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EXAMPLE 1-023
FRAME ASME EIGENVALUE PROBLEM PROBLEM DESCRIPTION A one-story, one-bay in each direction, three-dimensional, fixed-base frame made of 2-inch steel pipe segments and 2.75-inch steel cubes is analyzed for the first 24 modal frequencies using eigenvectors. The frame is Problem No. 1 from the ASME 1972 Program Verification and Qualification Library (reference ASME 1972). The material and section properties, and the mass at each node, shown in the figure below are consistent with those used in the above mentioned references. Because masses are specified in three directions at 14 nodes, this problem has a total of 3 * 14 = 42 dynamic degrees of freedom. GEOMETRY AND PROPERTIES
" 250 27.
17 .2

50

"

25" 8.6

10"

8.6

25"

16 13

8.625"

15

C L 2" pipe 2.75" cube Z Y X Material Properties E =27,900 lb/in2 = 0.3 Fixed base

12 16 4 15 17 5 6 4 3 3 2 1 2 1

" 12 14 8 11 18 17 7 14 9 10 11 13 8 10 9 7

8.6

18

25

8.6

25

"

18.625"

6 5

10"

1 = Joint number 1 = Frame number

Typical Section Properties Nominal 2" Pipe Outer diameter = 2.375 in Wall thickness = 0.154 in

Joint Masses Mass at joints 3, 6, 9, 12 = 25.35533E-03 lb-sec2/in Mass at other joints = 8.942228E-03 lb-sec2/in

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TECHNICAL FEATURES OF SAP2000 TESTED Three-dimensional frame analysis Modal analysis using eigenvectors Joint mass assignments RESULTS COMPARISON The SAP2000 results for the first 24 natural frequencies are compared with independent results presented in Peterson 1981 as well as independent results presented in DeSalvo and Swanson 1977. These two independent results are essentially identical and thus are presented in a single column below as the independent results. Important Note: An exact one-to-one comparison of SAP2000 results with the independent results is not possible for this problem because the independent references use the Guyan reduction method to reduce the 42 dynamic degrees of freedom problem to 24. This introduces approximations into the solution that are not present in the SAP2000 solution. Output Parameter Frequency Frequency Frequency Frequency Frequency Frequency Frequency Frequency Frequency Frequency Percent Difference 0% +1% 0% 0% +3% +3% +2% +1% +2% +2%

Mode 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

SAP2000 112 117 138 218 415 434 463 561 752 777

Independent 112 116 138 218 404 423 452 554 736 762

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Mode 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Output Parameter Frequency Frequency Frequency Frequency Frequency Frequency Frequency Frequency Frequency Frequency Frequency Frequency Frequency Frequency

SAP2000 873 914 915 934 955 980 988 991 1002 1032 1090 1151 1177 1229

Independent 853 894 910 917 940 960 971 977 1012 1028 1124 1135 1164 1217

Percent Difference +2% +2% +1% +2% +2% +2% +2% +1% -1% 0% -3% +1% +1% +1%

COMPUTER FILE: Example 1-023 CONCLUSION The comparison between SAP2000 and the independent results is acceptable, and is quite good considering the solution differences discussed previously in the important note above the comparison table.

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