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CFVR7408 - Compression checking according to ASD 9th Edition

Compression checking of a cantilever steel beam

A steel cantilever beam with built-up channel shape section is subjected to an axial compression force of 1 MN 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: CFVR7408.DAT


FINISH
~CFCLEAR,,1
   NomFile='CFVR7408'
 /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
~SSECDMS,1,C,1,0.6,0.01,0.25,0.015	! Channel by dimensions
~MEMBPRO,1,ASD9,ALL,2,2,2,2,1
~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,-1e6

/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)=0.9288
  VALUE(2,1)=1
  VALUE(3,1)=0.9288
  VALUE(4,1)=49.63
  VALUE(5,1)=1.0e+60
  VALUE(6,1)=1.58086565E+08
  VALUE(7,1)=0.479

! 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+45   $ TOLER( 5, 2)= 1E+45	! Rounding error accepted
  TOLER( 6, 1)= 1E+03   $ TOLER( 6, 2)= 1E+03	! Rounding error accepted
  TOLER( 7, 1)= 1E-03   $ TOLER( 7, 2)= 1E-03
!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! Results comparison
!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  COMPARA.MAC





Results

LabelTargetCivilFEMRatioTolerance
QS 0.9288 0.928841.000 0.001
QA 1 11.000 0.001
Q 0.9288 0.928841.000 0.001
LAMBDA 49.63 49.6291.000 0.001
SLEND 1e+060 1e+0601.000 1e+045
FAC1.5809e+0081.5809e+0081.000 1000
CRT_TOT 0.479 0.479221.000 0.001


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