K,3,5.0,2.5
  K,4,0.0,2.5
! Area
  A,1,2,3,4
! Mesh
  TYPE,2
  REAL,10
  MAT,5
  ESIZE,0.5
  AMESH,ALL

! Boundary conditions
  NSEL,S,LOC,X,0.0
  NSEL,A,LOC,Y,0.0
  D,ALL,ALL,0.0

! Load
  FK,3,FZ,-1000000

! Solve
  /SOLU
  ALLSEL
  SOLVE

/POST1
! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! Design with CivilFEM
! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ~CFSET,,1,1
 ~DIMCON,SHELL,VF
 ~DIMCON,SHELL,MUD

!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! DATA CHECK
!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! Data comparison number
  NComp = 4
  NComp_ch = 0

! Matrix dim.
  *DIM,LABEL,CHAR,Ncomp,1
  *DIM,LABEL_CH,CHAR,Ncomp_ch,1
  *DIM,VALUE,,Ncomp,3
  *DIM,VALUE_CH,CHAR,Ncomp_ch,3
  *DIM,TOLER,,Ncomp,2

! Labels
! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  LABEL( 1) ='ASTY_VF'
  LABEL( 2) ='ASTX_VF'
  LABEL( 3) ='ASTY_MUD'
  LABEL( 4) ='ASTX_MUD'

! Correct values
! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Value(1,1) = 67E-4
  Value(2,1) = 17E-4
  Value(3,1) = 67E-4
  Value(4,1) = 17E-4

! Obtained values
! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ~CFSET,1
 ~PLSHCON,ASTY
  Node_1 = NODE(KX(2),KY(2),KZ(2))
  *GET,Value(1,2),NODE,Node_1,EPSW
 ~PLSHCON,ASTX
  Node_2 = NODE(KX(4),KY(4),KZ(4))
  *GET,Value(2,2),NODE,Node_2,EPSW
 ~CFSET,2
 ~PLSHCON,ASTY
  Node_1 = NODE(KX(2),KY(2),KZ(2))
  *GET,Value(3,2),NODE,Node_1,EPSW
 ~PLSHCON,ASTX
  Node_2 = NODE(KX(4),KY(4),KZ(4))
  *GET,Value(4,2),NODE,Node_2,EPSW

! Warning and error tolerances
  TOLER( 1, 1)= 2E-04   $   TOLER( 1, 2)= 2E-04
  TOLER( 2, 1)= 2E-04   $   TOLER( 2, 2)= 2E-04
  TOLER( 3, 1)= 2E-04   $   TOLER( 3, 2)= 2E-04
  TOLER( 4, 1)= 2E-04   $   TOLER( 4, 2)= 2E-04

!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! Results comparison
!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  COMPARA.MAC

Results

LabelTargetCivilFEMRatioTolerance
ASTY_VF 0.0067 0.0066961.001 0.0002
ASTX_VF 0.0017 0.00166261.022 0.0002
ASTY_MUD 0.0067 0.00664531.008 0.0002
ASTX_MUD 0.0017 0.00166521.021 0.0002


Contains proprietary and confidential information of Ingeciber, S.A.