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CFVR7401 - Checking according to ASD 9th Edition

Shear checking of a cantilever steel beam

A steel cantilever beam with 1/2 IPE A 80 section is subjected to a vertical force of 100 KN in one direction and 50 KN in the other at free end.
Determine the total criterion according to ASD 9th Edition.

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
ASD 9

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: CFVR7401.DAT


FINISH
~CFCLEAR,,1
   NomFile='CFVR7401'
 /TITLE, %NomFile%, Checking according to ASD 9th Edition

! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! Initial data
! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! CivilFEM SETUP
~CFACTIV,NUCL,Y
~CODESEL,ASD9,EC2-91,EC2-91,,EC8-94

/PREP7

ET,1,Beam188,,,2

~CFMP,1,LIB,STEEL,ASTM,A441
~SSECLIB,1,1,26,1   !1/2 IPE A 80
~MEMBPRO,1,ASD9,ALL,5,2,2,1,1
~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,-100000/2
F,2,FZ,-100000

/SOLU
SOLVE

/POST1
~CFSET,0,1,LAST

~CHKSTL,SHEAR

!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! DATA CHECK
!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! Data comparison number
  NComp = 5
  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) = 'FVY'
  LABEL(2,1) = 'FVZ'
  LABEL(3,1) = 'CRT_TOTY'
  LABEL(4,1) = 'CRT_TOTZ'
  LABEL(5,1) = 'CRT_TOT'

! Correct values
  VALUE(1,1)=137895200
  VALUE(2,1)=137895200
  VALUE(3,1)=4.724/2
  VALUE(4,1)=3.75
  VALUE(5,1)=3.75

! Comparison
 ~PLLSSTL,FVY
 *GET,VALUE(1,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CFETAB_I
 ~PLLSSTL,FVZ
 *GET,VALUE(2,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CFETAB_I
 ~PLLSSTL,CRT_TOTY
 *GET,VALUE(3,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CFETAB_I
 ~PLLSSTL,CRT_TOTZ
 *GET,VALUE(4,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CFETAB_I
 ~PLLSSTL,CRT_TOT
 *GET,VALUE(5,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CFETAB_I

! Warning and error tolerances
  TOLER( 1, 1)= 1E+02   $ TOLER( 1, 2)= 1E+02	! 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-02   $ TOLER( 4, 2)= 1E-02	! Rounding error accepted
  TOLER( 5, 1)= 1E-02   $ TOLER( 5, 2)= 1E-02
!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! Results comparison
!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  COMPARA.MAC





Results

LabelTargetCivilFEMRatioTolerance
FVY1.379e+0081.379e+0081.000 100
FVZ1.379e+0081.379e+0081.000 100
CRT_TOTY 2.362 2.36221.000 0.001
CRT_TOTZ 3.75 3.75360.999 0.01
CRT_TOT 3.75 3.75360.999 0.01


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