COLLEGE OF

ENGINEERING

Department of Civil & Geological Engineering

CE 463.3 Advanced Structural Analysis Lab Supplemental Material for SAP2000

T.A: Ouafi Saha Professor: M. Boulfiza

A free education version of the SAP2000 v7.4 is available in Internet. http://www.ce.memphis.edu/7111/projects/SAP_2000/Sap2000.zip (size 54 MB) 1. Axis and Convention: Default orientation of the Global system of coordinates X, Y, Z is +Z upward and Gravity acting in -Z

Right-hand rule and color convention 1

Right-hand convention for positive rotation

2. Frame element internal forces and moments:

Extracted from SapBasic.pdf - page 33

3. Predefined Sections:

Extracted from SapBasic.pdf - page 21

4. Shell Element Convention:

Four and Three nodes shell element connectivity and face definition Extracted from SapBasic.pdf - page 38

5. Forces and Stress Convention for Shell Element:

Extracted from SapBasic.pdf - page 47