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There is nothing in the manual to explain how to implement this option "Camber For
Construction Stage" ? I am trying to run construction stage analysis for steel composite structure.
Please explain in details with examples what needed to be input here to make sure that camber
is taken into account.
Also, the second pictures shows the resulted camber for girder 4 after Construction Stage
Analysis. What is the di erence between "General Construction Camber" and "Manufacturer
Camber" ? . How this information can be used in "Camber for Construction Stage"? Please explain
the process in details so that I can apply the concept !
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Answer:
Hi,

Using the 'Camber for Construction Stage' function, you can view the displacements of the girder
with respect to the camber and the e ects of camber on the member forces will be taken into
account. Here is an example. There are three construction stages as shown below. Self-weight is
the only load applied to the cantilever girder.

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The vertical displacements (DZ) at the nal stage are as shown below.

The construction camber can be obtained from the Results>Bridge>Camber/Reaction>General

Camber.
De ne General Camber Control as below. The structure group 'All' consists of all three elements.

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This is the construction camber.

Now, we want to include the camber in the displacements so that we can obtain the
displacements with respect to camber. These displacements can be used to monitor the actual
position of girders during erection.
Go to the Load>Construction Stage Data>Camber for C.S.
Select 'Deformation Camber' and 'General Camber' as shown below.
Select all the nodes in the model and hit the Apply button.

Click the three dot button to see the table. These displacements corresponds the construction
camber for each node.

Go to 'Construction Stage Analysis Control Data' and check on the 'Apply Camber Displacement
to C.S.' option.

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Perform analysis again. Then, the construction stage analysis will be performed based on the
changed geometry as below.

The displacements with respect to the camber are shown as below. We can see that the
displacements at the nal stage reach zero, which corresponds the desired pro le of girder after
construction is complete. Make sure to check the 'Including Camber Displ.' option.

You can also see the axial forces introduced in the girder due to inclined geometry.

Additionally, if the user selects the 'Using Interpolation by Key Nodes Camber' option instead of
'Deformation Camber', the construction camber will be calculated as polynomial function based
on start node, end node and max. camber as shown below.

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Or the construction camber can be directly de ned using the 'User de ned camber' option.

Finally, the manufacturer camber is used for shop drawing of steel girders and the construction
camber is used on the construction site. Among these, the construction camber is used for the
'Camber for Construction Stage' function.

Regards,
DK

Creation date: 6/26/2018 8:24 AM (dklee@midasit.com)      Updated: 6/26/2018 5:55 PM (dklee@midasit.com)

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