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CFVR7908 - CTE DB SE-A test: Compression Buckling

Compression Buckling checking according to CTE DB SE-A

A fixed steel beam subjected to a Fy load of -250 kN.
The beam has a length of 1 m.
The cross section is a IPE 450.
The beam is made of Fe 460 steel which has a fy of 460000 kN/m2.
The aim of the example is to obtain the cross section classification and compression buckling criterion according to CTE DB SE-A.

Element types used in the model: BEAM4

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
Steel
Code Checking/Design
CTE

Model Statistics
Number of elements 24
Number of nodes 25
Number of civil materials 1
Number of cross sections 1
Number of shell vertices 0

Log file: CFVR7908.DAT


   FINISH
  ~CFCLEAR,,1
   NomFile='CFVR7908'
  /TITLE, %NomFile%, CTE DB SE-A test: Compression Buckling

! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! Model definition and solve
! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! CivilFEM Setup: Code & Units
  ~UNITS,,LENG,M
  ~UNITS,,TIME,S
  ~UNITS,,FORC,KN
  ~CODESEL,CTESEA
/PREP7
! Materials
 ~CFMP,1,LIB,STEEL,UNE,S 460

! Element Types
  ET,1,BEAM4 ! Type 1: 3D Beam

! Cross Sections
 ~SSECLIB,1,1,1,15   ! IPE 450

! Member properties
  ~MEMBPRO,1,CTESEA,ALL,10,1.0,1.0,1,1,1,1,0.8,1,1.0,1.0,0

! Beam properties
  ~BMSHPRO,1,BEAM,1,,,,4,1,0,,

! Nodes
  N, 1
  N,25,,10
  FILL, 1,25
! Elements
  E,1,2
  EGEN,24,1,1
  EPLOT
/SOLU
! Displacements
  D, 1,UX
  D, 1,UY
  D, 1,UZ
  D,25,UX
  D,25,UZ
  D,ALL,ROTY
! Apply Load
  F,25,FY,-250
! Solve
  SOLVE
/POST1
! Read results
  ~CFSET,,1,1       ! Read the first load step

! Buckling checking
  ~CHKSTL,BUCK_CMP,-Z,PARTIAL

!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! DATA CHECK
!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! Data comparison number
  NComp = 8
  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) = 'CLASS'
  LABEL( 2,1) = 'ALP_Z'
  LABEL( 3,1) = 'AREA'
  LABEL( 4,1) = 'LAM_Z'
  LABEL( 5,1) = 'PHI_Z'
  LABEL( 6,1) = 'CHI_Z'
  LABEL( 7,1) = 'NBRD'
  LABEL( 8,1) = 'CRT_TOT'

! Correct values
!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  VALUE( 1,1)=   4
  VALUE( 2,1)=   0.13
  VALUE( 3,1)=   9.229E-3
  VALUE( 4,1)=   3.494
  VALUE( 5,1)=   6.82
  VALUE( 6,1)=   0.0788
  VALUE( 7,1)=   318.6
  VALUE( 8,1)=   0.78

! Obtained values
!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ~PLLSSTL,CLASS
 *GET,VALUE( 1,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CLASS_J
 ~PLLSSTL,ALP_Z
  *GET,VALUE( 2,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CFETAB_J
 ~PLLSSTL,AREA
  *GET,VALUE( 3,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CFETAB_J
 ~PLLSSTL,LAM_Z
  *GET,VALUE( 4,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CFETAB_J
 ~PLLSSTL,PHI_Z
  *GET,VALUE( 5,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CFETAB_J
 ~PLLSSTL,CHI_Z
  *GET,VALUE( 6,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CFETAB_J
 ~PLLSSTL,NBRD
  *GET,VALUE( 7,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CFETAB_J
 ~PLLSSTL,CRT_TOT
  *GET,VALUE( 8,2),ELEM,1,ETAB,CFETAB_J

! Warning and error tolerances
  TOLER( 1,1)= 1E-02 $ TOLER( 1,2)= 1E-02
  TOLER( 2,1)= 1E-02 $ TOLER( 2,2)= 1E-02
  TOLER( 3,1)= 1E-03 $ TOLER( 3,2)= 1E-03
  TOLER( 4,1)= 1E-01 $ TOLER( 4,2)= 1E-01
  TOLER( 5,1)= 1E-01 $ TOLER( 5,2)= 1E-01
  TOLER( 6,1)= 1E-02 $ TOLER( 6,2)= 1E-02
  TOLER( 7,1)= 1E-00 $ TOLER( 7,2)= 1E-00
  TOLER( 8,1)= 1E-01 $ TOLER( 8,2)= 1E-01

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


Results

LabelTargetCivilFEMRatioTolerance
CLASS 4 41.000 0.01
ALP_Z 0.13 0.131.000 0.01
AREA 0.009229 0.00910751.013 0.001
LAM_Z 3.494 3.47141.007 0.1
PHI_Z 6.82 6.73781.012 0.1
CHI_Z 0.0788 0.079920.986 0.01
NBRD 318.6 318.880.999 1
CRT_TOT 0.78 0.7840.995 0.1


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