Release Note

Release Date : Aug. 13, 2013 Product Ver. : Civil 2013 v3.1

DESIGN OF CIVIL STRUCTURES

Int e g r at e d S ol ut io n S yst e m fo r Br id g e a nd Civ il E ng ine e r ing

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1. Improvements in Pushover Analysis
1.1 Export Moment-Curvature Idealized Model from midas GSD to Civil 1.2 Display Ultimate Strain in Concrete and Rebar in GSD 1.3 Display Ultimate Displacement in Pushover Capacity Curve 1.4 Chord Rotation Check Table 1.5 Assign Pushover Hinge at the Center of Hinge Length

7. Improvements in BS Moving Load 8. Improvements in AASHTO Permit Vehicle 9. Large Displacement Analysis with Composite Section for construction Stage 10.Improvements in Local Direction Force Sum

2. Improvements in Soil-Structure Interaction Analysis

2.1 Improvements in Multi-linear Type Inelastic Hinge Properties 2.2 Improvements in General Link Properties

11. Improvements in Data Transfer to midas FEA/GTS 11.1 Improvements in Frame to Solid, Frame to Plate function 11.2 Improvement in data export to midas FEA and midas GTS

3. RC Frame Design as per AASHTO LRFD 2012 4. Steel Frame Design as per AASHTO LRFD 2012 5. Time Dependent Material Properties as per Australian Specification 6. Moving Load Analysis as per Australian Specification

12. Export in IFC file format 13. Automatic Generation of Time Forcing Function for Railway Bridge 14. Beam Diagram by Assigned Members

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1. Improvements in Pushover Analysis

1.1 Export Moment-Curvature Idealized Model from midas GSD to Civil
Moment-Curvature (M- Lumped) type hinge properties can be automatically generated based on the idealized moment-curvature curve obtained in midas GSD. For P-M and P-M-M interaction type hinges, a number of Moment-Curvature curves with various axial forces can be imported at once. GSD Imported Type skeleton curve is newly added to simulate the reduction of flexural capacity.

1.2 Display Ultimate Strain in Concrete and Rebar in GSD

Ultimate Compressive Strain in Concrete (cu) and Ultimate Tensile Strain in Rebar (su) are separately plotted in Moment Curvature Curve of GSD.

Tools tab > General Section Designer Pushover tab > Define Pushover Hinge Properties

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1.3 Display Ultimate Displacement in Pushover Capacity Curve

Ultimate displacement which is 80% of the peak base shear force are now plotted in the capacity curve of pushover analysis. The ultimate displacement will be required to determine the capacity for the global assessment of the structure.

1.4 Chord Rotation Check Table

Verify the chord rotation with ductility demand (D) for the local verification as per Eurocode and AASHTO LRFD specification. Following values can be verified in the Chord Rotation Check table. - pd (Plastic Rotation Demand), L (Distance from the plastic joint to the point of zero moment), Lp (Hinge Length) - y (Yield Rotation), y (Yield Curvature), u (Ultimate Curvature), pu (Plastic Rotation Capacity), D (Ductility Demand)

Pushover tab > Pushover Curve Pushover tab > Pushover Hinge Results > Chord Rotation Check Table

Ultimate Displacement (80% of Peak Base Shear)

Pushover Capacity Curve

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1.5 Assign Pushover Hinge at the Center of Hinge Length

Hinge length ratio can be defined by the user for the region which reaches plastic moment for Moment-Curvature (M- Lumped) hinge definition. The user can select whether pushover hinges will be assigned to the center of the hinge length or I & j-end of an element.

Pushover tab > Define Pushover Hinge Properties

Pushover Hinge Properties

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2. Improvements in Soil Structure Interaction Analysis 2.1 Improvements in Multi-linear Type Inelastic Hinge Properties
Perfect plastic primary curve of multilinear type hysteresis models can be defined in Inelastic Hinge Properties. In the old version, in order to simulate the perfect plastic behavior, the user needed to enter the very small increment of force. Compression-only and Tension-only primary curve can be defined. Scale factor for displacement and force in multi-linear type hysteresis model is added.

2.2 Improvements in General Link Properties

6x6 matrix for Spring and Linear Dashpot type General Link can now be defined.

Boundary tab > General Link > General Link Properties

Perfect Plastic Hinge Curve

Tension-only Hinge Curve

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3. RC Frame Design as per AASHTO LRFD 2012

RC frame design as per AASHTO LRFD 2012 is implemented for ultimate strength verification. Flexural, Shear, and Torsion resistances are verified. Seismic design as per AASHTO LRFD Seismic Bridge Design 2011 is provided for Seismic zone 1 to 4. After performing design, graphical report and text format detail report can be checked to verify the design results.

Design tab > RC Design > AASHTO-LRFD12

Graphic Report

Detail Report

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4. Steel Frame Design as per AASHTO LRFD 2012

Steel frame design as per AASHTO LRFD 2012 is implemented for ultimate strength verification. Following section shapes are supported: I, Box, Pipe, Channel, D Channel, Angle, D Angle, T, Bar shape section Steel optimal design is also supported as per AASHTO LRFD2012. After performing design, graphical report and text format detail report can be checked to verify the design results.

Design tab > Steel Design > AASHTO-LRFD12

Graphic Report

Detail Report
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5. Time Dependent Material Properties as per Australian Specification

Creep/Shrinkage and Compressive Strength can be considered as per both AS/RTA5100.5-2011 and AS3600-2009. After performing construction stage analysis, midas civil provides the following member forces separately for each construction stage: Dead Load, Tendon Primary, Tendon Secondary, Creep Primary, Creep Secondary, Shrinkage Primary, Shrinkage Secondary, Summation

Properties tab > Time Dependent Material > Creep/Shrinkage

Creep and Shrinkage

Compressive Strength

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6. Moving Load Analysis as per Australian Specification

Moving load analysis as per AS 5100.2 is newly implemented. Standard vehicles (W80, A160, M1600, S1600) and user defined vehicles (Truck/Lane, Train, Permit Truck) are supported. Accompanying lane factor can be automatically considered. Concurrent forces and reactions can be checked in Results by Max Value Item table.

Load tab > Moving Load > Moving Load Code > Australia

Concurrent Force Table

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7. Improvements in BS Moving Load

Permit vehicle can be defined in BS moving load code for generating various number of wheels in one axle for special operations. Permit vehicle can be combined with other vehicles in BD37/01 excepting for HA&HB (Auto) in Moving Load Case. User defined HA, HB, and HA&HB vehicles are newly added for considering various type of vehicles and combination with permit vehicle. For user-defined HA&AB (Auto) vehicle, HA lane factor option is added and the exponential field 0.1 for 50<L<1600m loading length can now be modified by the user.

Load tab > Moving Load > Moving Load Code > BS

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8. Improvements in AASHTO Permit Vehicle

In AASHTO LRFD user defined vehicle, the maximum number of axles for Permit Truck is increased from 50 to 100 axles.

Load tab > Moving Load > Moving Load Code > AASHTO LRFD Load tab > Moving Load > Vehicles > User Defined

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9. Large Displacement Analysis with Composite Section for Construction Stage

Large displacement analysis can be performed with Composite Section for Construction Stage function. This function will be extremely useful when decks of cable stayed bridge is composed of composite sections.

Load tab > Construction Stage > Composite Section for C.S Analysis > Analysis Control > Construction Stage

Construction Stage Analysis Control

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10. Improvements in Local Direction Force Sum

When bridge decks are modeled using plate elements and main girders are modeled using beam elements, resultant forces can be calculated in Local Direction Force Sum. In the old version, the resultant forces were obtained only for the plate elements or solid elements only. In the new version, resultant forces can be obtained for the bridges composed of Beam (deck) + Beam (girder) and Plate(deck) + Beam (girder). Local direction force sum can be obtained in any construction stages. In the old version, Local Direction Force Sum was activated only in Post CS.

Results tab > Detail > Local Direction Force Sum

Plate + Beam Model Local Direction Force Sum

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11. Data Transfer to midas FEA/GTS 11.1 Improvements in Frame to Solid, Frame to Plate function
By using frame section information, create a solid or plate geometry file that can be exported to midas FEA. In the old version, only the straight frame elements were exported at once. In this version, a number of elements regardless of the element direction can be exported to midas FEA.

File > Export > Frame Section for Solid/Frame Section for Plate
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Frame model in Civil

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11.2 Improvement in data export to midas FEA and midas GTS

Data import using mxt file. In the old version, only node and element information were transferred. In the new version, expanded information such as properties, boundary conditions, loads, and analysis control information are supported. Cross-sections data that are not supported in midas FEA are imported as user-type section. Cable elements are imported as truss elements.

File > Export > MxT File (for FEA/GTS)

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12. Export in IFC file format

Midas Civil model data can be exported into IFC (*.ifc) format file. This format will be useful for exporting structural analysis model into BIM tools. It includes only geometry information with various type of sections excepting for composite section. It does not support loads, boundaries, and analysis control information.

File > Export > IFC File

Export from Civil

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13. Automatic Generation of Time Forcing Function for Railway Bridge

By defining train velocity, element size, train load spacing and train force, time forcing function to simulate the train load can be automatically generated for time history analysis.

Tools > Trane Load Generator

Import TGS file in Time History Function

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14. Beam Diagram by Assigned Members

By Member option is added to check beam diagram by members, not by elements. When member is assigned using Member Assignment function, By Member option will be activated and beam forces by members can be viewed in the model view and table. Absolute maximum, Min/Max, All (I, Mid, J) options are applicable with By Member option.

Results tab > Forces > Beam Diagrams

Beam Diagram by Elements

Beam Diagram by Members

Beam Force Table by Members

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