Validation of an automated torsional and warping stress analysis program
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Azzinari, Stephen Mark.
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1992-08
Date
Aug-92
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Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School
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en_US
Abstract
An automated procedure for determining warping and torsional stresses in open steel members was developed by Joseph Palacak, Jr. in 1985. His FORTRAN program, called 'TORSION', determined stresses in wide flange, channel, and single angle members under various longitudinal bending and torsional loadings. In order to validate the 'TORSION' program, twelve test cases were run and compared to the same cases analyzed using a commonly used manual technique. For this manual technique, the Torsional Analysis Case Charts, developed by Bethlehem Steel were used to compute warping and torsional stresses. Tables comparing the calculated stresses by the 'TORSION' program and the torsion tables were developed. In addition, stress values from the hand-calculated problems were compared to values from GTSTRUDL output. Comparison tables between GTSTRUDL and the hand-calculated values are also presented.
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CIVINS (Civilian Institutions) Thesis document
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Civil Engineering
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U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, CIVINS program
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.