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CFVR7515 - Steel checking according to ANSI AISC N690-1994

Tension & bending checking of a cantilever steel beam

A steel cantilever beam with built-up I shape section is subjected to a tensile axial load and a vertical force in both directions at free end.
Determine the total criterion according to ANSI AISC N690-1994.

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
AISC N690-94

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: CFVR7515.DAT



FINISH
~CFCLEAR,,1

   NomFile='CFVR7515'
 /TITLE, %NomFile%, Axial Tension & Bending checking ANSI AISC N690
! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! Initial data
! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! CivilFEM SETUP
~CFACTIV,NUCL,Y
~CODESEL,N690,EC2-91,EC2-91,,EC8-94

/PREP7

ET,1,Beam188,,,2

~CFMP,1,LIB,STEEL,ASTM,A441
~SSECDMS,1,I,1,0.40,0.015,0.30,0.015
~MEMBPRO,1,N690,ALL,3,2,2,1,1
~BMSHPRO,1,BEAM,1,1,,,188,1,1,,Beam 1

N,1
N,2,3
E,1,2

/SHRINK,0
/ESHAPE,1.0

EPLOT

D,1,ALL

F,2,FY,-40000
F,2,FZ,-10000
F,2,FX,1000000

/SOLU
SOLVE

/POST1
~CFSET,0,1,LAST

! Check
~CHKSTL,TENS_BND

!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! DATA CHECK
!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! Data comparison number
  NComp = 12
  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)  = 'FTPNG'
  LABEL(2,1)  = 'FTPNE'
  LABEL(3,1)  = 'FTMIN'
  LABEL(4,1)  = 'SLEND'
  LABEL(5,1)  = 'CRT_AX'
  LABEL(6,1)  = 'MBZ'
  LABEL(7,1)  = 'FBZ'
  LABEL(8,1)  = 'CRT_BDZ'
  LABEL(9,1) =  'MBY'
  LABEL(10,1) = 'FBY'
  LABEL(11,1) = 'CRT_BDY'
  LABEL(12,1) = 'CRT_TOT'

! Correct values
  VALUE(1,1)=206842719
  VALUE(2,1)=241316505
  VALUE(3,1)=180987379
  VALUE(4,1)=44.01
  VALUE(5,1)=0.38
  VALUE(6,1)=60454730
  VALUE(7,1)=206842740
  VALUE(8,1)=0.29
  VALUE(9,1)=66666666.6
  VALUE(10,1)=248211288
  VALUE(11,1)=0.268
  VALUE(12,1)=0.94


! Comparison

 ~PLLSSTL,FTPNG
 *GET,VALUE(1,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CFETAB_I
 ~PLLSSTL,FTPNE
 *GET,VALUE(2,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CFETAB_I
 ~PLLSSTL,FTMIN
 *GET,VALUE(3,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CFETAB_I
 ~PLLSSTL,SLEND
 *GET,VALUE(4,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CFETAB_I
 ~PLLSSTL,CRT_AX
 *GET,VALUE(5,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CFETAB_I
 ~PLLSSTL,MBZ
 *GET,VALUE(6,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CFETAB_I
 ~PLLSSTL,FBZ
 *GET,VALUE(7,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CFETAB_I
 ~PLLSSTL,CRT_BDZ
 *GET,VALUE(8,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CFETAB_I
 ~PLLSSTL,MBY
 *GET,VALUE(9,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CFETAB_I
 ~PLLSSTL,FBY
 *GET,VALUE(10,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CFETAB_I
 ~PLLSSTL,CRT_BDY
 *GET,VALUE(11,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CFETAB_I
 ~PLLSSTL,CRT_TOT
 *GET,VALUE(12,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CFETAB_I


 ! Warning and error tolerances
  TOLER( 1, 1)= 1E-03    $ TOLER( 1, 2)= 1E-03
  TOLER( 2, 1)= 1E-00    $ TOLER( 2, 2)= 1E-00	! Rounding error accepted
  TOLER( 3, 1)= 1E-00    $ TOLER( 3, 2)= 1E-00  ! Rounding error accepted
  TOLER( 4, 1)= 1E-01    $ TOLER( 4, 2)= 1E-01  ! Rounding error accepted
  TOLER( 5, 1)= 1E-03    $ TOLER( 5, 2)= 1E-03
  TOLER( 6, 1)= 1E+01    $ TOLER( 6, 2)= 1E+01  ! Rounding error accepted
  TOLER( 7, 1)= 1E+02    $ TOLER( 7, 2)= 1E+02  ! Rounding error accepted
  TOLER( 8, 1)= 1E-02    $ TOLER( 8, 2)= 1E-02  ! Rounding error accepted
  TOLER( 9, 1)= 1E+06    $ TOLER( 9, 2)= 1E+06  ! Rounding error accepted
  TOLER(10, 1)= 1E+06    $ TOLER(10, 2)= 1E+06  ! Rounding error accepted
  TOLER(11, 1)= 1E-03    $ TOLER(11, 2)= 1E-03
  TOLER(12, 1)= 1E-03    $ TOLER(12, 2)= 1E-03
!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! Results comparison
!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  COMPARA.MAC






Results

LabelTargetCivilFEMRatioTolerance
FTPNG2.0684e+0082.0684e+0081.000 0.001
FTPNE2.4132e+0082.4132e+0081.000 1
FTMIN1.8099e+0081.8099e+0081.000 1
SLEND 44.01 44.0121.000 0.1
CRT_AX 0.38 0.379741.001 0.001
MBZ6.0455e+0076.0455e+0071.000 10
FBZ2.0684e+0082.0684e+0081.000 100
CRT_BDZ 0.29 0.292270.992 0.01
MBY6.6667e+0076.6564e+0071.002 1e+006
FBY2.4821e+0082.4871e+0080.998 1e+006
CRT_BDY 0.268 0.267641.001 0.001
CRT_TOT 0.94 0.939651.000 0.001


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