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CFVR7110 - Torsion checking according to NBR6118

Check a reinforced concrete beam subjected to torsional moment according to NBR6118

A fixed beam which has a rectangular reinforced concrete section is subjected to a shear force of 7.52 Mp and a torsional moment of 1.52 Mp*m.
The aim of the example is to obtain the check criterion according to NBR6118.

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
NBR 6118

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: CFVR7110.DAT


   FINISH
  ~CFCLEAR,,1
   NomFile='CFVR7110'
   /TITLE,%NomFile%, TORSION CHECKING ACCORDING TO NBR6118

! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! Initial data
! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! CivilFEM SETUP
  ~UNITS,,LENG,M
  ~UNITS,,TIME,S
  ~UNITS,,FORC,MP
  ~CODESEL,EC3-92,NBR6118,,,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*1.6       ! Torsional moment in Mp*m
  Q=4.7*1.6        ! Maximum concomitant design shear force in Mp

! Material Definition
~CFMP,1,LIB,CONCRETE,NBR6118,C25
~CFMP,2,LIB,REINF,NBR6118,CA50
!CONCRETE,1, ,0,306, 601, ,1.5,1.15,

! 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  !Torsion reinforcement
! 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                                   ! Boundary conditions

/SOLU
  F,5,FY,-Q
  F,5,MX,T
  SOLVE               ! Calculation

/POST1
! Postprocessor
  ~CFSET,,1,1         ! Read the first load step

! Torsion checking according to NBR6118
  ~CHKCON,SHT,BOTH

!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! 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) = 'TRD2'
  LABEL(2,1) = 'TRD3'
  LABEL(3,1) = 'TRD4'
  LABEL(4,1) = 'VRD2'
  LABEL(5,1) = 'VRD3'
  LABEL(6,1) = 'CRTCST'

! Correct values
  VALUE(1,1)=0.4413367E1
  VALUE(2,1)=0.1809378E1
  VALUE(3,1)=0.1847808E1
  VALUE(4,1)=0.4295E2
  VALUE(5,1)=0.7616E1
  VALUE(6,1)=0.51973

! Comparison
 ~PLLSCON,TRD2
 *GET,VALUE(1,2),ELEM,3,ETAB,CFETAB_J
 ~PLLSCON,TRD3
  *GET,VALUE(2,2),ELEM,3,ETAB,CFETAB_J
 ~PLLSCON,TRD4
  *GET,VALUE(3,2),ELEM,3,ETAB,CFETAB_J
 ~PLLSCON,VRD2
  *GET,VALUE(4,2),ELEM,3,ETAB,CFETAB_J
 ~PLLSCON,VRD3
  *GET,VALUE(5,2),ELEM,3,ETAB,CFETAB_J
 ~PLLSCON,CRTCST
  *GET,VALUE(6,2),ELEM,3,ETAB,CFETAB_J
! Warning and error tolerances
  TOLER( 1, 1)= 1E-02 $ TOLER( 1, 2)= 1E-02
  TOLER( 2, 1)= 1E-02 $ TOLER( 2, 2)= 1E-02
  TOLER( 3, 1)= 1E-02 $ TOLER( 3, 2)= 1E-02
  TOLER( 4, 1)= 1E-02 $ TOLER( 4, 2)= 1E-02
  TOLER( 5, 1)= 1E-02 $ TOLER( 5, 2)= 1E-02
  TOLER( 6, 1)= 1E-02 $ TOLER( 6, 2)= 1E-02

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

Results

LabelTargetCivilFEMRatioTolerance
TRD2 4.4134 4.41481.000 0.01
TRD3 1.8094 1.80941.000 0.01
TRD4 1.8478 1.84721.000 0.01
VRD2 42.95 42.951.000 0.01
VRD3 7.616 7.61641.000 0.01
CRTCST 0.51973 0.519381.001 0.01


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