EXAMPLE 1. NEW BUILDING DESIGN FROM REINFORCED CONCRETE

EXAMPLE 1: 'REINFORCED CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION STUDY' 2 CONTENTS FOREWORD .............................................................................................................................................................. 4 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................................ 4 THE NEW ENVIRONMENT ........................................................................................................................................ 4 1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................................................. 6 1.1 G EOMETRY ............................................................................................................................................................................. 6 1.2 MATERIALS .............................................................................................................................................................................. 6 1.3 R EGULATIONS ......................................................................................................................................................................... 6 1.4 L OAD - ANALYSIS DELIVERY ..................................................................................................................................................... 6 1.5 O BSERVATIONS ....................................................................................................................................................................... 7 2. DATA IMPORT - MODELLING .......................................................................................................................... 8 2.1 S TART A NEW STUDY .............................................................................................................................................................. 8 2.2 A UTOMATIC S ECTION R ECOGNITION FROM DWG FILE ........................................................................................................ 11 2.3 I NSERTING A NEW FLOOR PLAN ( NEW DWG FILE ) INTO THE EXISTING MODEL TO CREATE THE A DDITIONAL FLOORS ............. 20 2.4 M ATHEMATICAL AND P HYSICAL M ODEL ............................................................................................................................. 22 2.5 A UTOMATIC INSERTION OF P EDESTALS AND C ONNECTING B EAMS AT THE FOUNDATION LEVEL .......................................... 24 2.5.1 PELA .................................................................................................................................................................................... 26 2.5.2 C ONNECTING BEAMS ........................................................................................................................................................... 27 2.6 A SK TO ENTER A PAVING ...................................................................................................................................................... 27 2.7 H OW TO SIMULATE THE WALLS OF THE BASEMENT .............................................................................................................. 30 2.8 H OW TO INSERT FOOTINGS UNDER BASEMENT WALLS ......................................................................................................... 31 2.9 C REATING A MATHEMATICAL MODEL .................................................................................................................................. 32 2.10 T HREE - DIMENSIONAL VISUALIZATION ................................................................................................................................... 34 2.11 C ONNECTION OF BASEMENT WALL NODES - H IGH STIFFNESS BEAM SECTION ...................................................................... 35 2.12 A SK TO CREATE A SLOPE ....................................................................................................................................................... 36 3. PLANS ........................................................................................................................................................... 41 3.1 H OW TO INSERT COMPACT PLATES ...................................................................................................................................... 41 3.2 C REATE A PLATE WITH GAPS ................................................................................................................................................ 43 3.3 I NSERTION OF PLATE SECTIONS ............................................................................................................................................ 45 3.4 I N THE CASE OF AN INCLINED PLATE ..................................................................................................................................... 45 4. SHELTERS ...................................................................................................................................................... 48 4.1 H OW TO SET CHARGES ........................................................................................................................................................ 48 4.2 H OW TO INSERT LOADS INTO THE PLATES ............................................................................................................................ 48 4.3 H OW TO DISTRIBUTE THE LOADS OF THE PLATES ................................................................................................................. 50 4.4 S END TO IMPORT LOADS OF MEMBERS ................................................................................................................................ 51 5. ANALYSIS ...................................................................................................................................................... 56 5.1 H OW TO CREATE AN ANALYSIS SCRIPT ................................................................................................................................. 56 5.2 H OW TO RUN AN ANALYSIS SCRIPT ...................................................................................................................................... 61 5.3 H OW TO CHECK THE RESULTS OF THE ANALYSIS AND CREATE THE COMBINATIONS .............................................................. 71 5.4 CONTROLS .......................................................................................................................................................................... 73 5.5 S EISMIC ACTION .................................................................................................................................................................. 74 6. RESULTS ........................................................................................................................................................ 75 6.1 S EE DIAGRAMS AND DEFORMATIONS , AS WELL AS THE REINFORCEMENT OF THE PAVING .................................................... 75