Exercise 42
Staged Construction – Composite Beam
Model a Composite Beam throughout its life cycle
Problem:
Model a propped steel beam, which
supports the freshly poured concrete and
its self-weight. During 28 days let the time-
dependent effects occur (creep, shrinkage
and ageing of concrete). Remove the prop
at day 28 and add the remaining service
loads. Let the remaining time-dependent
effects occur until the age of 50 years.
Analyze the structure under an Ultimate
Limit State loading at the age of 50 years.
A HE200B
A Nonlinear Case
3m
CHS D114.3x3.6
3.5 m 3.5 m
A-A
1m 1m
0.1 m
HE200B
SAP2000 features
• Static Nonlinear Staged Construction
Analysis
• Save Results at the End of Each Stage
• Save Results at Two or More Times in
Each Stage
• Continue from State at End of Nonlinear
Case
• Time Dependent Material Properties
• Linear Analysis using Stiffness at End of
Modeling topics
• Load Case Tree
• Construction Sequence
• Load Combinations
• Time Dependent Effects
• Insertion Point
• Tangent Stiffness Matrix
• Named Property Sets
• Linear VS Nonlinear Analysis
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4.2.3 Composite Beam
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4.2.3 Composite Beam
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2.0m
7m
0.1m
3.5m
1m

3m
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4.2.3 Composite Beam
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Define > Named Property Sets > Area Modifiers
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4.2.3 Composite Beam
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Define > Section Properties > Area Sections > Time Dependent Properties

•Notional Size – EC2 – 3.1.4(5) h0 = 2Ac/m = 0.1 m

Define > Material > Time Dependent Properties

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4.2.3 Composite Beam
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Nonlinear Static Staged Construction

Stage 1 – 28 Days

Stage 2 – 200 Days

Stage 3/4– 2000 Days/20000

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4.2.3 Composite Beam
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-7.17 kNm -9.86 kNm

5.07 kNm 5.07 kNm

9.66 kNm 9.66 kNm

20.28 kNm 42.82 kNm

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4.2.3 Composite Beam
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-55.51 kN -183 kN -55.51 kN

-23.95 kN
-42.36 kN

-24.24 kN -42.65 kN

241.14 kN
146.51 kN

-12.66 kN -12.66 kN

-82.39 kN -82.39 kN
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4.2.3 Composite Beam
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4.2.3 Composite Beam
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Display > Show Plot Functions
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4.2.3 Composite Beam
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Linear Load Cases
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4.2.3 Composite Beam
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ULS Nonlinear ULS Linear
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