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CFVR2308 - Steel checking according to LRFD

W-Shape beam subjected to combined torsion, flexure, shear and axial compression force according to LRFD 2nd Edition

A steel pinned-pinned beam with an unbraced length of 30 feet with W 14x82 section is subjected to uniform dead load of 0.45 kip/ft and a uniform live load of 0.69 kip/ft and both 0.20 kip/ft for the other perpendicular plane. These loads have 0.3 ft of eccentricity to take into account torsional forces.
Determine the section classification, required normal and shear stress and total criterion according to LRFD.

Element types used in the model: BEAM188

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 10
Number of nodes 11
Number of civil materials 1
Number of cross sections 1
Number of shell vertices 0

Log file: CFVR2308.DAT


   FINISH
   ~CFCLEAR,,1
   NomFile='CFVR2308'
   /TITLE, %NomFile%,LRFD: Combined torsion flex+shear+axial Checking

!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! Model definition
!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! CivilFEM Setup: Code & Units
   ~CODESEL,LRFD	
   ~UNITS,,LENG,ft
   ~UNITS,,TIME,S
   ~UNITS,,FORC,KIPS
   ~UNITS,,PRES,,0 ,ksi

/PREP7
! Parameters
  LBEAM = 30   ! Length of the beam (ft)
  C_b = 1.14   ! Bending coefficient
  Lb  = 30     ! Lateral support length
  NELEM = 10   ! Number of elements

! LoadS
  Pu  = 1.2*29.0 + 1.6*87.0  ! tension load (kips)
  Wuy = 1.2*0.45 + 1.6*0.69  ! Nominal loads (kip/ft)
  Wuz = 1.2*0.20 + 1.6*0.20  ! Nominal loads (kip/ft)

 ! Material
  ~CFMP,1,LIB,STEEL,ASTM,A572Gr50
! Hot rolled section
  ~SSECLIB,1,1,51,188   !W 14x82

! Element type
  ET,1,Beam188
  
! Member properties
  ~MEMBPRO,1,LRFD,ALL,LBEAM,1.0,1.0,1.0,C_b,Lb  
  
! Beam Properties
  ~BMSHPRO,1,BEAM,1,1,,,188,1,0,,Beam 1
  ~BMSHOFF,1,2,0,0.3,0,0.3

! Model
  N,1,
  N,NELEM+1,LBEAM,0
  NGEN,NELEM,1,1,,,LBEAM/NELEM
  E,1,2
  EGEN,NELEM,1,1,,

/SOLU
  D,1,UX
  D,1,UY
  D,1,UZ
  D,1,ROTX
  D,NELEM+1,UY
  D,NELEM+1,UZ

! Apply tension Load
  F,NELEM+1,Fx,-Pu

! Pressure
  SFBEAM,ALL,2,PRES,Wuy
  SFBEAM,ALL,1,PRES,Wuz
  SOLVE

/POST1
  ~CFSET,,1
  ~CHKSTL,BDAXSHTR

!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! DATA CHECK
!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! Data comparison number
  NComp =  6
  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) = 'FUN     '
  LABEL(2,1) = 'FUV     '
  LABEL(3,1) = 'FCRFBK  '
  LABEL(4,1) = 'FCRFTBK '
  LABEL(5,1) = 'CRT_TOT '
  LABEL(6,1) = 'CLS_BEND'

! Correct values
  VALUE(1,1)=  5279
  VALUE(2,1)=  2374
  VALUE(3,1)=  5558
  VALUE(4,1)=  1715
  VALUE(5,1)=  1.63
  VALUE(6,1)=  1

! Comparison
 ~PLLSSTL,FUN
 *GET,VALUE(1,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CFETAB_I
 ~PLLSSTL,FUV
 *GET,VALUE(2,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CFETAB_I
 ~PLLSSTL,FCRFBK
 *GET,VALUE(3,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CFETAB_I
 ~PLLSSTL,FCRFTBK
 *GET,VALUE(4,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CFETAB_I
 ~PLLSSTL,CRT_TOT
 *GET,VALUE(5,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CFETAB_I
 ~PLLSSTL,CLS_BEND
 *GET,VALUE(6,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CLASS_I

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

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

Results

LabelTargetCivilFEMRatioTolerance
FUN 5279 5278.91.000 10
FUV 2374 2374.31.000 10
FCRFBK 5558 5557.71.000 10
FCRFTBK 1715 1715.41.000 10
CRT_TOT 1.63 1.62841.001 0.1
CLS_BEND 1 11.000 0.1


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