Software Verification

PROGRAM NAME: SAP2000

REVISION NO.: 0

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

25" 8.6
" 17 8.6 25
250 .2 10" "
27. 50 16 12 18 8.6
" 25" 14 8 25
8.6 "
15
13 11 18 17
8.625"

12 7 14 9
18.625"

6 16 10 11 6
4 13
10 8
10"

5 17 15
CL 2" pipe 9 5
3 3 7
4 2
2.75" cube 2
1 1 = Joint number
Z
Fixed base 1 1 = Frame number
Y X
Material Properties Typical Section Properties
E =27,900 lb/in2 Nominal 2" Pipe
ν = 0.3 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 Percent
Mode Parameter SAP2000 Independent Difference

1 Frequency 112 112 0%

2 Frequency 117 116 +1%

3 Frequency 138 138 0%

4 Frequency 218 218 0%

5 Frequency 415 404 +3%

6 Frequency 434 423 +3%

7 Frequency 463 452 +2%

8 Frequency 561 554 +1%

9 Frequency 752 736 +2%

10 Frequency 777 762 +2%

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Output Percent
Mode Parameter SAP2000 Independent Difference

11 Frequency 873 853 +2%

12 Frequency 914 894 +2%

13 Frequency 915 910 +1%

14 Frequency 934 917 +2%

15 Frequency 955 940 +2%

16 Frequency 980 960 +2%

17 Frequency 988 971 +2%

18 Frequency 991 977 +1%

19 Frequency 1002 1012 -1%

20 Frequency 1032 1028 0%

21 Frequency 1090 1124 -3%

22 Frequency 1151 1135 +1%

23 Frequency 1177 1164 +1%

24 Frequency 1229 1217 +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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