COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR PRISMATIC FOLDER PLATES WITH PLATE AND BEAM ELEMENTS

A GENERAL COMPUTER PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED WHICH IS CAPABLE OF ANALYZING ANY PRISMATIC CELLULAR OR OPEN FOLDED PLATE STRUCTURE WITH TRANSVERSE DIAPHRAGMS AND PLANAR FRAMES AT ANY SECTION AS WELL AS LONGITUDINAL BEAMS. THE STRUCTURE MAY BE SUBJECTED TO SURFACE LOADS, LINE LOADS, CONCENTRATED LOADS AS WELL AS KNOWN DISPLACEMENTS. THE SOLUTION IS BASED ON THE FINITE ELEMENT METHOD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DIRECT STIFFNESS METHOD. ALL FINAL MODAL DISPLACEMENTS, REACTIONS, AND INTERNAL FORCES AND MOMENTS IN FRAME ELEMENTS AND WITHIN FINITE ELEMENTS ARE PRINTED OUT AT POINTS SELECTED BY THE USER. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept No SESM 70-3, 118 pp, 16 Fig, 4 Tab, 5 Ref, 2 App
• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Berkeley

  Berkeley, CA  United States  94720

  California Department of Transportation

  1120 N Street
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95814

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Meyer, C
  • Scordelis, A C
• Publication Date: 1970-2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer programs; Diaphragms (Engineering); Dislocation (Geology); Finite element method; Loads; Longitudinal stiffeners; Prisms; Stiffness; Structural plates; Transverse stiffeners
• Old TRIS Terms: Diaphragms; Finite elements; Folded plates; Stiffness methods (Structural)
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00207953
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: D-4-53
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jul 27 1970 12:00AM