CFVR8979 - Bending + Axial force design according to ACI 318 14

Element types used in the model: BEAM3

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

   FINISH
  ~CFCLEAR,,1
   NomFile='CFVR8979'
 /TITLE,%NomFile%, BENDING + AXIAL FORCE CHECKING ACCORDING TO ACI 318 14

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! Initial data
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! CivilFEM SETUP
 ~UNITS,SI    !m,s,Newton
 ~CODESEL,EC3-05,ACI_14,EC2-08,,EC8-04 

h=1.0        !Heigth
b=1.0        !Width

NELEM=25   !Number of elements the beam will be divided into

! Preprocessor
  /PREP7

! Material Definition
 ~CFMP,1,LIB,CONCRETE,ACI,fc_6000
 ~CFMP,2,LIB,REINF,ACI,fy_60000

! Element Type Definition
  ET,1,Beam3                            ! Element Type 1: 2D Beam

! Cross-section definition
 ~CSECDMS,1,REC,1,h,b
 
! Reinforcement definition
~RNFDEF,1,1,2,4,0,1.000E-06,10.000E-03, , , , , ,        	 ! Bot Reinf.: Total A.: 100 cm^2

! Beam & Shell property
 ~BMSHPRO,1,BEAM,1,1,,,3,1,,,Beam property

! Model Construction
  N,1,,,                                   ! Nodes input
  N,NELEM+1,1
  FILL,1,NELEM+1
  E,1,2                                 ! Elements input
  EGEN,NELEM,1,1,1
  D,1,ALL                               ! Boundary conditions

/SOLU

  SOLVE               ! Calculation

/POST1

! Postprocessor
  ~CFSET,,1,1       ! Read first load step
  
  ~FMREAD,CFVR8979,FM     !File from which diagram points will be taken
  
! /PREP7  
! ~RNFMDF,1,1,AST,100.000E-06     !Design reinforcement
FINISH  
/POST1  
~DIMCON,2DB, ,0,0,200,0,0,1 !Spiral reinforcement

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! DATA CHECK
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! Data comparison number
  NComp = NELEM
  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
*DO,JJ,1,NELEM
  LABEL(JJ,1) = 'REINFACT_I'
*ENDDO
  
! Correct values
*DO,JJ,1,NELEM
  VALUE(JJ,1)=1.0
*ENDDO

! Comparison
 ~CFSET,1 ! ALT 1
*DO,JJ,1,NELEM
 ~CFGET,VALUE(JJ,2), ELEMENT, JJ ,RESULT , REINFACT, I 
*ENDDO

! Warning and error tolerances
*DO,JJ,1,NELEM
 TOLER(JJ,1)= 0.04*VALUE(JJ,1) $ TOLER(JJ,2)= 0.04*VALUE(JJ,1)
*ENDDO

  
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! Results comparison
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  COMPARA.MAC