CFVR8912 - Bending + Axial force design according to ACI 318 2014

Element types used in the model: BEAM4

Needed CivilFEM Modules:
Geotechnical Module
Bridges and Civil Non Linearities Module
Advanced Prestressed Concrete Module

! UNITS :BIN
   FINISH
  ~CFCLEAR,,1
   NomFile='CFVR8912'
 /TITLE,%NomFile%, BENDING + AXIAL FORCE DESIGN ACCORDING TO ACI 318 2014

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! Initial data
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! CivilFEM SETUP
 ~UNITS,BIN    !in,sg,Pound force
 ~CODESEL,,ACI_14

! Preprocessor
  /PREP7

! Material Definition
 ~CFMP,1,LIB,CONCRETE,ACI,fc_4000
 ~CFMP,2,LIB,REINF,ACI,fy_60000

! Element Type Definition
  ET,1,Beam4                            ! Element Type 1: 3D Beam

! Cross-section definition
 ~CSECDMS,1,T,1,21.56,10,30,2.5
! Reinforcement definition
 ~RNFDEF,1,1,2,2,0,2.56,1      !Total reinf. area =1 in^2
 
! Beam & Shell property
 ~BMSHPRO,1,BEAM,1,1,,,4,1,0,,Beam property

! Model Construction
  N,1                                   ! Nodes input
  N,5,200
  FILL,1,5
  E,1,2                                 ! Elements input
  EGEN,4,1,1,1
  D,1,ALL                               ! Boundary conditions

/SOLU
  M=3000000           ! 250 ft-kips bending moment
  F,5,MZ,M
  SOLVE               ! Calculation

/POST1

! Postprocessor
  ~CFSET,,1,1       ! Read first load step

! Bending + Axial design for T sections according to ACI
  ~DIMCON,2DB,,,1,5

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! DATA CHECK
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! Data comparison number
  NComp = 2
  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) = 'CRTC2D_I'
  LABEL(2,1) = 'CRTC2D_J'

! Correct values
  VALUE(1,1)=1.00
  VALUE(2,1)=3.08

! Comparison
 ~PLLSCON,CRT_TOT
 *GET,VALUE(1,2),ELEM,4,ETAB,CFETAB_I
 ~PLLSCON,REINFACT
 *GET,VALUE(2,2),ELEM,4,ETAB,CFETAB_J

! Warning and error tolerances
  TOLER( 1, 1)= 3E-02 $ TOLER( 1, 2)= 5E-02
  TOLER( 2, 1)= 2E-01 $ TOLER( 2, 2)= 2E-01

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! Results comparison
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  COMPARA.MAC