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2011-10-12 Assignment 3
2011-10-12 Assignment 3
R & NUMERICA
AL MODELLING
G OF REINFORC
CED CONRETE STRUCTURES (CIVIL ‐ 710)
ASSIGNMENT # 3
evelop an a
De analysis tool for predictting the inellastic respo
onse of a tw
wo-span con
ntinuous be
eam where the
t
support in the
e center is a pin (allow
ws rotation) and the sup
pport conditions (“fixed
d” or “pin”) at the left and
a
rig pports may be set by the user. Th
ght most sup he length of the membe
er and crosss-sectional details should
so be set by the use
als er. This asssignment will
w require the use and extensio
on of the programs
p y
you
de
eveloped in completing Assignmen
nts #1 and #2.
#
A description
n is now provided
p off what you
u will need
d to do in the modifiications to the previo
ous
assignments to create th
he tool for predicting the
t inelasticc response of reinforce
ed concrete
e beams. This
T
de uggests the order of ste
escription su eps and tim
meline for mo
odifying you
ur programss.
eek 1: Enha
We ance Functiionality and GUI for Asssignment 1 Program
eek 2: Deve
We elop Momen
nt/Curvature
e Tables for Beams
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BEHAVIOUR
R & NUMERICA
AL MODELLING
G OF REINFORC
CED CONRETE STRUCTURES (CIVIL ‐ 710)
We
eek 2: Add Outer Loop
p on Enhancced Assignm
ment #1 (se
ee distribute
ed flowchartt)
We
eek 3: Imprrove the Performance of
o your Prog
gram
Enable
e multiple sections
s to be
b used ove
er different segment
s off beams
Merge
e functionality of assig
gnment #2 into the be
eam analyssis program
m so that itt is seamle
ess;
depen our skills in Matlab and matrix sttructural analysis (finite
nding on yo e element analysis); you
y
may w
wish to merg
ge directly rather
r than start
s with se
eparate pro
ograms as done
d before
Consid
der the ten
nsile contrib
bution of th
he concrete
e - add this
s to assign
nment #2 o
or the merg
ged
progra
am in assign
nment #3
Add ability to com
mpare elastiic and inelastic distribu
ution of defle
ections, mo
oments, and
d shears
(You may also wish to be thinking a
about how you
y would like to modiify your fina
al Assignme
ent #3 for yo
our
pro
oject)
DU
UE DATE
Noovember 02, 2011
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