BEHAVIOUR

R & NUMERICA
AL MODELLING
G OF REINFORC
CED CONRETE STRUCTURES (CIVIL ‐ 710)

ASSIGNMENT # 3

evelop an a
De analysis tool for predictting the inellastic respo
onse of a tw
wo-span con
ntinuous be
eam where the
t
support in the
e center is a pin (allow
ws rotation) and the sup
pport conditions (“fixed
d” or “pin”) at the left and
a
rig pports may be set by the user. Th
ght most sup he length of the membe
er and crosss-sectional details should
so be set by the use
als er. This asssignment will
w require the use and extensio
on of the programs
p y
you
de
eveloped in completing Assignmen
nts #1 and #2.
#
A description
n is now provided
p off what you
u will need
d to do in the modifiications to the previo
ous
assignments to create th
he tool for predicting the
t inelasticc response of reinforce
ed concrete
e beams. This
T
de uggests the order of ste
escription su eps and tim
meline for mo
odifying you
ur programss.

eek 1: Enha
We ance Functiionality and GUI for Asssignment 1 Program

 Modifyy your program so thatt you can predict

p the defection,
d slope, curva
ature, mome
ent, and she
ear
using the stiffnes
ss method for
f a one-span beam that is statically indete
erminate. This
T should be
done using the stiffness
s ethod ratherr than by hand calcula
me ations to de
etermine an
ny values. Itt is
expeccted that ma
any of your Assignmen
A t #1 programs already have this fu
unctionalityy.
 Add th
he ability to
o have a tw
wo-span bea
am with cen
nter supporrt being a pin,
p and the
e left and rig
ght
suppo
orts to be va
ariable (may be set by
y user to be pport). This again may be
e a “pin” or “fixed” sup
simple
e for those who
w employyed the gen
neral stiffnesss method approach
a n Assignment #1.
in
 Modifyy the GUI so
o that the user can deffine overall geometry and
a loadingss.
 Modifyy the GUI so
o that it is possible
p to plot
p the disttribution of deflections,
d as well as moments and
a
shear over the len
ngth of this two-span beam
b
 Modifyy the GUI so t see the development of the deflections, moments and
s that it iss possible to a
t GUI, this will require you to crreate a plott or
shearss over the length of the two-span beam. In the
other tool that wiill allow the h the steps of the pred
e user to sccroll through dicted respo
onse. See the
t
Full M
Member pred
diction capa
abilities in Program
P Re
esponse 20
000 for the desired fun
nctionality (p
per
demon
nstration in class).

eek 2: Deve
We elop Momen
nt/Curvature
e Tables for Beams

 Define the cross-ssection (inccluding reinfforcement) for each beam eleme

ent over the
e length of the
t
two-spa Y may wiish to start with having
an beam. You g only one cross-sectio
on over the
e length of the
t
two-spa
an beam th
hat has a sig mount of both top and bottom
gnificant am b reinforcement. Once you are
a
finished
d with the re
est of the ta
asks for thiss week, you
u can modiffy the patterrn of reinforrcement in the
t
elemen
nts to more efficiently resist the exxpected patttern of mom
ments.
 Develo
op detailed moment-cur
m rvature rela
ationships fo
or these sec
ctions
 Store the
t results of these an
nalyses in a table for each sectio
on that pressents the curvatures and
a
associa
ated momen
nts for each
h element/section

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 BEHAVIOUR
R & NUMERICA
AL MODELLING
G OF REINFORC
CED CONRETE STRUCTURES (CIVIL ‐ 710)

We
eek 2: Add Outer Loop
p on Enhancced Assignm
ment #1 (se
ee distribute
ed flowchartt)

 Define overall geo

ometry of be
eam, supports, and loa
adings (from
m Week 1 off Assignmen
nt #3)
 Assume that all loading are proportion
nal; this me
eans that iff the final design
d load
d is a unifo
orm
loading
g of w =20 [kkN/m] and a single point load of P = 80 [kN]
o For the firsst level of applied
a d, pick a very small fra
load action of the
e design loa
ad (something
like one hu
undredths of
o w and P),
P so that you
y are like
ely in the lin
near elasticc range of the
t
response of
o the beam
m
 Run an
n analysis and from thiss determine
e the curvature applied to each ele
ement
 Now, fo put table of associated
or each currvature, go to the outp d moments and curvatures and th
hen
interpolate to find
d the relatio
onship betw e curvatures and mom
ween these ments to fin
nd the seca
ant
flexural stiffness (E
EIs)
 are the newly calculated and previious EI valu
Compa ues for all ellements
o If the new value is verry close to the en you can move to the next level of
t previous value, the
loading;
o If not the same, then
n you will have to up
pdate the stiffness
s vallues associiated with the
t
analysis do
one at thatt load levell; repeat ass many times as need
ded until co
onvergence
e is
obtained
o for this nexxt level of loading
l you
u should alw
ways use th
he flexural stiffness va
alues from the
t
most recen
ntly completted assessm
ment

We
eek 3: Imprrove the Performance of
o your Prog
gram
 Enable
e multiple sections
s to be
b used ove
er different segment
s off beams
 Merge
e functionality of assig
gnment #2 into the be
eam analyssis program
m so that itt is seamle
ess;
depen our skills in Matlab and matrix sttructural analysis (finite
nding on yo e element analysis); you
y
may w
wish to merg
ge directly rather
r than start
s with se
eparate pro
ograms as done
d before
 Consid
der the ten
nsile contrib
bution of th
he concrete
e - add this
s to assign
nment #2 o
or the merg
ged
progra
am in assign
nment #3
 Add ability to com
mpare elastiic and inelastic distribu
ution of defle
ections, mo
oments, and
d shears
(You may also wish to be thinking a
about how you
y would like to modiify your fina
al Assignme
ent #3 for yo
our
pro
oject)

DU
UE DATE
Noovember 02, 2011

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