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CFVR5155 - Vehicle loads in a solid bridge model


The example is a bridge where vehicle loads are defined.
The bridge is made of HA-35 concrete.
The aim of the example is to verify the vehicle loads.

Element types used in the model: SOLID45 SURF154

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
Bridge Loads

Model Statistics
Number of elements 81
Number of nodes 35
Number of civil materials 1
Number of cross sections 0
Number of shell vertices 0

Log file: CFVR5155.DAT


  FINISH
  ~CFCLEAR,,1
  ~CFACTIV,NLBR,Y
  NomFile='CFVR5155'
  /TITLE, %NomFile%, Surface loads on solid model

! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! Initial data
! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /PREP7

! Materials
  ~CFMP,1,LIB,CONCRETE,EHE,HA-35

! Bridge
  L=10
  a=2
  b=2
  Load = -3.5e3
  K,1,0,0,0
  K,2,L,0,0
  K,3,L,a,0
  K,4,0,a,0
  K,5,0,0,b
  K,6,L,0,b
  K,7,L,a,b
  K,8,0,a,b
  V,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8

  ET,1,SOLID45
  ET,2,SURF154

  TYPE,1
  ESIZE,1.1*a
  MSHAPE,1,3D
  MSHKEY,0
  VMESH,1

  NSEL,S,LOC,Z,b
  ESLN,S
  TYPE,2
  ESURF
  ESEL,S,ENAME,,154
  CM,DeckE,ELEM
  CM,DeckN,NODE
  CMGRP,DeckGRP,DeckE,DeckN

  ! Vehicle Path.
  LSEL,NONE
  K,10,0,a/2,2*b
  K,20,L/2,a/2,2*b
  K,30,L,a/2,2*b
  L,10,20
  L,20,30
  CM,Path,LINE

  ! LOADS
  /SOLU

  NSEL,S,LOC,X,0
  D,ALL,ALL
  ALLSEL

! Familiy definition.
! The following family will contain all the surface load steps.
! These steps are compatible.
  ~BLFDF,1011, COMPAT  ! Vertical loads
  ~BLFDF,1012, COMPAT  ! Horizontal loads

! Surface load
  ~BLSST, 1011, 1012
    ~BLSA,3,-a/2,0,a/2
    ~BLSB,Load,Path,DeckGRP,0.03,0.0
  ~BLSEND,1

  ~BLSOLVE

!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! DATA CHECK
!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! Data comparison number
  NComp    = 4
  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)  = 'FZ_1'
  LABEL( 2)  = 'FZ_2'
  LABEL( 3)  = 'FZ_3'
  LABEL( 4)  = 'FZ_4'

! Correct data, obtained data
!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /POST1
  FZ = L*a*Load
  *DO,II,1,4
    ~CFSET,,II
    FSUM
    VALUE( II,1) = -FZ/4  $  *GET,value( II,2),FSUM,0,ITEM,FZ
  *ENDDO

! Warning and error tolerances
  *DO,II,1,4
    TOLER(II,1) = 1E-1 $  TOLER(II,2) = 1E-1
  *ENDDO

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

Results

LabelTargetCivilFEMRatioTolerance
FZ_1 17500 175001.000 0.1
FZ_2 17500 175001.000 0.1
FZ_3 17500 175001.000 0.1
FZ_4 17500 175001.000 0.1


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