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CFVR2305 - Steel Checking according to LRFD

Axial and bending checking according to LRFD 2nd Edition

A steel pinned-pìnned beam of 240 feet with W12x210 section is subjected to an axial compression force of 800 kips and different moments at both ends.
Determine the required flexural strength, plastic bending moment, total criterion, equivalent slenderness parameter and critical stress according to LRFD.

Element types used in the model: BEAM3

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
Steel
LRFD 2

Model Statistics
Number of elements 19
Number of nodes 20
Number of civil materials 1
Number of cross sections 1
Number of shell vertices 0

Log file: CFVR2305.DAT


   finish
   ~CFCLEAR,,1
   NomFile='CFVR2305'
   /TITLE, %NomFile%, LRFD: Compression Flexural Buckling Checking

!------------------------------------------------------------------
! Model definition
!------------------------------------------------------------------
! CivilFEM Setup: Code & Units
   ~CODESEL,LRFD,EC2,,,EC8-94
   ~UNITS,,MONE,EURO
   ~UNITS,,LENG,IN
   ~UNITS,,TIME,S
   ~UNITS,,FORC,KIPS
   ~UNITS,,PRES,,0,uuP
   ~UNITS,,MASS,,0,uuM
/PREP7
! Preprocessor
! --------------------------------------------------
! Materials
  ~CFMP,1,LIB,STEEL,ASTM,A36
! Element Types
  ET,1,Beam3
! Cross Section
  ~SSECLIB,1,1,51,205   ! W 12x210
! Beam & Shell Property
  ~BMSHPRO,1,BEAM,1,1,,,3,1,0,,Beam 1
! Member property
  ~MEMBPRO,1,NAME,Member Property 1
  ~MEMBPRO,1,LRFD,ALL,240.0,1.0,1.9,1.0,1.265,240.0,
  ~MEMBPRO,1,NAME,Member Property 1
! Nodes
  N,1
  N,20,,240
  FILL,1,20,18,,,1,1,1
! Elements
  E,1,2
  EGEN,19,1,1,1

! Solution
! --------------------------------------------------
/SOLU
! Constraints
  D,1,,,,,,UX,UY
  D,20,,,,,,UX
! Apply Load
  F,20,FY,-800
  F,1,FY,800
  F,20,MZ,-420*12
  F,1,MZ,200*12
! Solve
  SOLVE

/POST1
! Postprocessor
! --------------------------------------------------
! Read results
  ~CFSET,,1,1                  ! First load step
! Axial+bending checking
  ~CHKSTL,BEND_AXL

!------------------------------------------------------------------
! DATA CHECK
!------------------------------------------------------------------
! Data comparison number
  NComp = 7
  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) = 'MPY     '
  LABEL(2,1) = 'MPZ     '
  LABEL(3,1) = 'MUZ     '
  LABEL(4,1) = 'CRT_YLDZ'
  LABEL(5,1) = 'CRT_TOT '
  LABEL(6,1) = 'LAMBDA  '
  LABEL(7,1) = 'FCR     '

! Correct values
  VALUE(1,1)=0.57239996D+04
  VALUE(2,1)=0.12527999D+05
  VALUE(3,1)=0.37894737D+04
  VALUE(4,1)=0.30248035D+00
  VALUE(5,1)=0.82964635D+00
  VALUE(6,1)=0.82061562D+00
  VALUE(7,1)=0.27157763D+02

! Comparison
  ~CFGET,value( 1,2),ELEMENT,10,RESULT,MPY     ,J
  ~CFGET,value( 2,2),ELEMENT,10,RESULT,MPZ     ,J
  ~CFGET,value( 3,2),ELEMENT,10,RESULT,MUZ     ,J
  ~CFGET,value( 4,2),ELEMENT,10,RESULT,CRT_YLDZ,J
  ~CFGET,value( 5,2),ELEMENT,10,RESULT,CRT_TOT ,J
  ~CFGET,value( 6,2),ELEMENT,10,RESULT,LAMBDA  ,J
  ~CFGET,value( 7,2),ELEMENT,10,RESULT,FCR     ,J

! Warning and error tolerances
  TOLER( 1, 1)= 1E-03 $ TOLER( 1, 2)= 1E-03
  TOLER( 2, 1)= 1E-03 $ TOLER( 2, 2)= 1E-03
  TOLER( 3, 1)= 1E-03 $ TOLER( 3, 2)= 1E-03
  TOLER( 4, 1)= 1E-01 $ TOLER( 4, 2)= 1E-01
  TOLER( 5, 1)= 1E-01 $ TOLER( 5, 2)= 1E-01
  TOLER( 6, 1)= 1E-03 $ TOLER( 6, 2)= 1E-03
  TOLER( 7, 1)= 1E-03 $ TOLER( 7, 2)= 1E-03

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

Results

LabelTargetCivilFEMRatioTolerance
MPY 5724 57241.000 0.001
MPZ 12528 125281.000 0.001
MUZ 3789.5 3789.51.000 0.001
CRT_YLDZ 0.30248 0.336090.889 0.1
CRT_TOT 0.82965 0.859520.964 0.1
LAMBDA 0.82062 0.820621.000 0.001
FCR 27.158 27.1581.000 0.001


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