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1.0 PRECEDE
For first time modeling click “Create New Model” then click “OK”
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Click on “None”and then click on OK.
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1.1 Working with Joints
Joints are points in space representing an intersection of 2 or more
structural members. Joints always are always added as a default along the
SHEAR CENTER of an element
You can add joints to your model in the absolute of “Global” Coordinate
system
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Enter Joint location in X, Y ,Z coordinates
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1.1.3 Adding Intersection
You can add joints to your model at the intersection of 4 joints. When
members are present, this will divide the 2 members into 4 members.
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1.1.4 Moving Joints
Moving joints is as easy as adding a joint. You can move joints in
the same ways you are allowed to create them
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1.1.5 Deleting
To delete a joint just selects Delete, and then pick the joint to be
deleted
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1.1.6 Fixities
Fixities are costraints for joints. You can constrain joints in all
degrees of freedom. Joints that are fixed in SACS are represented
by a Triangle. A fixity of 0 means the joint is free to move within
that degree of freedom. A fixity of 1 means that that joint is fixed
from moving in that degree of freedom. SACS reads fixities as a 6
number binary system corresponding to dx,dy,dz,rx,ry,rz.
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1.1.7 Springs
Springs are variable costraints for joints. You can apply spring
properties to any non fixed joints in all degrees of freedom. Joints
that are springs in SACS are represented by a SQUARE.
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1.2 Working with standard members
1.2.1 Selecting members
To create Structural members with mass properties of standard
shapes follow the pictures below
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1.2.1.1 I-Beams, Channel, Angle, & Sq
Tubing
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1.2.1.2 Pipes & Round Mechanical Tubing
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1.2.3 Adding a String of Members
Members can be added to a model in a string of members rather
than adding one at a time.
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1.2.4 Member Orientation
The orientation of a member is important for open section
members. Bending of a beam along the Y-Axis has much higher
capacity than along the Z-axis
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To change the orientation of a member:
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1.2.5 Dividing Members
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To divide a member Perpendicular from a reference joint:
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1.2.6 Member K-values
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1.2.7 Member Releases
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to maintain the degree of freedom connection. To set the release
of a member other than its default of 111111:
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1.2.8 Member Offsets
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1.2.9 Modifying Member
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1.2.10 Gap Members
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1.3 Working with Plates
1.3.1 Adding Plates
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1.3.1.1 Triangular
To add a triangular plate (gusset)
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1.3.1.2 Quadrilateral
To add a quadrilateral plate follow the same steps as adding
a triangular plate but select 4 joints instead of 3.
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1.4.2 Model Viewer
SACS also gives you the ability to see the model in full geometry
as opposed to the point and line geometry. This is a handy tool to
use to verify beam orientation, verify offsets, and to visualize
structural geometries.
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1.4.3 Select/unselect
SACS allows you to select only those members or plates that you
would like to see, or unselect a group of members you would not
like to see:
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1.4.4 Displaying Planes
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1.5 Setting Up the Analysis
1.5.1 Basic Loads
You can apply point loads to joints, distributed loads to members,
selfweight of the structure, or deflections to joints. The most
common use of basic loads is to load joints and utilize the
selfweight of the structure. To apply a load to a joint:
Select the joint then click “APPLY”. Then give the load a label and click “ADD”
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Apply your load in any DOF per the global CS
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1.5.1.1 Self weight
Give the load a label by filling in the load condition and load ID then click OK
SACS will tell you how much your structure weighs and the CG of the selfweight:
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1.5.2 Combined loads
To Combine basic loads:
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To view your combined Center of Loads:
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SACS will then tell you the center of all the forces for your combined load case
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1.5.4 Report Options
You can tell SACS what information you would like to return from the
analysis run on your model:
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All precede files should be saved in the following format: “sacinp.FILENAME”
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2.0 POSTVUE
2.1 Setting up the Runfile
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2.2 Stress Checking
2.2.1 Displaying Member Unity Checks (UC)
To see if any structural member stress has exceeded Code
allowables:
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2.2.2 Displaying Member Stresses
To display individual member stresses (tension, Compression,
Bending & shear) do the following:
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2.2.3 Displaying Member Loads
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2.2.4 Displaying Plate Stresses
To display individual plare Unity Check do the following:
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2.2.5 Reviewing a member
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This is a very important Screen. It tells you what the unity checks of the member are just
due to the individual loads on the member. It also allows you to do a quick member
resizing check to see what size member would take the applied loads.
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Select the Member then click “APPLY”
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2.3 Deflection Checking
2.3.1 Displaying frame displacement:
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2.3.2 Displaying Joint Deflections/rotations
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2.4 Displaying Reaction Loads
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2.5 Displaying single load cases
To display single load cases (if you have selected multiple in Precede)
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2.6 Reports
2.6.1 Joints
To report ALL details of joint reactions or displacements:
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2.6.2 Members
As with Joints, Select the Members, you would like to be included in the report
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2.6.3 Plates
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As with Joints, Select the plates you would like to be included in the report
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3.0 Advanced SACS
3.1 Working with Special Geometries
Sometimes there is a need to create special members to incorporate non-
standard geometries into our models. An example of which would be a
boxed in I-beam:
• Z dimension
• Y-Y Shift
• Y-Dimension
• Y shear area
• Z-shear area
• Axial area
• Torsional Moment of inertia
• Moment of inertia through the Y-axis
• Moment of inertia through the Z-axis
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Likewise for stress in a beam due to shear forces in the Y direction only
the shaded areas below can be used:
Y-Y Shift is the distance from the shear center of the member to the area
moment center of the member along the Z axis.
In order to determine the bending moments of the inertia, we can use the
parallel axis theorem. In order to determine the torsional moment of
inertia, we must use ANSYS.
To set up the area for Ansys, you can build the section in Ansys or
import the section from Autocad or Inventor. Assuming you have
imported the geometry from Ansys and Run the section tools in
Ansys, here is how you convert the ANSYS values to the ones
SACS uses:
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3.1.2 Creating a section
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Input your values from Anays
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3.2 Lifting Analysis
A Manifold lift analysis is one of the most stringent parts of the
overall manifold frame analysis. There are 2 approaches to lifting
analysis, modeling the lift with slings, or modeling the lift with
forces.
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3.2.1 Sling lift analysis
3.2.1.1 Applying the Loads
The manifold Lift analysis should incorporate all the
expected loads during lift including but not limited to
header weight, insulation weight, pressure cap weight,
controls equipment weight, water filled header weight,
control fluid weight, etc… The lift analysis should also
include all applicable amplification factors per ES-004501-
01 or per the project requirements whichever is more
stringent.
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10” pressure Cap Basic Load Case
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Selfweight of the Structure Basic Load Case
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3.2.1.3 Incorporating the sling members
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Joint A Releases
Joint B Releases
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3.2.1.6 Interpreting the results
You can see from the above picture that the two sling legs
carrying 57 kips are taking 75.7% of the combined tension
load of all 4 sling legs.
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3.2.1.7 Iterating to correct tension in slings /
Loads at fixities
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3.2.2.1 Adding Boundary conditions
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3.3.2 Defining the load cases
The load cases should be the resultant loads from your manifold
header analysis in ANSYS. The location of your piping supports
in SACS should match the location of your pipe supports in
ANSYS.
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Now we can extract the reaction loads at the nodes of support
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3.3.3 Load transfer
And then we can combined the header loads with the self weight,
and any other external loads. In the case of this manifold, the
header loads are combined with the Self weight of the frame, the
weight of the HDU, the weight of the SCM and SAM.
If the total weight of the header loads on the frame does not match
the weight of the header with insulation from your inventor model,
you should scale the loads of the header appropriately to
accommodate this.
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3.3.4 Reaction loads
The reaction loads from your Frame can now be extracted and
supplied to the pile / manifold base supplier for their analysis.
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3.4.2 Establishing your frame stiffness
To establish your frame stiffness, you must apply a known load at
the point of frame impact. Do not include any selfweight or any
other loads to determine the stiffness of the frame
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So we know that the calibration load is 100000 lbs, and the
displacement is .090 inches.
m
Vinstall := .5 <-------------------- INSTALLATION VELOCITY
s
CAL := 100000lbf <-------------------- CALIBRATION LOAD
lbf
K manifold = 1111111 <-------------------- STIFFNESS OF THE MANIFOLD AT IMPACT
in LOCATION
1 2 1 2
K manifold ⋅ X ⋅ Mass Manifold ⋅ Vinstall <-------------------- CONSERVATION OF ENERGY
2 2
2
Mass Manifold ⋅ Vinstall
X :=
K manifold
F impact := K manifold ⋅ X
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3.4.4 Applying the loads
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As long as the combined stress is below the yield strength of the
material and the shear stress is below 57% of the yield of the
material the member is sufficient to take the impact
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3.5 Object Impact Analysis
Object impact analysis is similar to manifold impact analysis in
that you constrain the manifold, determine the stiffness of the
manifold, and apply the impact and weight load of the object to be
impacted onto the manifold at the appropriate location. Allowable
stresses are the same as with the Manifold installation impact.
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3.6.2 Joint Can Input File
To the joint along with the members, set up the file exactly as
explained in Section 1 of this document. After you have saved
your file in Precede:
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Click “NEXT” Then “Finish” Then the “SAVE icon” All files
should be saved in the format “jcninp.filename”
You can review your unity checks in Postview exactly as you have
been before:
After you save your model you can tell SACS to run the GAP
program by selecting the following:
You can review the results of your input file the same as you
would any other postvue file. Gap will determine if the member is
in compression or tension and therefore allow the member to take
load or not based upon the attributes you assigned to the member.