CFVR4516 - GB50017: Axial Checking

A cantilever steel beam, is subjected to a compression load of 500 KN.
The beam has a length of 25 m
The cross section is a pipe, P 1 1/2.
The beam is made of GB 50017 Q235.
The aim of the example is to obtain the axial criterion according to GB 50017.

Element types used in the model: BEAM3

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

GB 50017

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: CFVR4516.DAT

  FINISH
  ~CFCLEAR,,1
  NomFile='CFVR4516'
  /TITLE, %NomFile%, GB50017: Axial Checking

! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! Model definition
! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! CivilFEM Setup: Code & Units
  ~UNITS,,LENG,M
  ~UNITS,,TIME,S
  ~UNITS,,FORC,KN
  ~CODESEL,GB50017,EC2,,,EC8-94

/PREP7
! Preprocessor
! --------------------------------------------------
! Materials
  ~CFMP,1,LIB,STEEL,GB50017,Q235   !  GB50017  Q235
! Element type
  ET,1,BEAM4          ! Type 1: 3D Beam
! Cross Sections
  ~SSECLIB,1,1,62,5   ! P 1 1/2 --> Pipe
  ~SECMDF,1,GB50017P,AHOLES,,5.1548e-005
  ~SECMDF,1,GB50017P,RTB,,0.5
! Beam properties
  ~BMSHPRO,1,BEAM,1,,,,4,1,0,,Beam properties

! Nodes
  N,1
  N,25,1
  FILL,1,25
! Elements
  E,1,2
  EGEN,24,1,1

/SOLU
! Solution
! --------------------------------------------------
! Displacements
  D,1,ALL
! Apply Load
  F,25,FX,-500
! Solve
  SOLVE

/POST1
! Postprocessor
! --------------------------------------------------
! Read results
  ~CFSET,,1,1       ! Read first load step
! GB50017 Axial Checking
  ~CHKSTL,AXIAL,

!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! DATA CHECK
!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  NComp    =  2
  NComp_ch =  0

! Marix 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) = 'SEQ'
  LABEL(2,1) = 'CRT_TOT'

! Correct values
  VALUE(1,1) = -8.083031660222E+05
  VALUE(2,1) = 3.759549609

! Obtained values
  ~PLLSSTL,SEQ
  *GET,VALUE(1,2),ELEM,13,ETAB,CFETAB_I
  ~PLLSSTL,CRT_TOT
  *GET,VALUE(2,2),ELEM,13,ETAB,CFETAB_I

! Warning and error tolerances
  TOLER(1,1) = 1E-4 $ TOLER(1,2) = 1E-4
  TOLER(2,1) = 1E-5 $ TOLER(2,2) = 1E-5

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

Results

Label	Target	CivilFEM	Ratio	Tolerance
SEQ	-8.083e+005	-8.083e+005	1.000	0.0001
CRT_TOT	3.7595	3.7595	1.000	1e-005

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