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CFVR7406 - Compression checking according to ASD 9th Edition

Compression checking of a cantilever steel beam

A steel cantilever beam with L angle shape section is subjected to an axial compression force of 30 KN 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: CFVR7406.DAT


FINISH
~CFCLEAR,,1
   NomFile='CFVR7406'
 /TITLE, %NomFile%, Compression 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,1,1,57,71   !L 4x4x1/4
~MEMBPRO,1,ASD9,ALL,2,2,2,1,1
~BMSHPRO,1,BEAM,1,1,,,188,1,1,,Beam 1

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

/SHRINK,0
/ESHAPE,1.0

EPLOT

D,1,ALL

F,2,FX,-30000

/SOLU
SOLVE

/POST1
~CFSET,0,1,LAST,

~CHKSTL,COMPFBK

!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! DATA CHECK
!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! Data comparison number
  NComp = 7
  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) = 'QS'
  LABEL(2,1) = 'QA'
  LABEL(3,1) = 'Q'
  LABEL(4,1) = 'LAMBDA'
  LABEL(5,1) = 'SLEND'
  LABEL(6,1) = 'FAC'
  LABEL(7,1) = 'CRT_TOT'

! Correct values
  VALUE(1,1)=0.8342
  VALUE(2,1)=1
  VALUE(3,1)=0.8342
  VALUE(4,1)=198.088
  VALUE(5,1)=198.088
  VALUE(6,1)=26246110.61
  VALUE(7,1)=0.913

! Comparison

 ~PLLSSTL,QS
 *GET,VALUE(1,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CFETAB_I
 ~PLLSSTL,QA
 *GET,VALUE(2,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CFETAB_I
 ~PLLSSTL,Q
 *GET,VALUE(3,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CFETAB_I
 ~PLLSSTL,LAMBDA
 *GET,VALUE(4,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CFETAB_I
 ~PLLSSTL,SLEND
 *GET,VALUE(5,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CFETAB_I
 ~PLLSSTL,FAC
 *GET,VALUE(6,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CFETAB_I
 ~PLLSSTL,CRT_TOT
 *GET,VALUE(7,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CFETAB_I


! Warning and error tolerances
  TOLER( 1, 1)= 1E-03   $ TOLER( 1, 2)= 1E-03
  TOLER( 2, 1)= 1E-03   $ TOLER( 2, 2)= 1E-03
  TOLER( 3, 1)= 1E-03   $ TOLER( 3, 2)= 1E-03
  TOLER( 4, 1)= 1E-03   $ TOLER( 4, 2)= 1E-03
  TOLER( 5, 1)= 1E-03   $ TOLER( 5, 2)= 1E-03	
  TOLER( 6, 1)= 1E+04   $ TOLER( 6, 2)= 1E+04	! Rounding error accepted
  TOLER( 7, 1)= 1E-03   $ TOLER( 7, 2)= 1E-03

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





Results

LabelTargetCivilFEMRatioTolerance
QS 0.8342 0.834281.000 0.001
QA 1 11.000 0.001
Q 0.8342 0.834281.000 0.001
LAMBDA 198.09 198.091.000 0.001
SLEND 198.09 198.091.000 0.001
FAC2.6246e+0072.6239e+0071.000 1e+004
CRT_TOT 0.913 0.913481.000 0.001


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