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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"plane frame"”.
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Plane frame element addition to the MESS finite element program
A plane frame element based on linear, elastic theory is developed and implemented into the MESS finite element program. Post-processed results include nodal displacements, end reactions, maximum tensile and average shear stress, and a deformed geometry plot. The element is tested for accuracy …
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Processor and postprocessor for a plane frame analysis program on the IBM PC
… and a POSTPROCESSOR are developed for a plane frame analysis computer program on the IBM PC. The PROCESSOR reads the data prepared by a PREPROCESSOR and solves for the unknown joint displacement using the matrix displacement method. The POSTPROCESSOR uses the results of the PROCESSOR to …
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An incremental, non-linear displacement method for the elastic analysis of space trusses and plane frames
… displacement method is then developed for plane frame analysis taking account of finite deflections and the effect of axial force on flexural stiffness, but ignoring member chord shortening due to flexure. Numerical examples of plane frame analyses are presented and comparisons made with …
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Cálculo automático do efeito de vento em estruturas de edifício
… paper is the theoretical analysis of spacial frames under lateral loading (wind load) and the preparation of a computer program for evaluating the displacements and the intemal forces of the structural members. The structural model can be described as two groups of mutually orthogonal plane …
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Structural analysis of plane frames in an interactive XWindow environment
A study was performed to develop an interactive plane frame analysis program. The program was designed to run on Unix-based workstations and to be independent of the hardware platform. This was achieved by selecting the XWindow system as the underlying graphical user-interface. An event-driven, …
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Special finite elements for modelling adhesively bonded joints in two- and three-dimensions
… bonded joint is performed by using plane frame elements to model the adherends, and a single plane elasticity-type element through the thickness of the adhesive bondline. A similar approach was developed for the analysis of bonded joints in three-dimensions such that the adherends …
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Evaluation of the frontal solver on the IBM PC
… thesis, frontal subroutines are implemented to a plane frame analysis program for execution on the IBM PC. The resulting program solves for the unknown joint displacements of frame structures with large numbers of degrees of freedom by utilizing a peripheral back-up storage; which can not be …
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Finite element analysis of pierced shear walls
… These refined elements are also combined with plane frame beam elements which are used to idealize slender connecting beams in pierced shear walls. This combination of elements is also applied to analysis of the interaction of shear walls with their surrounding frames in plane frame shear wall …
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Análise de tensões em nós sujeitos a bimomentos
… to shells; it considers disconnected efforts of plane state stress and bending of plates. Two examples were analised. The first one - grid - was examined by three types of additional stiffness. The seoond - plane frame - two additional stiffnesses are examined. The results are presented in tables …
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An evaluation of Turbo Pascal as a programming language for structural engineering
… A processor and a preprocessor for a plane frame program were used because they test the power of the language for calculations and they require the software to be user friendly and highly flexible with regard to manipulation of data. A description of the development and a user's guide …
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Redistribuição de momentos fletores em estruturas aporticadas planas de concreto armado
… facts that affect the stresses redistribution in plane frame of reinforced concrete. Two computer programs were developed in order to analyse the physical nonlinearity: one was based on the displacement method and the other on the force method. An evolutive approach of the methods to design the …
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Determinação das características dinâmicas das estruturas através de subestruturação e redução de graus de liberdade
… and Craig & Bampton method. Example problems of plane frame structures are presented to illustrate and to compare the accuracy of theses methods. The analysis of these structures is done through the computer program annexed at the end of this thesis. These example problems show the great …
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Análise linear de estruturas planas com elementos de paredes delgadas
… work consists in the linear static analysis of plane structures composed of thin-walled prismatic members. A computer program for design use was developed. The warping of the cross section is considered as a new degree-of-freedom and the corresponding action is the bimoment. Considering this …
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A user friendly preprocessor for plane and space frames and space trusses
… was developed and documented for the plane and space frame and space truss structural analysis programs that are based on the matrix displacements method. This preprocessor is comprised of three programs. The main program in the preprocessor is to allow the user to create error free …
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Column Capacity Evaluation For Low-Rise Moment Frame Steel Buildings In Mississippi Subject To Wind And Seismic Hazards
For the design of steel frame structures, AISC outlines approaches of second-order analysis. In this study, two of these approaches are considered: Amplified First-Order Analysis Method and Direct Analysis Method. The methods were studied using SAP2000. Amplification of moments in a two-story plane …
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Comparison of P-Delta Analyses of Plane Frames Using Commercial Structural Analysis Programs and Current AISC Design Specifications
… to determining second-order moments in plane frames were studied during this research. The focus of the research was to compare the moments predicted by four different commercially available computer analysis programs and the current design specification, the AISC LRFD moment …
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Vibration-based finite element model updating and structural damage identification
… basis of the validated numerical model. A steel frame model structure was constructed in the laboratory for finite element model updating and structural damage detection. Forced vibration testing was undertaken on the model structure and dynamic response such as accelerations were measured by …
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An Urban Edge for Innovation & Reservation: create a figurative stage for students to perform their lives
The architect, as a coordinator of complex conditions and different disciplines, has a role in the development of the master plan for the entire site, balancing technical innovation with appreciation for cultural inheritance. This thesis attempts to explore approaches to design decision making, as …
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Review of codes of practice for the design of box culverts for recommendation for South African Bureau of Standards (SABS)
… and analyzed in Prokon as two-dimensional plane frame structures using the frame analysis module by applying this load to determine maximum positive hogging moments, maximum negative sagging moments and maximum positive shear forces for each span for the top slab. The load forces obtained …
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Influence of symmetry on the stability behaviour of plane and space frames
… influences the buckling behaviour of open frames as well as closed polygonal and prismatic frames. This was achieved by employing analytical methods developed in this study and the finite element method to study plane and space frames. The analytical results were used to validate the finite …
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