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CFVR1273 - Seismic margin in reinforced beam according to Eurocode 2 (2008)

Check a reinforced concrete beam subjected to torsional moment

A fixed beam with a rectangular reinforced concrete section is subjected to a uniform distributed load of 7.52 Mp and a torsional moment of 1.52 Mp*m.
The aim of this example is to obtain the scale factor for elastic (FSE) and permissible inelastic response (FSI) according to EC2-08 code.
Inelastic energy absorption factors for torsion is 1.2.

Element types used in the model: BEAM4

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
Beam
Cross Section
Code Checking/Design
Reinforced Concrete
Eurocode 2

Model Statistics
Number of elements 4
Number of nodes 5
Number of civil materials 2
Number of cross sections 1
Number of shell vertices 0

Log file: CFVR1273.DAT


   FINISH
  ~CFCLEAR,,1
   NomFile='CFVR1273'
  /TITLE,%NomFile%, Torsion checking according to HCLPF for Eurocode 2 (2008)

! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! Initial data
! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! CivilFEM SETUP
  ~UNITS,,LENG,M
  ~UNITS,,TIME,S
  ~UNITS,,FORC,MP
  ~CODESEL,EC3-92,EC2-08,EC2-08,,EC8-94

! Preprocessor
  /PREP7

! Parameters
  L=1              ! Length in m
  b=.4             ! Cross-section width in m.
  h=.3             ! Depth in m.
  T=0.95       ! Torsional moment in Mp*m
  Q=4.7        ! Maximum concomitant design shear force in Mp
  T_NS=T/8
  Q_NS=Q/8
  T_S=T/2
  Q_S=Q/2

! Material Definition
 ~CFMP,1,LIB,CONCRETE,EC2,C25/30
 ~CFMP,2,LIB,REINF,EC2,S400

! Element Type Definition
  ET,1,Beam4                                 ! Element Type 1: 3D Beam

! Cross-section definition
 ~CSECDMS,1,REC,1,0.3,0.4
! Reinforcement definition
 ~RNFDEF,1,TORSION,2,3.03e-4,,,,3.27e-4,     ! Torsional reinforcement
 ! Code properties definition
 ~SECMDF,1,EC2PROP ,DUCT_TO ,,1.2,0,0,0 
! Beam properties
 ~BMSHPRO,1,BEAM,1,1,,,4,1,0,,

! Model Construction
  N,1                                    ! Nodes input
  N,5,L
  FILL,1,5

  E,1,2                                  ! Elements input
  EGEN,4,1,1,1

  D,1, , , , , ,ALL                      ! Constraint conditions
  
  ~CFSAVE,%NomFile%
  
  FINISH
  
  /FILNAME,NON_SEISMIC
 ~CFRESUM,%NomFile%

/SOLU
  F,5,FY,-Q_NS
  F,5,MX,T_NS
  SOLVE               ! Calculation
  
  FINISH
  
   /FILNAME,SEISMIC
~CFRESUM,%NomFile%

/SOLU
  F,5,FY,-Q_S
  F,5,MX,T_S
  SOLVE               ! Calculation
  
  FINISH

/FILNAME,NON_SEISMIC

/POST1
! Postprocessor
  ~CFSET,,1,1       ! Read first load step
  ~CFFILE2,4,SEISMIC.RCV

! Torsion checking
  ~HCLPFCN,SHT,TORSION,,,,,,,,,,,,1,1
  
  ~PLHCLPF,BEAM,FSE
~CFGET,FSE, ELEMENT, 1 ,RESULT ,  FSE, I, , , 1 
~CFSAVE,%NomFile%

FINISH

/FILNAME,SEISMIC_SCALED
~CFRESUM,%NomFile%
/SOLU
  F,5,FY,-Q_S*FSE
  F,5,MX,T_S*FSE
  SOLVE               ! Calculation
  
  FINISH

/FILNAME,NON_SEISMIC

/POST1

~CFSET,,1
~CFFILE2,4,SEISMIC_SCALED.RCV
~HCLPFCN,SHT,TORSION,,,,,,,,,,,,1,1

!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! DATA CHECK
!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! Data comparison number
  NComp = 2
  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(1,1) = 'DUCT'
  LABEL(2,1) = 'FSE'

! Correct values
  VALUE(1,1)=1.2
  VALUE(2,1)=1.

! Comparison
! CivilFEM data
 ~CFGET,VALUE(1,2),SECTION,1,EC2PROP,DUCT_TO
 ~PLHCLPF,BEAM,FSE
 ~CFGET,VALUE(2,2), ELEMENT, 1 ,RESULT ,  FSE, I, , , 1 
 
! Warning and error tolerances
  TOLER( 1, 1)= 1E-02 $ TOLER( 1, 2)= 1E-02
  TOLER( 2, 1)= 5E-02 $ TOLER( 2, 2)= 5E-02
  
!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! Results comparison
!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  COMPARA.MAC


Results

LabelTargetCivilFEMRatioTolerance
DUCT 1.2 1.21.000 0.01
FSE 1 11.000 0.05


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