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CE 463.3 Advanced Structural Analysis Lab SAP2000 Tips for Assignment

T.A: Ouafi Saha Question 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYOByVFtGRU Professor: M. Boulfiza

12m

8m

Material E=200 000 MPa, Section I=2000 106 mm4, find vertical displacement at the concentrated load. The model definition is done following the same steps seen in previous examples. Two points need more details. Material definition: Go to menu Define > Materials then click on Add New material
Material name

Based on Other Put 0 to avoid self-weight

E=200 000 MPa Same as 200e9 n m

Section definition: Menu Define > Section Properties > Frame Sections then click on Add New Property

Section type Other General

All values can be 0 except 6 4 I33=2000 10 mm

Change default name FSEC1 to your preferred Select Material MAT defined in previous step

Make sure your beam has the section SEC defined above and that this section is made of the our particular material MAT. Pay attention to not include self-weight, either by putting material weight = 0 or by putting sel-weight multiplier = 0 in the DEAD load pattern. Run your Analysis. Then display the moment diagram.
Show Forces/Stresses > Frames/Cables

Choose Moment 3-3

Location 12m

Usually we use Absolute. But for this example there is no difference

Deflection 0.0384m

A better way to do it is by defining our structure with nodes at the desired locations if necessary. In this case add a node at the location 12m.
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Question 2:
4m 4m

C 2m

4m

A Material E=200 000 MPa 6 4 Geometrie I = 500 10 mm 2 A = 2000 mm

At least two ways to define our structure are possible, with and without a node at point C. The steps to define the structure are almost the same as previous examples. Unit and Grid; Material and Section (dont forget to add the cross section A); Draw the structure either with a step at point C or without; Support and Loads; Analysis of Plan Frame. For the horizontal displacement at point A click on the Show Deformed Shape button then put the mouse pointer close to the point A, a bubble appears showing information about that point, the horizontal displacement parallel to X axis is U1 = -0.008 (in this case in the opposite X direction) because local and global axis have the same orientation for the nodes. You can also right click on the node to see these values more precisely in a box. These values are given relatively to the undeformed shape.

Point A (U1=Ux=-0.008, U2=Uy=0, U3=Uz=-0.09117, R1=Rx=0, R2=Ry=0.012, R3= Rz=0) Displacements are given in the distance Unit, Rotations are given in radian according to right hand rule. With a node at C We can use the grid system X (0, 4, 8) and Z (0, 2, 4) we are not using Y axis so fare. The steps to find vertical displacement at point C are the same as those for point A, the only difference is to look for U3 = -0.04317 in the negative Z direction.

Without a node at C We can use the grid system X (0, 8) and Z (0, 2, 4) In this case we do not have a node at point C and the determination of the vertical displacement is done by displaying the information of the horizontal element (8m beam). For this purpose show the moment 3-3 diagram.

Then right click on the horizontal element. To show the detailed results

Select mid-span

Select Absolute to get vertical displacement with respect to the global axis (XYZ)

Note: positive in -2 direction

If you get a little difference with the hand calculated values try to explain why.

Truss Structures: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHS17C5Ntf8

E = 200 GPa 2 A = 10 cm Neglect self-weight What is the vertical displacement at P? 2m

P = 15 kN 2m 3m

The same steps: Units (kN, m, C) Grids X (0,2,5), Y(0), Z (0, 2) Choose XZ view Define Materials we need only E=200 GPa, Elements properties we need only A = 10 cm2 Draw the model Assign Supports Assign Loads, one concentrated node at point P Here comes the difference. Many ways to do this analysis, the easiest way is: To put all other geometric properties = 0 except Cross Section (axial) Area.
Only Cross section different from 0

To avoid having warnings in the solver module, keep only UX and UZ DOF in the Analysis Options
Keep only UX and UZ. No rotation

SOLVE Display Output Displacement and forces Analyze results

Deformed shape

We can have the displacement of any node (joint) by right clicking on it.

The vertical displacement of point P is then U3 = -5.784 10-4 m Internal forces In this case only the Axial Forces are present