midas Gen Tutorial Eurocode 3 - Design of Multi-Story Steel Building
Eurocode 3 - Design of Multi-Story Steel Building
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Steel Design Features in midas Gen
Gen provides code checking for beams, columns and bracings as per Eurocode 3: 2005.
Both Ultimate and Serviceability limit states are checked.
Load combinations as per Eurocode 3 are automaticaly generated.
Static wind loads as per Eurocode 1-4: 2005 can be automatically assigned.
Static seismic loads and response spectrum function as per Eurocode 8-1: 2004 are available.
Available Section profiles include:
Angle, Channel, I-Shape, T-Shape, Box, Pipe, Double L, Double C
Joint Connection design is not currently available.
Imperfections needs to be manually considered.
Second-order effects can be considered.
Internal forces and moments are determined using elastic global analysis.
Composite beam design is provided in our sister product midas Civil.
Capacity design as per EN 1998 will is available in midas Gen.
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Contents
Part 1. EC3 Design in Gen
I.Ultimate Limit State Check
Material Properties
Section table for the application of Ultimate Limit State Check
Resistance of cross-sections
Buckling resistance of members
II. Serviceability Limit State Check
Vertical deflections
Horizontal deflections
Part 2. Tutorial
Eurocode 3 Steel Code Check Procedure:
1.Analyze the model.
2.Select the design code.
3.Generate load combinations.
4.Enter design parameters (Unbraced Length, Moment Factor, etc).
5.Enter deflection limits.
6.Check design results.
7.Change and update the designed sections.
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Part 1. EC3 Design in Gen
I. Ultimate Limit State Check
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Material Properties
The nominal values of the yield strength (fy) and the ultimate strength (fu) for structural steel
t 40mm t > 40mm
Steel Grade fy fu fy fu
(N/mm2) (N/mm2) (N/mm2) (N/mm2)
S235 235 360 215 360
S275 275 430 255 410
S355 355 510 335 470
S450 440 550 410 550
Modulus of Elasticity = 210,000 N/mm2
Poissons Ratio = 0.3
Thermal Coefficient = 12 x10-6 /oC
Weight Density = 76.98 kN/m3
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Section table for the application of Ultimate Limit State Check
Limit States
Cross section SB
Yielding FB (1) LTB
Strong axis Weak axis
Doubly Symmetric N/A
I section
Singly Symmetric N/A N/A
Box (2) N/A
Angle N/A N/A N/A
Channel N/A N/A
Tee N/A N/A N/A
Double Angle N/A N/A N/A
Double Channel N/A N/A
Pipe N/A N/A N/A
Solid Rectangle N/A N/A N/A
Solid Round N/A N/A N/A
U-Rib N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Note:
(1) Torsional Buckling and Torsional-Flexural Buckling are not evaluated.
(2) The thickness of two webs should be identical, and the member type should be column for
the weak axis shear buckling check.
(3) FB: Flexural Buckling, SB: Shear Buckling, LTB: Lateral-Torsional Buckling
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Resistance of cross-sections
Tension
Design tension resistance
The design ultimate resistance of the net cross-section at holes for fasteners is not considered in midas
Gen.
Compression
Design compression resistance
In the case of unsymmetrical Class 4 sections, the additional moment due to the eccentricity of the
centroidal axis of the effective section is considered in midas Gen.
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Resistance of cross-sections
Bending moment
Design bending resistance
Shear
Design shear resistance in the absence of torsion
The shear area Av is calculated based on the clause 6.2.6 (3) as per EN1993-1-1
Rolled I and H sections, load parallel to web: but not less than
Design elastic shear resistance is not applied.
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Resistance of cross-sections
Shear Buckling
The shear buckling resistance for webs without intermediate stiffeners is calculated, according to
section 5 of EN 1993-1-5, if
For steel grades up to and including S460.
For higher steel grades
Design resistance
Non-rigid end post
Stiffener design to resist shear buckling is not provided in midas Gen.
Stiffener type for end supports is assumed as a non-rigid end post.
It is assumed that the length of an unstiffened plate, a is the same as the unbraced length.
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Resistance of cross-sections
Torsion
The torsional resistance is not checked.
Bending and Shear
The effect of shear force on the moment resistance is considered.
Where the shear force is less than half the plastic shear resistance, its effect on the moment resistance
is neglected.
Where VED 0.5V pl, Rd
I-cross-sections with equal flanges and bending about the major axis
Torsion is not considered when calculating .
For the other cases
M V , Rd (1 )M c, Rd
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Resistance of cross-sections
Bending and Axial Force
The effect of axial force on the moment resistance is considered.
Class 1 and 2 cross sections
For doubly symmetrical I- and H-sections, allowance is not made for the effect of the axial force on the
plastic resistance moment about the y-y axis when both the following criteria are satisfied:
For doubly symmetrical I- and H-sections, allowance is not made for the effect of the axial force on the
plastic resistance moment about the z-z axis when:
The following equations are used for standard rolled I or H sections and for welded I or H sections with
equal flanges.
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Resistance of cross-sections
Bending and Axial Force (contd.)
For bi-axial bending both the following criteria are used:
for Class 1 & 2 sections
a)
b) for Class 1, 2, 3 & 4 sections
Bending, Shear and Axial Force
Where the shear force exceeds 50% of the plastic shear resistance, its effect on the moment of resistance is
reflected in the formula above.
Mpl,y,Rd and Mpl,z,Rd are replaced by My,v,Rd and Mz,v,Rd respectively in the following equations to consider
shear effect in the above criterion a).
My,Rd and Mz,Rd are replaced by My,v,Rd and Mz,v,Rd respectively in the above criterion b)
to consider shear effect.
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Buckling resistance of members
Uniform members in compression
For slenderness or for the buckling effects are ignored.
is the elastic critical force for the relevant buckling mode based on the gross cross sectional properties.
Flexural buckling is checked for the L, C, I, T, Box, Pipe, Double L, and Double C section.
Torsional and torsional-flexural buckling is not checked.
Design buckling resistance
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Buckling resistance of members
Uniform members in bending
For the uniform and doubly symmetric I cross-sections only, the lateral torsional buckling check is
provided.
It is assumed that the section is loaded through its shear center, and the boundary conditions at each
end are both restrained against lateral movement and restrained against rotation about the
longitudinal axis.
For slenderness or for the lateral torsional buckling effects are ignored.
Mcr is the elastic critical moment for lateral-torsional buckling.
The value of C1 depends on the moment distribution along the
member, which is calculated based on the table in the following page.
: Warping constant
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Buckling resistance of members
Uniform members in bending (Continued)
If the member type is column, C1 is calculated based on the table below. EN 1993-1-1: 1992 Annex F
M k C1
M
1.0 1.879
0 0.7 2.092
k C1 0.5 2.150
1.0 1.000 1.0 2.281
+1 0.7 1.000 -1/4 0.7 2.538
0.5 1.000 0.5 2.609
1.0 1.141 1.0 2.704
+3/4 0.7 1.270 -1/2 0.7 3.009
0.5 1.305 0.5 3.093
1.0 1.323 1.0 2.927
+1/2 0.7 1.473 -3/4 0.7 3.009
0.5 1.514 0.5 3.093
1.0 1.563 1.0 2.752
+1/4 0.7 1.739 -1 0.7 3.063
0.5 1.788 0.5 3.149
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Buckling resistance of members
Uniform members in bending (Continued)
If the member type is beam, C1 is calculated based on the table below.
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Buckling resistance of members
Uniform members in bending (Continued)
Design buckling resistance
The method in the Clause 6.3.2.3 and 6.3.2.4 of EC3 are not considered.
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Buckling resistance of members
Uniform members in bending and axial compression
For members which are subjected to combined bending and axial compression, the resistance to
lateral and lateral-torsional buckling is verified by the following criteria.
kyy, kyz, kzy, kzz are the interaction factors. These values are obtained from Annex A in EN 1993-1-1: 2005.
Cmy, Cmz and CmLT in Annex A can be either user-defined or auto-calculated.
When the design axial force, NEd is larger than Ncr,z or Ncr,TF, the criteria above are not applied.
General method of the clause 6.3.4 is not considered.
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ii. Serviceability Limit State Check
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Vertical deflections
Vertical deflection can be checked for beam members.
Remaining total deflection (wmax) caused by the permanent and variable actions is automatically
checked based on the serviceability load combinations.
The default limit value is set to L/250.
The deflection due to the variable actions can be checked manually by adding load combination
consisting of variable actions and changing the limit value.
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Horizontal deflections
Horizontal deflection can be checked for column members.
Horizontal displacement over a story height Hi is automatically checked based on the serviceability
load combinations.
The default limit value is set to Hi/300.
Overall horizontal displacement over the building height H should be checked separately.
Dynamic effects
The vibration of structures is not checked.
midas Gen Tutorial Eurocode 3 - Design of Multi-Story Steel Building
Part 2. Tutorial
Design of Multi-Story Steel Building
midas Gen Tutorial Eurocode 3 - Design of Multi-Story Steel Building
Eurocode 3 Steel Design Methods
midas Gen provides the following two methods:
1. The program finds optimal sections for gravity loads (Design > Steel Optimal Design) and
also finds optimal sections for lateral loads (Design> Displacement Optimal Design). With
the combined use of the two, the user should find optimal sections.
2. The program checks strength and serviceability based on the sections defined by the user
and the design code selected by the user (Design > Steel Code Check). Also, the program
searches and proposes sections which satisfy the design conditions entered by the user.
Then the user can update the sections referring to the sections proposed by the program.
In this tutorial, method 2 is presented.
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Details of the example building
ROOF
4,000
5F
4,000
4F
4,000
3F
4,000
2F
5,000
1F
Figure 1. Elevation (unit: mm)
7,500 7,500 7,500 7,500 7,500 7,500 7,500
2,500
2,500
2,500
2,500
2,500
2,500
2,500
Figure 2. Structural Plan (2~Roof) (unit: mm)
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Applied Codes Structural System
Applied Wind Load: Eurocode 1 (2005) Bracing system
Applied Seismic Load: Eurocode 8 (2004)
Steel Design Code: Eurocode 3 (2005) Materials
Beam, Column and Brace: S275
Applied Loads
Self Weight Unit Load Cases
Floor loads Load Name Details
For floor 2~5 1 Self Weight Self Weight
Superimposed Dead Load: 3.7 kN/m2
2 SID Superimposed Dead Load
Live Load: 4 kN/m2
Static
For roof Load 3 Live Load Live Load
Cases
Superimposed Dead Load: 5 kN/m2 Wind Load
4 Wind X-dir
(in the global X-direction)
Live Load: 1.5kN/m2
Wind Load
5 Wind Y-dir
(in the global Y-direction)
Wind loads
Response Seismic Load
6 RX
Basic Wind Velocity: 26 m/s Spectrum (in the global X-direction)
Load Seismic Load
Terrain Category: II 7 RY
Cases (in the global Y-direction)
Seismic loads
Ground Type: B
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Applied Sections
These are the sections assumed before design updates.
Beam
Section ID DB Section Size
1 UNI IPE 500
2 UNI IPE 600
3 UNI IPE 450
Column
Section ID DB Section Size
4 UNI HEB 240
5 UNI HEB 300
Brace
Section ID DB Section Size
6 UNI HEA 260
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Step 1. Open the model file and perform analysis
1. Open EC3 design_start model.mgb
2. Analysis > Perform Analysis
Step 2. Steel Design Code
1. Design > Design > Steel Design > Design Code
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2. Design Code: Eurocode3:05
3. Click on OK button.
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Step 3: Generate Load Combinations (1)
1. Result > Combination > Load Combination 4
2. Click on Steel Design Tab. 5
3. Click Auto Generation button.
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4. Option: Add
5. Code Selection: Steel
6. Design Code: Eurocode3:05
7. Gamma G: 1.35, Gamma Q: 1.5
8. Click on OK button.
9. Click on Close button.
The program automatically creates design load combinations
which can be also modified or deleted by the user.
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Step 3: Generate Load Combinations (2)
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Step 4: Enter Unbraced Length
1. View > Select > Identity
2. Select Type: Section
3. Select 1: IPE 500 & IPE 600. 6
4. Click on Add button and Close button.
5. Design > General > General Design Parameter >Unbraced Length
6. Option: Add/Replace
7. Laterally Unbraced Length, Lb = 2.5
8. Click on Apply button and Close button. 7
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Step 5: Enter Equivalent Uniform Moment Factor (Cmy, Cmz)
1. View > Select > Select All
2. Design > General > General Design Parameter >Equivalent Uniform Moment Factor
3. Option: Add/Replace
4. Check on Calculate by Program
5. Click on Apply button and Close button.
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Step 6: Enter Equivalent Moment Factor (CmLT)
1. View > Select > Identity
2. Select Type: Element Type
3. Select BEAM. 6
4. Click on Add button and Close button.
5. Design > Design > Steel Design > Equivalent Moment Factor
6. Option: Add/Replace 7
7. Check on Calculate by Program.
8. Click on Apply button and Close button. 8
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Step 7: Assign/Confirm Serviceability Load Combination Type
1. Design > General Design Parameter > Serviceability Load Combination Type
2. Click on Close button.
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Step 8: Enter Serviceability Parameters
1. View > Select > Identity
2. Select Type: Element Type
3. Select BEAM.
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4. Click on Add button and Close button.
5. Design > Design > Steel Design > Serviceability Parameters 7
6. Option: Add/Replace 2 4
7. Selection Type: By Selection
3 8
8. Deflection Control For Beams: L / 250
9. Deflection Control For Columns: h / 300
10. Deflection Amplification Factor: 1
11. Click on Apply button and Close button. 9
5
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If the elements local x-axis is parallel to the global Z-axis, the
element is considered as a column. If the elements local x-axis is
parallel to global X-Y plane, the element is considered as beam. All
other elements except for columns and beams are considered to be
braces.
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Step 9: Steel Code Checking (1)
1. Design > Design > Steel Design > Steel Code Check
2. Click on button.
3. Select SECT 5 & SECT 6.
4. Click on Graphic button.
Ultimate Limit State Check Results Serviceability Limit State Check Results
COM: Critical ratio by axial force and bending moment (Yielding & Buckling) Beam: Vertical deflection
SHR: Critical ratio by shear force (Yielding & Buckling) Column: Horizontal deflection
2
4
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Step 10: Steel Code Checking (2)
1. Click on Close button.
Ultimate Limit State Check Result is NG.
Serviceability Limit State Check Result is OK.
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Step 11: Change the NG Sections (1)
Change command will verify the strength for the user-selected section and save
1. Click on button. the design results until re-analysis is performed.
2. Click on Change button.
3. Limit Combined Ratio from 0.8 to 1.
4. Click on Search Satisfied Section.
2
5. Select HEB340.
6. Click on Change button.
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1
6
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Step 11: Change the NG Sections (2)
Update command will allow the user to update the section and re-analyze.
1. Select Property No. 6.
2. Limit Combined Ratio from 0.8 to 1.
3. Click on Search Satisfied Section.
4. Select HEA280.
5. Click on Change & Close button.
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Step 11: Change the NG Sections (3)
1. Select SECT 6.
2. Click on Graphic button.
Only the section for design review has been changed.
The section in the model has not been changed as seen
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in the Works Tree.
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Step 11: Change the NG Sections (4) 1
1. Click on Close button.
Ultimate Limit State Check Result is OK.
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Step 12: Update the Design Sections (1)
1. Click on Update button. Properties Before Change represents the sections used in the analysis.
2. Click on Select All Changed Properties button.
Properties After Change represents the sections used in the Design Change.
3. Click on <- button.
4. Click on Yes button.
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Step 12: Update the Design Sections (2) 1. Re-analyze the model.
2. Re-do the steel code check.
1. Click on Re-analysis button.
2. Click on Re-check button.
Final design results
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Step 13: Change the Section with Low Ratio (1)
2
1. Click on View Result Ratio button.
2. Select ID: 2.
3. Ratio Limit: From 0, To 0.5
4. Click on Show Graph of Result Ratio
button.
5. Click on Select Elements button.
6. Click on Close button.
3
5
4
6
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Step 13: Change the Section with Low Ratio (2)
Among the elements assigned with IPE600, the elements
1. Drag & Drop 1: IPE500 into the Model View. whose combined resistance ratio is less than 0.5 are
2. Click on Yes button. changed into a smaller section IPE500.
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Step 13: Change the Section with Low Ratio (3)
1. Analysis > Perform Analysis 4
2. Design > Design > Steel Design > Steel Code Check
3. Click on View Result Ratio button.
4. Select ID: 2.
5. Ratio Limit: From 0, To 1
6. Click on Show Graph of Result Ratio button.
7. Click on Close button.
Combined resistance ratios of Section ID. 2 are all above 0.5.
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