GTSTRUDL

GTSTRUDL
Upcoming Version 32 Release
and
Future Enhancements

Dr. Kenneth M.(Mac) Will

GTSUG 2011
June 2011
Delray Beach, Florida
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Presentation Outline
Status of Version 32
New Features in Version 32
Future Enhancements
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Status of Version 32
Beta testing scheduled for August.
Documentation is in progress.
Plan to ship in October.
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Version 32
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DBX
WRITE CODE CHECK RESULTS has
been added. This DBX file contains the
same data as found in the output from LIST
CODE CHECK RESULTS. ASCII80 and
BINARY sequential formats are supported.
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DBX
Syntax:
WRITE CODE (CHECK) (RESULTS) -
(MEMBERS list)

Examples:
WRITE CODE ALL MEMBERS
WRITE CODE RES MEMBERS EXISTING -
1 TO 1000
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DBX
The WRITE CABLE FORCES command
has been added to the DBX feature. This
DBX file contains the normal stress, the
corresponding normal force, and the three
global element nodal reaction components
at each node for all active static loadings.
All documented file formats and access
modes are supported.
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DBX (cont)
Syntax:
WRITE CABLE FORCES (MEMBERS list)
Examples:
WRITE CABLE FORCES ALL MEMBERS
WRITE CABLE FORCES MEMBERS EXISTING -
1 TO 1000
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Dynamics
The GT64MLANCZOS eigenvalue analysis
solution method has been implemented,
extending high-performance sparse-
equation eigenvalue analysis to 64-bit
computer platforms.
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Dynamics (cont)
GT64MLANCZOS is the most powerful
version of the GTLANCZOS family of
eigenvalue analysis solution methods
(GTLANCZOS, GTSELANCZOS, and now
GT64MLANCZOS) presently available in
GTSTRUDL and incorporates the following
features:
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Dynamics (cont)
The Lanczos iteration process employs an
in-core, single processor version of the
GT64M sparse equation solver. Multiple
processors and out-of-core processing are
not available in this initial
implementation for Version 32.
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Dynamics (cont)
All computations associated with the Lanczos
iteration process take advantage of 64-bit
addressing on 64-bit platforms, greatly
increasing the number of degrees of freedom
that can be treated and the number of modes
that can be computed when compared to the
GTLANCZOS and GTSELANCZOS methods.
There is also a modest increase of solution
speed when compared to the GTSELANCZOS
method, but this becomes less apparent as the
number of modes increases.
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Dynamics (cont)
The GT64MLANCZOS method is activated when
the GT64M option is specified by the ACTIVE
SOLVER command:
ACTIVE SOLVER GT64M
or when the GT64MLANCZOS method is
specified in the EIGENSOLUTION
PARAMETERS command:
EIGENSOLUTION PARAMETERS
SOLVE USING GT64MLANCZOS
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Dynamics (cont)
Example of problem run using
GT64MLANCZOS which could not be
executed using 32 bit eigensolvers:
Dynamic DOF = 329,994
Number of Modes = 300
Total time to solve = 1,693 sec
Total time to check solution = 182 sec
Virtual memory used = appx. 6 GB
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Dynamics (cont)
Modest efficiency and performance
improvements have been made to the
GTSES Lanczos eigenvalue analysis
procedure (GTSELANCZOS). However,
GTSELANCZOS remains a single-
processor, 32-bit solver governed by 32-bit
virtual memory allocation and addressing
limitations.
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Finite Elements
A new eight node solid element with
incompatible modes will be available
(IPSLIM). This element will offer
substantially improved accuracy over the
existing eight node solid element for
structures with bending and shear
deformation. The element will include all
of the features currently available with the
current eight node solid (IPSL) element.
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Finite Elements (cont)

A new four node plane stress quadrilateral
with three dof (including drilling dof) will
be added Q6CDRL
A new four node moderately thick plate
bending element will be added PBMITC
A new four node moderately thick plate
element (stretching and bending) with 6 dof
will be added -
SBMITC = Q6CDRL + PBMITC
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General (cont)
PRINT MEMBER LENGTH SORTED LIMIT v
now prints the total number of members that meet
the specified limit after the list of member lengths.
This only applies to LIMITS with decimal
numbers, which indicates a length value and where
the number of members meeting the criterion is
unknown, and not to LIMITS with an integer
number, which indicates a specified number of
member lengths to print.
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General (continued)
Example:
{ 4367} > UNITS CM
{ 4368} > PRINT MEMBER LENGTH SORTED LIMIT 20.0

(output omitted)

**** INFO_PRTMBL - Found 10 members < 20.000

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General (continued)
A new option has been added to the PRINT command,
PRINT MEMBER BETA ANGLES, which allows you to
print only BETA angles, without the other CONSTANTS.
The command syntax and a few examples are shown on the
next slide.
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General (continued)
Syntax:
PRINT MEMBER BETA (ANGLES) ( NONZERO (ONLY) (TOLERANCE v1 ))
INDIVIDUALLY DEGREES
( )
GROUPED (TOLERANCE v 2 ) RADIANS
(COMMAND ( FORMAT)) ( MEMBERS list )

Examples:
PRINT MEMBER BETA ANGLES NONZERO ONLY -
TOLERANCE 0.1 DEGREES
PRINT MEMBER BETA GROUPED COMMAND -
FORMAT
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General (continued)
A GLOBAL option has been added to LIST
FORCES. This option will print member
forces in the global reference frame, instead
of the standard local (member) reference
frame.
Syntax:
LIST FORCES (GLOBAL)
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General (continued)
Two new options have been added to the
LIST JOINT FORCES command:
GLOBAL (WITH TOTAL) and
MEMBERS m_list.
The GLOBAL option causes the member
and element forces to be rotated from the
local coordinate system to the global
coordinate system.
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General (continued)
In the case of members with
ECCENTRICITIES, the forces are
transformed from the flexible end of the
member to the joint - therefore LIST JOINT
FORCES GLOBAL will not match LIST
FORCES even after resolving the
coordinate systems for members with
ECCENTRICITIES.
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General (continued)
The WITH TOTAL option will print the
summation of all listed members and
elements for each DOF for each joint and
active load. The GLOBAL option always
outputs all six global DOF, instead of being
restricted to member DOF.
The MEMBERS m_list option restricts the
printed forces to members or elements in
m_list.
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General (continued)
Syntax of the modified command:

LOCAL
LIST JOINT FORCES -
GLOBAL (WITH) (TOTAL)
ALL (JOINTS)
(MEMBERS m_ list)
JOINTS list
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General (continued)
{ 191} > LIST JOINT FORCES GLOBAL JOINT 3

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- Loading - 1
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GLOBAL joint forces output by loading

MEMBER/ REF
/-JOINT-/-ELEMENT-/-FRAME-/---------------------FORCES---------------------/---------------------MOMENTS-------------------/--ECC-/
FORCE X FORCE Y FORCE Z MOMENT X MOMENT Y MOMENT Z

3 1 GLOBAL 6.119 6.148 0.000 0.000 0.000 11.185 NO

3 2 GLOBAL 6.119 6.148 0.000 0.000 0.000 -11.185 NO
3 3 GLOBAL -6.119 -6.148 0.000 0.000 0.000 11.476 NO
3 4 GLOBAL -6.119 -6.148 0.000 0.000 0.000 -11.476 NO
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General (continued)
{ 193} > LIST JOINT FORCES GLOBAL WITH TOTAL JOINT 3 MEMBERS 1 2

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
--- Loading - 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
GLOBAL joint forces output by loading

MEMBER/ REF
/-JOINT-/-ELEMENT-/-FRAME-/---------------------FORCES---------------------/---------------------MOMENTS-------------------/--ECC-
/
FORCE X FORCE Y FORCE Z MOMENT X MOMENT Y MOMENT Z

3 1 GLOBAL 6.119 6.148 0.000 0.000 0.000 11.185 NO

3 2 GLOBAL 6.119 6.148 0.000 0.000 0.000 -11.185 NO
--------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------
Totals 12.237 12.295 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
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General (continued)
The RENAME command has been added. This
command allows you to change the name of an
existing component - joint, member/element, load
or group.
Syntax:
RENAME type old_name new_name
where type is the type of component to rename.
The allowable types are:
JOINT (or NODE), MEMBER (or ELEMENT),
LOAD, GROUP.
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General (continued)
The MEMBER PROPERTIES Command
has been enhanced giving the user the
ability to define member properties for
Channels and Polygonal Tubes by
specifying their dimensions.
The following are examples of the two new
options for the MEMBER PROPERTIES
Command:
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General (continued)
MEMBER PROPERTIES
1 TO 10 CHANNEL TOTAL DEPTH 16.97 -
WEB THICKNESS 0.585 FLANGE WIDTH 10.425 -
FLANGE THICKNESS 0.985

11 TO 20 POLYGONAL TUBE -
DIAMETER BETWEEN FLATS 14.35 -
NUMBER OF SIDES 8 -
THICKNESS 0.985
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General (continued)
Members whose properties have been defined
through these options can be code checked
by the GTSTRUDL Codes that support such
cross-sections. Also, these new options are
available for prismatic and variable
members.
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General (continued)
The CALCULATE SOIL SPRINGS command has been
enhanced to:
1) Allow a single KS value without an element list, which
indicates that GTSTRUDL should find all elements and
element faces that lie on the specified plane and create an
assumed element list. This makes adding soil springs to an
entire slab on one level much simpler.
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General (continued)
2) Added a NO SUPPORT CHECK option to the
COMPRESSION ONLY nonlinear springs capability.
NLS elements will be added to the model without regard to
the current support status of the involved joints as opposed
to the current requirement that soil springs can be added
only to joints with the appropriate DOF (FX, FY or FZ)
restrained. This allows you greater flexibility in modeling,
but leaves the responsibility of creating a stable analysis
model up to you. An informational message is generated if
the NO SUPPORT CHECK option is used, but the
appropriate DOF is fixed - which will result in the created
NLS being nonfunctional:
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General (continued)
3) The name of the generated NLS has been added to the
output if the COMPRESSION ONLY option is used. In
addition, the informative comments output below the
spring value report now reflect the actual names of the
generated NLS so they can be copied from the output to be
added to your input or pasted into the Command window.
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General (continued)
A new command will be implemented to
make it easier for the user to specify the
Beta angle for members with eccentricities
in planes which are not parallel to a global
plane. The new command is
ACTIVE BETA ANGLE DEFINITION -
With JOINT TO JOINT OR ECCENTRIC
option
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GTMenu
Member loads on cable elements can now
be displayed.
The Inquire dialog no longer disappears
when the Graphics window is activated.
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GTMenu (cont)
Force Diagrams and value labels can now
be rotated according to the Beta Angles on
Members.
A FY Diagram is plotted in the local xy
plane by default; a FZ Diagram is plotted in
the local xz plane by default; a MY
Diagram is plotted in the local xz plane by
default; and a MZ Diagram is plotted in
the local xy plane by default
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GTMenu (cont)
The GENERATE INPUT FILE feature now
includes NONLINEAR EFFECTS, NONLINEAR
SPRING PROPERTIES and NONLINEAR
SPRING ELEMENT commands. In addition,
OBJECT commands are included along with
group titles .
"TYPE RMS" and "TYPE ABS" Load
Combinations are now translated and put into the
input file.
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GTMenu (cont)
Finite elements are now labeled closer to
their centroid.
When checking for duplicate joints, the
duplicate joints, members, or elements are
now labeled on the screen.
When checking for floating joints, the
floating joints are now labeled on the
screen.
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GTMenu (cont)
Redraw solid will display the nine Unistrut
sections in the GTSTRUDL Unistrut table
as shown on the next slides.
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GTMenu (cont)
A new option has
been added to allow
you to create Section
Property Groups
when you are
creating new
members. The new
option to the
Member Properties
dialog is shown
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GTMenu (cont)
When Refining a Finite Element Mesh and
changing to a higher order element, the
mapping shown on the next slide is now
followed which shows the lower order
element and the new higher order element.
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GTMenu (cont)
The following eight cases are used in the
mapping:
(1) a plane stress triangle maps to type 'LST'
(2) a plane stress quad maps to type 'IPQQ'
(3) a plate bending triangle produces an error saying unavailable
(4) a plate bending quad maps to type 'IPBQQ'
(5) a tridimensional 6 node prism maps to type 'WEDGE15'
(6) a tridimensional 8 node brick maps to type 'IPSQ'
(7) a plate triangle produces an error saying unavailable
(8) a plate quad produces an error saying unavailable.
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GTMenu (cont)
A graphical interface to the LIST SUM FORCES
command has been implemented. This works by
starting with a line or plane of joints that cut the
structure. (A line cuts a 2-D structure whereas a
plane is necessary to specify a cut of a 3-D
structure.) Next, all members and elements above
or below the cut are marked. Then individual
members or elements can be deselected. Finally
the forces are summed for this specification,
producing textual output.
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GTMenu (cont)
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GTMenu (cont)

cut
results
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GTMenu (cont)
When refining a
finite element
grid, there is now
an option to split
any framing
members in the
same way
automatically.
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GTMenu (cont)

Before mesh refinement After mesh refinement with

with members labeled split members labeled
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GTMenu (cont)
Mode shapes on
finite element
meshes may now
be contoured.
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Contour of z component of Mode 1

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GTMenu (cont)
Additional steel design parameters may now
be displayed:
LX, FRLX, FRLY, FRLZ, FRUNLCF,
TBLNAM, Yield Strength, Tensile
Strength
The new dialog is shown on the next slide.
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Additions to Display
Parameters Dialog
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GTMenu (cont)
Dynamic mass specified using the
INERTIA OF JOINTS command can now
be displayed.

An example is shown on
the next slide.
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Dynamic mass from Inertia of

Joints from Load command
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GTMenu (cont)
An automatic mesh algorithm for 2D
elements has been implemented (GTMesh)
to mesh structures using only the structure
outline including internal boundaries and
line constraints.
The new meshing dialog is shown on the
next slide with several examples on
subsequent slides.
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New Meshing Dialog

Define External Boundaries
Define Internal Openings
Define Constraint Lines
Set the Mesh Size
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Boundaries and Internal
Constraint Line
(Uses Construction Points
and Lines)
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Resulting Mesh

Constraint Line
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Model with External and Internal Boundary
(uses Constructions Points and Lines
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Resulting Mesh
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GTMenu (cont)
The user is now able to change the colors used
for contour plots.

Change colors for

contouring

Different colors can be used for members and

finite elements for the deformed structure,
mode shapes and transient animation as shown
on the next slide.
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You may also change the

color used for annotation
(labels and legends)

Different colors for members

and elements in Deformed
Structure, Mode Shape, and
Transient Animation displays
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GTMenu (cont)
GTMenu can now produce selected result
graphs for a selected member (e.g., for
inclusion in a report). The results available
for selection are local y displacement, local
z displacement and local force and moment
diagrams and envelopes. The new dialog
and an example of the Graph Result window
are shown on the next slides.
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GTMenu
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GTMenu (cont)
A right mouse click can now be set so that
only joints, members or elements are
selected. This is retained unless you change
it from the Inquire button. The right mouse
click setting is now displayed at the top of
the Graphics Display as shown on the next
slide.
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GTMenu (cont)

Right mouse click selection

displayed at top of Graphics
Display
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GTMenu (cont)
A new rectangular fencing selection mode
has been implemented on the Mode Bar.
There are two options available with the
Rect. Fence as shown below:
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GTMenu (cont)
Finite element edges and faces may now be
labeled as shown on the revised Display
Model dialog on the next slide.
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GTMenu (cont)

New options on Display

Model dialog to label finite
element edges and faces

Example of Edge Labeling

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Nonlinear
A new optional parameter, NGP iNGP, has been
added to the NONLINEAR EFFECTS, PLASTIC
SEGMENT option that provides for the
specification of either two or three Gauss
quadrature points for the numerical integration of
the plastic segment equilibrium equations. The
specification of NGP 3 provides for improved
plastic segment accuracy over a greater range of
segment lengths when compared to that associated
with NGP 2, the default value that was originally
implemented as a fixed constant.
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Nonlinear (cont)
Example
NONLINEAR EFFECTS

PLASTIC SEGMENT NGP 3 END -

FIBER GEOMETRY NTF 2 NTW 1 NBF 14 ND 12
LH 10.0 -
STEEL FY 50.0 FSU 50.00001 ESU 1.0 MEMBER -
'COL4' 'COL8'
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Nonlinear (cont)
In previous versions, member loads could
not be applied to members for which the
PLASTIC SEGMENT nonlinear effect was
specified. This restriction has been
removed and all member load types are now
supported for the PLASTIC SEGMENT
nonlinear effect.
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Offshore
The GTSelos Stream Function Wave model
has been updated with the addition of the
Fenton nonlinear wave option. Two stream
function wave models are now available, the
Dean model and the Fenton model.
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Offshore (cont)
The offshore steel design code APIWSD21, which is
based on the API Recommended Practice 2A-WSD
(RP 2A-WSD) Twenty-First Edition steel design code
for Basic Stresses, Hydrostatic Pressure, and
Punching Shear, has been moved to release status.
The documentation for the APIWSD21 code may be
found by selection the Help menu and then Reference
Documentation, Reference Manuals, Offshore
Loading, Analysis, and Design, and then APIWSD21:
API RP 2A-WSD, 21st Edition in the GTSTRUDL
Output Window.
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Offshore (cont)
APIWSD21 punching shear check now can
perform a code check for joints with
thickened cans. Joints with thickened cans
are discussed in the Section 4.3.5 of the API
WSD 21st Edition. There are four new
parameters applicable to the joints with
thickened cans option.
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Offshore (cont)
A new International Standard ISO 19902:2007(E),
First Edition, 2007-12-01, Petroleum and natural gas
industries Fixed steel offshore structures has been
implemented as a prerelease feature. The
GTSTRUDL code name for this new offshore code
is 19902-07. The 19902-07 code performs Basic
stresses, Hydrostatic Pressure, and Punching Shear
stresses check according to International Standard
ISO 19902:2007(E). This new code, 19902-07, may
be used to select or check Circular Hollow Sections
(Pipes).
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Static Analysis
Modest efficiency and performance
enhancements have been made to the
GTSES static analysis sparse solver and the
GTSELANCZOS sparse equation Lanczos
eigenvalue solver, both 32-bit solvers.
Execution speeds may increase by as much
as 30% and the solvers are more robust,
better able to complete satisfactory solutions
for less well-conditioned models.
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Steel Design
Efficiency improvements have been made to
both the member selection and code
checking functions when the external file
solver is active and analysis results are
stored in files on external storage devices.
In particular, virtual memory demands have
been reduced, enabling the CHECK and
SELECT commands to handle the required
numbers of members and loading conditions
more efficiently.
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Steel Design (cont)

The Eurocode 3, EN 1993-1-1: 2005 (E)
steel design code has been moved to release
status. This new code, EC3-2005, may be
used to select or check any of the following
shapes:
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Steel Design (cont)

Design for axial force and bi-axial bending:
I shapes
Circular Hollow Sections (Pipes)
Rectangular Hollow Sections (Structural Tube)
Solid Round Bars
Design for axial force only:
Single Angles
Double Angles
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Steel Design (cont)

Efficiency improvements have been added
to the EC3-2005 code since it was
implemented as a prerelease feature. The
time to code check (CHECK) or design
(SELECT) for jobs with large number of
loadings have been reduced.
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Steel Design (cont)

Under previous versions of GTSTRUDL, the message below
indicates that nonlinear analysis is required for code checking
based on LRFD codes:
**** WARNING_STTECC -- Code check based on the LRFD code requires nonlinear
analysis. Nonlinear analysis has not been performed for the following loadings:

According to the AISC 13th Edition Code, nonlinear analysis is

required regardless of the method (LRFD or ASD) used. For
GTSTRUDL Version 32, the message above has been
modified to reflect this AISC 13th Edition requirement:
**** WARNING_STTECC -- Code check based on the AISC13 code requires
nonlinear analysis. Nonlinear analysis has not been performed for the following
loadings:
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Steel Design (cont)

When a value of YES has been specified for the parameter
TowerCK, the slenderness ratios are checked according to the
transmission tower code provisions. This option is applicable to
the AISC13 and ASD9 codes for single and double angle cross-
sections and was a new option that was added to Version 31.
In Version 32, this option has been modified so that the AISC13
or ASD9 slenderness ratios L/r, KL/r, B7 TEN, and B7 COMP
are checked as informative provisions rather than pass/fail
conditions. This means that as of Version 32, only the
transmission tower slenderness ratios SLENT and SLENC are
checked as pass/fail provisions. Previously, all slenderness ratios
L/r, KL/r, B7 TEN, B7 COMP, SLENT, and SLENC
(transmission tower, AISC13, and ASD9) were checked as
pass/fail provisions.
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Steel Design (cont)

Additional error checking for parameters
CODE, TBLNAM, and STEELGRD has
been added into the steel design parameter
command. The user specified parameter
values for the parameters CODE,
TBLNAM, and STEELGRD are now
checked against accepted values and if the
specified value is incorrect, an error
message is given and the scan mode is set.
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Steel Tables and GTTABLE

The output of the Table print commands
will no longer overflow the output field and
be printed as ************** when the
value is larger than the reserved field. The
values that are too large for the reserved
fields are automatically converted to an
exponential format before being printed.
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Base Plate
Commands for anchor checking by ACI
318-05 Appendix D have been
implemented. The commands are shown on
the next slides and will be further discussed
in a later presentation.
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Base Plate (cont)

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Base Plate Wizard

Two new anchor patterns
Circle/arc Add anchors in a circular arc up to
a full circle
Grid - like the current 4 corners + edges
option, but fills in the interior anchor positions
also, not just the perimeter.
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Base Plate Wizard (cont)

Selective weld lines
Currently all lines in an attachment are
considered as welded to the base plate. A new
feature will be added to designate specified
lines as not welded. These unwelded lines
will be modeled as having a compression-only
connection to the base plate, either with
compression-only dummy members or stiff,
compression-only NLS elements.
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Base Plate Wizard (cont)

New custom attachment dialog
A new dialog will allow you to modify a
standard attachment from the attachment file or
create a new attachment. Included will be an
ability to indicate which lines are welded to the
base plate.
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Future Enhancements
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Base Plate
X or Y rotation for attachments to model
attachments not parallel to Z, such as angled
brace legs for pipe supports.
Arbitrary load points (X,Y,Z) for
attachments.
Decimal place control in results output.
Optional LIST SUM FORCES results for
Constraints to allow easy cut line
calculations.
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Base Plate (cont)

Improved Loading dialog.
Batch processing of .gtbp files.
Optional output of load names causing the
largest interaction value for anchors in
Results Summary.
Add X, Y coordinates to stress results
dialog.
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Dynamic Analysis
Implement GTSES/GT64M versions of
linear direct integration (physical) transient
analysis.
Computation of minimum seismic load
according to latest IBC provisions.
Implement the Lindley-Yow response
spectrum rigid-periodic mode combination
method as a companion to the presently
available Gupta method.
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Dynamic Analysis (cont)

Response spectrum analysis will keep a
record of eigenvalue analysis results on a
load-by-load basis. This will be particularly
useful when the results of different
eigenvalue analyses are used for different
response spectrum load analyses in the same
job, and mode combinations such as CQC,
which is a function of damping ratio and
frequency, are used.
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Finite Elements

Implement local element coordinate system

results processing (text reports and
graphical display of stress contours) for
selected planar elements, in particular the
SBHQ and SBHT family of plate elements.
This is particularly convenient and useful
for structures formed by surfaces of
revolution.
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General
Add sorting and limits to LIST CODE CHECK RESULTS
PRINT JOINT CONNECTIVITY and form a Group of the
members and elements incident on joints in a list.
PRINT INCIDENT JOINTS MEMBERS/ELEMENTS
command to print the joints incident to a list and create a
GROUP.
When second and subsequent JOINT LOADS are applied
to a joint in a loading condition, the WARNING will
change to INFO.
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General (cont)
LOCATE FLOATING JOINTS ( (AND) -REMOVE )
Only joints that are not attached to any member, finite element,
nonlinear spring or rigid body will be considered as possible floating
joints. If a joint is used as a BETA REFERENCE JOINT it will not be
considered floating.
LOCATE DUPLICATE ELEMENTS ( (AND) REMOVE (ADD
LOADS) ).
Similar to LOCATE DUPLICATE MEMBERS.
LOCATE INTERSECTING MEMBERS list TOL v
Detect members within a tolerance (TOL) of each other to locate
crossing members that may look correct graphically but should
actually have a common joint at their intersection.
Add finite elements to LOCATE INTERFERENCE JOINTS.
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General (cont)
Add the ability to write or change support status as part of
the CALCULATE SOIL SPRINGS command. Currently,
user must have already specified joints as supports and
joint releases.
The AASHTO HL-93 truck will be added to the Moving
Load Generator.
A new option will be added to the PRINT MEMBER
PROPERTIES command to print all cross-sectional
property information.
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General (cont)
A general-purpose zero-length, linear spring
element is planned for implementation by
the specification of a symmetric stiffness
matrix in terms of Kaa, Kba, and Kbb,
similar to the method used to specify
superelement stiffness matrices.
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General (cont)
AREA LOAD enhancements

Check for interference joints and intersecting members in

plane before attempting to locate bounded areas.
Improve error reporting:
List of 0.0 length members
Start joint for "illegal configuration" to help with
debugging.

Add IGNORE NONORTHOGONAL MEMBERS option.

Ignore members not within specified angle of global axis

so bracing doesnt need to be inactivated.

PLOT option - create a Scope Editor file like the dialog

display with shaded bounded areas.
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General (cont)
Develop 64 bit version of GTSTRUDL.
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GTMenu
Add Undo to remove duplicate joints dialog
to avoid corrupting model due to using a
tolerance which was too large.
Improve efficiency when displaying large
models.
Graphically specify Area Loads in
GTMenu.
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GTMenu (cont)
Addition of the following items to the input
file created by GTMenu:
Dynamic Loadings
Eigen Parameters
Dynamic Modal Damping Data

Nonlinear Solution Parameters

Cable Network Data

Nonlinear and Dynamic Analysis solution

commands
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GTMenu (cont)
Add a general fencing option to allow the
user to specify a non-rectangular fence.
Add the ability to apply filters to the model
to display only entities corresponding to the
active filter.
Automatically create Views such as for
every floor and every vertical plane of
building. Also, develop command that will
do this.
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GTSTRUDL Output Window

Track Warning messages like Error
messages. Pop-up a dialog with Error and
Warning count. List Error or Warning
output lines in a dialog, click on an Error or
Warning and the output cursor moves to that
line in the output listing.
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Nonlinear Analysis

The nonlinear member end connection and

plastic hinge models will be supported by
nonlinear dynamic analysis.
Add nonlinear viscous damper element for
nonlinear dynamic analysis
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Nonlinear Analysis (cont)

Efficiency improvements are planned for
the GTSES sparse equation solver used by
nonlinear static analysis, similar to those
implemented in Version 32 for the GTSES
linear static analysis solver.
A GT64M sparse equation solver is planned
for nonlinear static analysis.
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Nonlinear Analysis (cont)

Higher order improvements are planned for
the nonlinear geometric versions of the
plane and space frame member.
The implementation of a nonlinear
geometry model is planned for at least one
solid finite element, probably the IPSL
element.
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Offshore
Implement fatigue analysis based on
transient analysis results.
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Offshore (cont)
The efficiency of the fatigue load analysis
procedures will be enhanced by the addition of an
option that provides for the selection of the
GTSES sparse equation solver for linear static
analysis.
A new GTSELOS feature is planned whereby
additional tables express the drag parameters CD
and CM as function(s) of one or more of the
existing pipe member diameter, water depth,
Reynolds number parameters, plus the additional
parameters roughness and Keulegan-Carpenters
Number.
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Offshore (cont)
GTStrudl fatigue analysis is presently
restricted to the use of a single S-N curve
that applies to all members undergoing a
given fatigue analysis. An improvement to
this procedure is planned whereby multiple
S-N curves can be defined as functions of
pipe member wall thickness, a reference
thickness, a thickness exponent, and a stress
range and assigned individually to
members for the fatigue analysis.
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Offshore (cont)
An Influence Matrix approach to perform hotspot fatigue
analysis of connection details other than simple tubular
joints is planned.
An additional fatigue analysis results reporting function is
planned that provides for the tabulation of the most severe
fatigue damage as a function of wave height and wave
period in addition the present report given as a function of
wave direction.
A new fatigue analysis report that states the center of
damage for each of the three sea state parameters wave
height, wave period, and wave direction is planned.
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Reinforced Concrete

The ACI 318-08 code will be implemented

for beam and column design.
The DESIGN SLAB command will be
brought to release status.
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Steel Design

Add new parameter called DesLoads

which can be used to specify design loads.
Add an option to create a group containing
the critical loads at the end of a CHECK or
SELECT command.
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Steel Design

Add a new option to the CHECK and

SELECT commands to print the load names
and section location used for the code
check.
Displacement Constraint Design Procedure
will be available to select members to
satisfy joint displacement constraints. The
new GTSES external file solver will be
added as an option.
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Steel Design (cont)

Steel design based on the AISC 14th Edition
for all rolled cross-sections.
Steel design based on the Seismic
provisions of the AISC 14th Edition.
Add a new option into the SELECT
command to design the FAILED members.
SELECT ALL FAILED MEMBERS
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Steel Design (cont)

Modify the FOR MAXIMUM ENVELOPE
VALUES option of the SELECT and
CHECK command when the cross-section
is an unsymmetrical cross-section.
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Steel Design (cont)

Add a FOR MAXIMUM DIAGRAM VALUES
option to the SELECT and CHECK command.
This option creates a single maximum force values
for each individual load case. When this option is
used, each artificial load case will have a single
force values which has the maximum values of
individual forces and moments no matter where
the maximum is located along the members
length.
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Steel Tables
Implement AISC 14th edition tables.
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Interfaces to Other Programs

AutoCAD interface via DXF converter
Intergraphs Frameworks
Intergraphs SmartPlant 3D CIS/2
Structural Desktop by Structural Desktop, Inc
Tekla Structures
ATLAS by 3DR Engineering Ltd. in Europe
Other CAD programs which support DXF or
CIS/2
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Your assistance is needed to help us improve

GTSTRUDL in your Committee meetings :

Please provide us with a prioritized list of the

features that you would like to see. Please be
specific especially when requesting model
wizard, design codes (which codes and which
cross sections) or datasheet requests.
Sketches of wizards, output, and graphical displays
help us tremendously.