Name: Salman Yaqub

Assignment No 1:

Input Data:

1. Simply supported beam

2. Material - Concrete

3. Length of beam 6m

4. Machine of 50 KN is supported at center of the beam

5. Self-weight of beam shall be ignored.

6. Size of beam - 600mm X 900mm (deep)

7. Damping = 0.05

Manual Calculation for the determination of Natural Frequency:

K= Stiffness of Simply Supported Beam(N/m) = Force / Displacement

Force = 50x100 = 50,000 N

Displacement = 0.000312 m (From STAAD Result)

K = 50,000/ 0.000312 = 160256410.3 N/m

Mass = W/g = 50000/ 9.81 = 5096.839959 kg

Natural Frequency = SQRT (K/m) x SQRT(1- 0.05^2)

= 177.3197893 X 0.998749218

= 177.0980009 rad/sec

Natural Frequency (CPS) = 177.098/(2*3.14)

= 28.20031861 CPS

STAAD Result Natural Frequency= 28.688 CPS Nearly Same- Hence Ok.