PORTAL FRAME - PLANE STRUCTURE

ENG 7704
W
H 2 3
Design of Steel Structures

Analysis & Design of a Portal Frame using STAAD 4.5

m

Tamer Sabrah
Ph.D Candidate of Civil Engineering 1 fixed 4 hinged

6.0 m
Uniform Service Level Load, w
Dead Load = 1.50 kN/m’
Session 2 - 2007
Live Load = 2.50 kN/m’
Concentrated Service Level Wind Load,
1 H Æ 10.0 kN acting towards the right at Joint 2 2

Main Steps of Modeling

For a new file, select the
¾Entering job information. type of structure you want
to solve. Here select truss
¾Building model geometry.
type.
¾Defining member properties, sections.
¾Assigning loads (load cases,
combinations..) Select from here the units,

¾Defining pre-analysis print out, analysis that we will deal with.

type, and post-analysis printout. Assume that we have m,

kN.
¾Defining design requirements.

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The STAAD Graphical Environment will be invoked and the following screen
will appear:

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 2. BUILDING MODEL (STRUCTURE) GEOMETRY
1. ENTERING JOB INFORMATION.
How to Define the Frame Geometry?
You MUST put a job name here 1. Create nodes at certain coordinates and then connect
in between these nodes.
2. Use Construction lines
3. Draw it AutoCAD and Import as “.dxf ” file.
4. Using the Staad editor
5. Combination of all the above.

To the more
complicated

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After clicking Snap Node/Beam, use

the mouse and connect between
nodes created at the intersections of
construction lines.

REMEMBER TO SAVE YOUR WORK

FREQUENTLY

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3. DEFINING MEMBER PROPERTIES, SECTIONS. Property:

Property:
In which we can define or choose sections properties Assume Preliminary Sections:
of the members of the truss.
Using the Canadian steel tables.
Spec.:
In which we can define or choose members’ specifications. The frame girder is section
W 310 X 39
Support:
In which we can define the supports properties (restraints). The columns are

Load: W 410 X 39
In which we can define the applied loads, load cases,
load combinations.

Material
In which we can define the material properties.
(ex. E, density, etc.)
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Assigning the sections created to the model Supports

By clicking on the support icon

the shown window will appear.
We have to create new kinds of
supports.

We have two kinds of supports

1. Fixed Support.
2. Hinged Support.

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Assigning Supports at nodes

How to see the frame full sections?
Use the mouse and click on the nodes according to its support type as shown below

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You may change the member orientation by Right Click on the member, 4. DEFINING LOADS
Select Properties
Change in the Geometry Angle Beta

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 For example: Live Load Case can be Load Case No. 2, and Wind Load is the load case No. 3
Dead Load Case can be Load Case No. 1

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We will create all load combinations needed at this stage, for

example:
1.25 D.L. + 1.5 L.L + 1.0 W.L.
In Dead Loads create the self weight definition

Self weight is defined in the

negative - Y direction

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For the D.L. and L.L. cases:

Create the Uniform Loads on the frame as specified before. Dead Load Uniform load = - 1.5 kN/m

Make sure of the directions of forces according to the global coordinates.

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 Live Load Uniform load = - 2.5 kN/m Wind Load Nodal (concentrated) load = 10 kN/m

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5. DEFINING PRE-ANALYSIS, ANALYSIS TYPE, AND POST-PRINT.

Analysis
To specify the Analysis
In which we are telling the program what command, first go to
Pre-Print are the properties that we require to be
recorded and printed in the output files
Analysis/Print Page
before performing the analysis. from the left side of the
screen.

In which we are choosing from different Then, click on the

Analysis types of structural analysis. The analysis type Analysis sub-page from
we are required to do is a linear static type.
the second row of
pages as shown below.

In which we are telling the program what

are the properties that we require to be Choose Statics Check
Post-Print recorded and printed in the output files and Click Add then
after performing the analysis.
Close.

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After creating the command of (Perform analysis - Static check),

we have to assign the members for this type of analysis. Pre-
Pre-Print Commands • Material Properties
Click Assign, and then use the cursor and choose all the members, •Support Information
thus all the members should be highlighted as shown below.
•Member Properties
•Joint Coordinates
•….
•….
•Or we can choose All !

ADD which property

do you need and then use
cursor to Assign to which
members in the truss.
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 To add the pre-print commands click After assigning the command to the members; the members should be highlighted
Pre-Print
as shown and the correct green mark must be beside the command
Define Commands

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Post- • Support Reactions To add the post-print commands click

Post-Print Commands Post-
Post-Print
•Analysis Results Define Commands
•Member Forces
•Max Force
•….
•….etc.
The case that you will choose
here is the case will be used for
ADD which property design.
do you need and then use
cursor to Assign to which
members in the truss.
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6. DEFINING DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.

We will use only to Check Code, regarding adequacy of members.

To specify steel design

parameters, go to Design |
Steel Page from the left side
of the screen. Make sure that
under the Current Code
selections on the top right
hand side, Canadian is
selected.

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 STAAD performs Analysis and Design simultaneously.
In order to perform Analysis and Design, select the Run Analysis
option from the Analyze menu.

STAAD Analysis engine is suitable for this tutorial. Click on the Run Analysis button.

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Visualization of Results
The solving process is shown in a pop-up screen!

Note:
As shown in Tutorial 1 :
Generally, in any
You can use the icons shown above to see the
program, try to make
straining actions (BMD, SFD, NFD, Deflections) some checks about the
shapes of deflections,
BMD, SFD. Also check
the level of reactions.
Just to make sure that
there is no significant
input error.

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When you make right click on any member and then click Properties
OR > Viewing the Output File
you will find the properties window as shown
During the analysis process, STAAD creates an Output file.
This file provides important information on whether the analysis
was performed properly.
For example, if STAAD.Pro encounters an instability problem during
the analysis process, it will be reported in the output file.
Alternatively, we can select the File | View | Output File | STAAD Output
option from the top menu.

Please Refer to Session 1

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 Shear / Bending moment diagrams and values for each load case and at different Deflection diagrams and values for each load case and at different
sections of the Beam. sections of the Beam.

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Steel Design Results

Link Members:
W
H 2 3

Strut
4.5
m

1 fixed 4

6.0 m

If we had some members are link members, which only take the axial forces ---
Make Moment release to the members ends, this is done from the Member
Specification Definition
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Member Specification
From the Specification Menu
Select Beam

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Assign the Release commands to the Link Member

Repeat Analysis

Questions ?

Thanks

This tutorial can be downloaded from the following link :

www.engr.mun.ca/~sabrah
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