Design for Structural Stability of Reinforced Concrete Frames on Small Computers

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 1995

Authors

P. Castro (Author) Other; Raimundo Delgado (Author) FEUP; José César de Sá (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: International Conference on Education, Pratice and Promotion of Computational Methods in Engineering Using Small Computers

EPMESC V - International Conference on Education, Pratice and Promotion of Computational Methods in Engineering Using Small Computers

Macau

Other information

Resumo (PT): The design for structural stability of reinforced concrete frame buildings, taking in account second order effects is, in the available codes, (CEB,1990,EC2,1989), based on simplified, but lengthy, methods, resorting very often in inadequate solutions. A critical analysis of existing codes is performed, in order to define a satisfactory model for the material behaviour and aiming to obtain more realistic rules for the design. For that purpose a computer code, which includes geometric and material non-linear effects, was implemented on a personal computer. The overall non-linear solution is solved by the Newton method, together with the arc-length method, therefore permiting the variation of the load increment during the iterative process to improve convergence

Abstract (EN): The design for structural stability of reinforced concrete frame buildings, taking in account second order effects is, in the available codes, (CEB,1990,EC2,1989), based on simplified, but lengthy, methods, resorting very often in inadequate solutions. A critical analysis of existing codes is performed, in order to define a satisfactory model for the material behaviour and aiming to obtain more realistic rules for the design. For that purpose a computer code, which includes geometric and material non-linear effects, was implemented on a personal computer. The overall non-linear solution is solved by the Newton method, together with the arc-length method, therefore permiting the variation of the load increment during the iterative process to improve convergence

Language: Portuguese

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific