CSI Solution Demonstrates Use these Features

Problem L Solution

  1. Click the File menu > New Model command to access the New Model form.

  2. Click the drop-down list to set the units to .

  3. Click the 2D Frame button  to access the 2D Frames form. In that form:

  4. Click the “X” in the top right-hand corner of the 3-D View window to close it.

  5. Select the joints labeled C and D in the problem statement.

  1. Click the Assign menu > Joint > Masses command to access the Joint Masses form. In that form:

  2. Click the Show Undeformed Shape button  to remove the displayed joint mass assignments.

  3. Select the joint labeled C in the problem statement.

  4. Click the Assign menu > Joint Loads > Forces command to access the Joint Forces form. In that form:

  5.  Click the Show Undeformed Shape button  to remove the displayed joint force assignments.

  6. Click the Define menu > Functions > Time History command to access the Define Time History Functions form. In that form:

  7. Click the Define menu > Load Cases command to access the Define Load Cases form. In that form:

  8. Click the Analyze menu > Set Analysis Options command to access the Analysis Options form.

  9. Click the Run Analysis button  to display the Set Load Cases to Run form. In that form:

  10. When the analysis is complete, check the messages in the SAP Analysis Monitor window (there should be no warnings or errors). Note in the messages that the first mode period is about 0.5 second. Click the OK button to close the window. Note again in the window title on the screen that the first mode period is about 0.5 second.

  11. Select the joint labeled D in the problem statement.

  12. Click the Display menu > Show Tables command to access the Choose Tables to Display form. In that form:

Note that the maximum displacement occurs for ACASE2, as would be expected because the period of Function 2 is close to the first mode period of the structure.

We have viewed the envelopes of the joint displacement at joint D.  Now we will view the time histories of the displacement. 

  1. Click the Display menu > Show Plot Functions command to access the Plot Function Trace Display Definition form. In that form: