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CFVR7251 - Seismic margin in reinforced beam according to ACI 349-01

Check a reinforced concrete beam subjected to shear force

A beam which is fixed at the right and simply supported at left end has a rectangular reinforced concrete section and it is subjected to a uniform distributed load of 6.75 Mp/m.
The aim of this example is to obtain the scale factor for elastic (FSE) and permissible inelastic response (FSI) according to ACI 349 code.
Inelastic energy absorption factors for shear is 1.25.

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
Reinforced Concrete
ACI 349

Model Statistics
Number of elements 20
Number of nodes 21
Number of civil materials 2
Number of cross sections 1
Number of shell vertices 0

Log file: CFVR7251.DAT


!!
   FINISH
  ~CFCLEAR,,1
   NomFile='CFVR7251'
 /TITLE,%NomFile%, SHEAR CHECKING ACCORDING TO HCLPF FOR ACI 349

! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! Initial data
! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! CivilFEM SETUP
~CFACTIV,NUCL,Y
~UNITS,,LENG,M
~UNITS,,TIME,S
~UNITS,,FORC,MP
~CODESEL,EC3-92,ACI349,,,EC8-94

! Preprocessor
  /PREP7

! Parameters
  L=10         ! Length between supports, in m
  b=.3         ! Cross-section width in m.
  h=.5         ! Depth in m.
  Q=4.5    ! Uniform distributed load in Mp/m
  Q_NS = Q/8
  Q_S = Q/2

! Material Definition
 ~CFMP,3,LIB,CONCRETE,ACI,fc_4500
 ~CFMP,4,LIB,REINF,ACI,fy_60000

! Element Type Definition
  ET,1,Beam3                            ! Element Type 1: 2D Beam

! Cross-section definition
 ~CSECDMS,2,REC,3,0.5,0.3
! Reinforcement definition
 ~RNFDEF,2,1,4,4,,,0.6368E-02     ! Bot. reinf. for bending
 ~RNFDEF,2,2,4,2,,,0.2283E-02     ! Top reinf. for bending
 ~RNFDEF,2,SHEAR,4,,,.00128       ! Shear reinf.
! Code properties definition
  ~SECMDF,2,ACI349PR,REC     ,,5e-002
  ~SECMDF,2,ACI349PR,DUCT_SH ,,1.25,0,0,0 
! Beam & shell properties
  ~BMSHPRO,1,BEAM,2,2,,,3,,,,Beam property

! Model Construction
  MAT,3
  N,1                                   ! Nodes input
  N,21,L
  FILL,1,21
  E,1,2                                 ! Elements input
  EGEN,20,1,1,1
  D,1, , , , , ,UX,UY                   ! Boundary conditions
  D,21, , , , , ,UY
  
  ~CFSAVE,%NomFile%
  
  FINISH

/FILNAME,NON_SEISMIC
~CFRESUM,%NomFile%

/SOLU
  SFBEAM,ALL,1,PRES,Q_NS
  SOLVE               ! Calculation
  FINISH

  /FILNAME,SEISMIC
~CFRESUM,%NomFile%

/SOLU
  SFBEAM,ALL,1,PRES,Q_S
  SOLVE               ! Calculation
  FINISH
/FILNAME,NON_SEISMIC

/POST1

! Postprocessor
  ~CFSET,,1,1       ! Read first load step
  ~CFFILE2,4,SEISMIC.RCV

! Shear in Y checking according to ACI 349
  ~HCLPFCN,SHT,SHEAR,0, , ,1,,,,,,,,1,1
  
  ~PLHCLPF,BEAM,FSE
~CFGET,FSE, ELEMENT, 1 ,RESULT ,  FSE, I, , , 1 
~CFSAVE,%NomFile%

FINISH

/FILNAME,SEISMIC_SCALED
~CFRESUM,%NomFile%
/SOLU
  SFBEAM,ALL,1,PRES,Q_S*FSE
  SOLVE               ! Calculation
  
  FINISH

/FILNAME,NON_SEISMIC

/POST1

~CFSET,,1
~CFFILE2,4,SEISMIC_SCALED.RCV
 ~HCLPFCN,SHT,SHEAR,0, , ,1,,,,,,,,1,1
!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! DATA CHECK
!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! Data comparison number
  NComp = 2
  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) = 'DUCT'
  LABEL(2,1) = 'FSE'

! Correct values
  VALUE(1,1)=1.25
  VALUE(2,1)=1.

! Comparison
! CivilFEM data
 ~CFGET,VALUE(1,2),SECTION,2,ACI349PR,DUCT_SH
 ~PLHCLPF,BEAM,FSE
 ~CFGET,VALUE(2,2), ELEMENT, 20 ,RESULT ,  FSE, J, , , 1 
 
! Warning and error tolerances
  TOLER( 1, 1)= 1E-02 $ TOLER( 1, 2)= 1E-02
  TOLER( 2, 1)= 5E-02 $ TOLER( 2, 2)= 5E-02
  
!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! Results comparison
!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  COMPARA.MAC

Results

LabelTargetCivilFEMRatioTolerance
DUCT 1.25 1.251.000 0.01
FSE 1 11.000 0.05


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