EXAMPLE 3. NON-STANDARD STUDY METAL CONSTRUCTION

EXAMPLE 3: 'DESIGN OF A METAL STRUCTURE' 2 CONTENTS FOREWORD ................................................................................................................................................ 4 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................................... 4 THE NEW ENVIRONMENT ........................................................................................................................... 4 1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION ...................................................................................................................... 6 Geometry ............................................................................................................................... 6 Materials ............................................................................................................................... 6 Regulations ............................................................................................................................ 6 Cross sections ......................................................................................................................... 7 Loading - analysis assumptions .............................................................................................. 7 Comments ............................................................................................................................. 7 2. DATA IMPORT - MODELLING ............................................................................................................. 8 How to start a new study ....................................................................................................... 8 New Study ........................................................................................................................... 11 Creating the Physical Model of the construction ................................................................... 11 Setting levels ........................................................................................................................ 12 Introduction of auxiliary drawing and physical sections ....................................................... 13 Copying layers and configuring floor plans ........................................................................... 17 Foundation level configuration ............................................................................................. 20 Creating a mathematical model ........................................................................................... 22 3. IMPORTATION OF GOODS ............................................................................................................... 24 How to enter wind and snow loads in the automatic way based on Eurocode 1 24 3.1.1 P ARAMETERS ...................................................................................................................................................................... 24 3.1.2 W ALL T REATMENT ............................................................................................................................................................. 25 3.1.3 R OOF TREATMENT .............................................................................................................................................................. 28 3.1.4 W IND S HOW ...................................................................................................................................................................... 30 3.1.5 S NOW S HOW ...................................................................................................................................................................... 30 3.1.6 M ATCHING MEMBERS ........................................................................................................................................................ 32 3.1.7 R ESULTS .............................................................................................................................................................................. 34 4. ANALYSIS ......................................................................................................................................... 38 How to create an analysis script: .......................................................................................... 38 How to run an analysis script: .............................................................................................. 44 How to create combinations of charges ............................................................................... 49 5. RESULTS ........................................................................................................................................... 52 How to view charts and deformations .................................................................................. 52 Body+ "Deformed Body" ...................................................................................................... 53 Charts - Equalisation ............................................................................................................ 54 6. DIMENSIONING OF METALLIC SECTIONS .......................................................................................... 55 How to create dimensioning scripts ...................................................................................... 55 How to determine the parameters of the dimensioning of metal sections: ........................... 56 Dimensioning of steel sections: ............................................................................................. 62 6.3.1 Checking of metallic sections ............................................................................................... 62 6.3.2 Buckling control of metallic sections .................................................................................... 66 6.1.1.1 U SER C ONSOLIDATION ................................................................................................................................................. 73