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Push-over analysis
Problem Description
Given
The problem consists of an analysis of push over applied to a tank which
contains water.
Geometry: Height= 25 m
Diameter= 12 m
Push-Over pressures
Water pressures
P_BOT= gh
Material: Fe 360
Element type: Shell 181
Surf 154
Pressures: Push-Over Pressures: Gradient pressure with slope= 40
Watt: Gradient pressure with slope= P_BOT/ H_CYL
(H_CYL= 25 m)
Approach and Assumptions
This is a push-over analysis with 3D elastic elements and elastic material
properties. Model geometry is defined with nodes and elements.
Summary of Steps
Preprocessing
1. Preprocessing
2. Specify title
3. Set code
4. Set units
5. Define parameters
6. Define materials
7. Define element type
8. Define Shell properties
9. Define Geometry
10. Save the database
Solution
11. Apply displacement constrain
12. Error! No se encuentra el origen de la referencia.s
13. Push-Over Analysis
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3. Set code
In CivilFEM you can choose between different codes for checking and
designing. CivilFEM allows you to uphold different active codes
simultaneously, one for concrete calculations another one for steel
calculations and a third one for seismic design. In this example the active
codes are the Eurocodes, which is the default option.
Main Menu: CivilFEM Civil Setup
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4. Set units
In CivilFEM you must define a unit system. CivilFEM will need such a system
to perform calculations according to Code. You should maintain it during the
entire design. In this analysis, we will select the International System units,
that is, meters, seconds and Newtons.
Main Menu: CivilFEM Civil Setup
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5. Define parameters:
D_CYL= 12 Diameter
H_CYL= 25 High
H_WAT= H_CYL
TH_BOT= 10E-3
TH_TOP= 35E-3
P_TOP= 0
P_BOT= 1000*9.8*H_WAT
SLOPE = (P_TOP - P_BOT)/H_CYL
V2= V2= PII*(H_WAT-TH_BOT)*(D_CYL**2-(D_CYL-TH_TOP)**2)/4
Mw = 2175613.
6. Define materials
Material properties definition is performed with the CivilFEM ~CFMP
command. This command automatically defines the ANSYS material
properties (density, Youngs modulus, Poissons ratio and thermal expansion
coefficient) and the CivilFEM material properties necessary for code
checking. In this case we will select Fe 430 steel.
The CivilFEM ~CFMP command allows us to define stress-strain diagrams,
to define safety coefficients, to control the linear or non-linear behavior of the
material and to select the activation time of the material.
Main Menu: CivilFEM Civil Preprocessor Materials
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Choose Fe 360 Steel and all the material properties corresponding to Fe430
steel are automatically calculated according to Eurocode 3 (active code)
6 Choose bi-linear for type of Analysis Diagram. (It is necessary that the type of
graph is changed of linearly to bilinear for the type of analysis that is going to be
realized).
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Ok
9 Modify material 1. Choose bi-linear for type or Analysis Diagram and Biso for
plasticity key for the material
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Ok.
Write MP,DENS,3,0
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Add.
5 Choose exclude for midside nodes and Full Area w/tan for Pres vector
orientation.
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Ok.
Close.
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Choose Steel.
Choose material 1
Ok.
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Choose Steel.
Choose material 2
Ok.
Exit.
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Choose vertex 1
Apply.
Choose vertex 2
Ok.
Exit.
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Add.
Ok.
Close.
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Or:
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Write R, 3,0.
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Ok.
Pick All.
Ok.
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1
Choose Z coordinates.
Ok.
Pick All.
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Ok.
Choose Areas.
Ok.
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2
25
Ok.
Write 2, 3.
Ok.
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2
Choose Areas.
Ok.
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1
2
3
Ok.
Write 1
Ok.
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2
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Choose Areas.
Ok.
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2
3
Ok.
. Utility Menu: Select Entities
Ok.
MainMenu:PreprocessorMeshingMeshAreasMapped
ConcatenateLines
Pick All.
Ok.
Commands:
LSEL,S,LOC,Z,0
LPLOT
( Plot lines)
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LSEL,R,LOC,Y,0,6
LPLOT
LCCAT,ALL
( Concatenate lines)
ALLSEL
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Utility Menu: Select Everything
Concatenate the next lines in the same way.
Comands:
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LSEL,S,LOC,Z,0
LPLOT
LSEL,R,LOC,Y,0,-6
LPLOT
LCCAT,ALL
ALLSEL
LSEL,S,LOC,Z,25
LPLOT
LSEL,R,LOC,Y,0,6
LPLOT
LCCAT,ALL
ALLSEL
LSEL,S,LOC,Z,25
LPLOT
LSEL,R,LOC,Y,0,-6
LPLOT
LCCAT,ALL
ALLSEL
Ok.
Choose Bottom.
Ok.
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Ok.
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1
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4
6
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Ok.
Choose Walls.
Ok.
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6
4
6
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Ok.
PIck All.
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6
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Ok.
Ok.
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Ok.
Pick All.
Ok.
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2
Ok.
Choose Bottom.
Ok.
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Pick All.
Ok.
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Ok.
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Choose Pressure.
Ok.
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3
Write ALL.
Ok.
Ok.
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Ok.
Or: ~CFLSWRT,1
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Choose Pressure.
Ok.
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Other pressures:
Bottom pressures
Utility Menu: Select Comp/ AssemblyCreate Component
(Select Bottom component)
Utility Menu: Select Entities
(Select elements attached to Areas)
Main Menu: Preprocessor Loads Define Loads Apply
StructuralPresureOn Elements.
Pick All.
Ok.
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Choose Pressure.
Ok.
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1
2
3
Pick All.
Ok.
3
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Choose Pressure.
Ok.
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2
3
Ok.
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Choose Class A
Choose Elastic.
Ok.
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5
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Ok.
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