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CFVR7304 - Steel checking according to ASME BPVC III Subsection NF

Shear checking of a cantilever steel beam

A steel cantilever beam with HP shape section is subjected to a vertical force at free end in both directions of 10 MN Ct reduction coefficient is taken as 0.85
Determine the total criterion according to ASME BPVC III Subsection NF.

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
ASME BPVC III NF

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

Log file: CFVR7304.DAT


   FINISH
   ~CFCLEAR,,1
   NomFile='CFVR7304'
 /TITLE, %NomFile%, Shear checking according to ASME BPVC III subsection NF

! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! Initial data
! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! CivilFEM SETUP
~CFACTIV,NUCL,Y
~CODESEL,ASME_NF,EC2-91,EC2-91,,EC8-94

/PREP7

ET,1,Beam188,,,2

~CFMP,1,LIB,STEEL,ASTM,A441
~SSECLIB,1,1,54,1   ! HP 14x117
~SECMDF,1,ASMENFPR,CT,,0.85
~MEMBPRO,1,ASME_NF,ALL,5.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,0,1
~BMSHPRO,1,BEAM,1,1,,,188,1,1,,Beam 1

N,1,
N,2,5
E,1,2

/SHRINK,0
/ESHAPE,1.0

EPLOT

D,1,ALL

F,2,FY,10000000
F,2,FZ,10000000

/SOLU
SOLVE

/POST1
~CFSET,0,1,LAST,

~CHKSTL,SHEAR

!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! DATA CHECK
!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! Data comparison number
  NComp = 4
  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) = 'FV'
  LABEL(2,1) = 'CRT_SHZ'
  LABEL(3,1) = 'CRT_SHY'
  LABEL(4,1) = 'CRT_TOT'

! Correct values
  VALUE(1,1)=126863535
  VALUE(2,1)=5.10
  VALUE(3,1)=10.68
  VALUE(4,1)=10.68

! Comparison
 ~PLLSSTL,FV
 *GET,VALUE(1,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CFETAB_I
 ~PLLSSTL,CRT_SHZ
 *GET,VALUE(2,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CFETAB_I
 ~PLLSSTL,CRT_SHY
 *GET,VALUE(3,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CFETAB_I
 ~PLLSSTL,CRT_TOT
 *GET,VALUE(4,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CFETAB_I

! Warning and error tolerances
  TOLER( 1, 1)= 1E+00   $ TOLER( 1, 2)= 1E+00	! Rounding error accepted
  TOLER( 2, 1)= 1E-02   $ TOLER( 2, 2)= 1E-02	! Rounding error accepted
  TOLER( 3, 1)= 1E-03   $ TOLER( 3, 2)= 1E-03
  TOLER( 4, 1)= 1E-03   $ TOLER( 4, 2)= 1E-03

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





Results

LabelTargetCivilFEMRatioTolerance
FV1.2686e+0081.2686e+0081.000 1
CRT_SHZ 5.1 5.09821.000 0.01
CRT_SHY 10.68 10.6811.000 0.001
CRT_TOT 10.68 10.6811.000 0.001


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