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CFVR4707 - 2D frame seismic analysis according to CALTRANS

Example to check the seismic design utility

An example that checks forces and moments obtained on a 2D frame seismic analysis according to CALTRANS

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
Seismic
CALTRANS


Model Statistics
Number of elements 90
Number of nodes 87
Number of civil materials 1
Number of cross sections 2
Number of shell vertices 0

Log file: CFVR4707.DAT


   FINISH
  ~CFCLEAR,,1
  NomFile='CFVR4707'
  /TITLE, %NomFile%, Seismic analysis of a 2D frame according to CALTRANS

! ----------------------------------------------------------------------
! Initial data
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------
! CivilFEM SETUP
  ~UNITS,SI
  ~CODESEL,,,,,CALTRANS

/PREP7
! Preprocessor
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------
! Define materials
  ~CFMP,1,LIB,STEEL,EA,A42  ! Material: Steel A-42
! Define element types
  ET,1,BEAM3 ! Beam 2D
! Define sections
  ~SSECLIB,1,1,6,11                ! Real 1: HEB-300 for Beam3 (Columns)
  ~SSECLIB,2,1,6,15                ! Real 2: HEB-400 for Beam3 (Beams)
  ~BMSHPRO,1,BEAM,1,1,,,3,,0       ! Constant Section (Sec 1)
  ~BMSHPRO,2,BEAM,2,2,,,3,,0       ! Constant Section (Sec 2)

! Solid model
  ! Column at X=0
    K,1
    K,2,,4
    K,3,,3.5+4
    K,4,,3.5+4+3.5
    L,1,2
    L,2,3
    L,3,4
  ! Columns at X=5 and 10
    LGEN,3,1,3,,5,,,4
  ! Column Attributes
    LATT,1,1,1
  ! Beams
    L,2,6
    LGEN,2,10,10,,5,,,4
    LGEN,3,10,11,,,3.5,,1
  ! Beams Attributes
    LSEL,S,,,10,15
    LATT,1,2,1
    LSEL,ALL
! Constraints
    DK,1,ALL
    DK,5,ALL
    DK,9,ALL
! Mesh
    ESIZE,,6      ! 6 Elements in each member
    LMESH,ALL
    /ESHAPE,1
    EPLOT
    /IMAGE,SAVE,%NomFile%,BMP

/SOLU
! CivilFEM Seismic Design
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------
! Define spectrum
  ~DEFSPEC,ALL,0.5,B1,0,5,1
! Get Modes
  ~MODLSOL,20 ! Get 20 modes
! Combine the modes
  ~CMBMOD,HORIZONT,VERTICAL,NONE,0,0.0001

! Postprocessor
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------
/POST1
  ~CFSET,,2

! Plot of the bending moments about the Z axis
  ~PLLSFOR,M,Z,-1

! ----------------------------------------------------------------------
! DATA CHECK
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------
! Data comparision number
  NComp    =  6
  NComp_ch =  0

! Marix 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)  = 'FX_06_J'
  LABEL(2)  = 'FY_06_J'
  LABEL(3)  = 'MZ_06_J'
  LABEL(4)  = 'FX_66_J'
  LABEL(5)  = 'FY_66_J'
  LABEL(6)  = 'MZ_66_J'

! Correct data
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  VALUE(1,1) = 46039.308
  VALUE(2,1) = 23616.305
  VALUE(3,1) = 40663.941
  VALUE(4,1) =  4928.671
  VALUE(5,1) = 23963.353
  VALUE(6,1) = 67332.616

! Obtained data
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  ~CFGET,VALUE(1,2),ELEMENT, 6,FORCE,FX,J
  ~CFGET,VALUE(2,2),ELEMENT, 6,FORCE,FY,J
  ~CFGET,VALUE(3,2),ELEMENT, 6,FORCE,MZ,J
  ~CFGET,VALUE(4,2),ELEMENT,66,FORCE,FX,J
  ~CFGET,VALUE(5,2),ELEMENT,66,FORCE,FY,J
  ~CFGET,VALUE(6,2),ELEMENT,66,FORCE,MZ,J

! Warning and error tolerances
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------
   *DO,II,1,NComp
     TOLER(II, 1)= 10.0 $ TOLER(II, 2)= 10.0
   *ENDDO

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

Results

LabelTargetCivilFEMRatioTolerance
FX_06_J 46039 460411.000 10
FY_06_J 23616 236171.000 10
MZ_06_J 40664 406651.000 10
FX_66_J 4928.7 4929.11.000 10
FY_66_J 23963 239641.000 10
MZ_66_J 67333 673351.000 10


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