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K.B. Rojiani*, M.W. White* and S.M. Hemler#

*Department of Civil Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
#Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America

doi:10.4203/ccp.28.3.4

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K.B. Rojiani, M.W. White, S.M. Hemler, "Accuracy and Reliability of Structural Analysis and Steel Design Software", in M. Papadrakakis, B.H.V. Topping, (Editors), "Computational Structural Engineering for Practice", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp 117-126, 1994. doi:10.4203/ccp.28.3.4

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A study was performed to verify the accuracy and evaluate the functionality of two structural analysis and design programs. The programs that were studied were MicasPlus and GTSTRUDL. The components of the programs considered in the study included linear static analysis, steel design, and code checking in accordance with the AISC Allowable Stress Design specification. The verification was based on a comparison of results obtained for several existing three dimensional steel structures. Factors considered in the comparison included support reactions, member forces, displacements, ratios of applied stresses to allowable stresses, and member sizes. The factors considered in the evaluation of the functionality of the programs included ease of use, amount of effort required to enter the structural model and loads, potential for user errors, quality of support and documentation, and format and quality of the final output.

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Front Page Browse CCP CSETS CTR IJRT Other Authors Search Purchase Guide FAQ Contact us	Civil-Comp Proceedings ISSN 1759-3433 CCP: 28 COMPUTATIONAL STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING FOR PRACTICE Edited by: M. Papadrakakis and B.H.V. Topping Paper III.4 Accuracy and Reliability of Structural Analysis and Steel Design Software K.B. Rojiani, M.W. White and S.M. Hemler# *Department of Civil Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America #Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America doi:10.4203/ccp.28.3.4 purchase the full-text of this paper Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper K.B. Rojiani, M.W. White, S.M. Hemler, "Accuracy and Reliability of Structural Analysis and Steel Design Software", in M. Papadrakakis, B.H.V. Topping, (Editors), "Computational Structural Engineering for Practice", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp 117-126, 1994. doi:10.4203/ccp.28.3.4 Abstract A study was performed to verify the accuracy and evaluate the functionality of two structural analysis and design programs. The programs that were studied were MicasPlus and GTSTRUDL. The components of the programs considered in the study included linear static analysis, steel design, and code checking in accordance with the AISC Allowable Stress Design specification. The verification was based on a comparison of results obtained for several existing three dimensional steel structures. Factors considered in the comparison included support reactions, member forces, displacements, ratios of applied stresses to allowable stresses, and member sizes. The factors considered in the evaluation of the functionality of the programs included ease of use, amount of effort required to enter the structural model and loads, potential for user errors, quality of support and documentation, and format and quality of the final output. purchase the full-text of this paper (price £20) go to the previous paper go to the next paper return to the table of contents return to the book description purchase this book (price £65 +P&P)
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