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LUSAS Version 19.1 Worked Examples

This page contains:

  • A link to download an Introduction to the LUSAS worked examples
  • Individual links to worked examples provided in PDF format.

An index of all available documentation for this version is available here.

Software requirements

The LUSAS software version, software product (and version of that product) and any product options that are required in order to run an example will be stated in a usage box at the beginning of each example like this:

For software version: 19.1
For software product(s): All
With product option(s): Nonlinear, Dynamics, Thermal etc.
Note: This example exceeds the limits of the Teaching and Training version

Notes

  • Unless otherwise stated all examples listed and all associated files required are provided as part of a LUSAS installation.
  • LUSAS Analyst or LUSAS Composite products can run bridge or civil examples if a LUSAS Bridge or LUSAS Civil product option has been purchased.

  • LUSAS Composite examples can be run in any software product if a Composite product option has been purchased.

  • The LUSAS Academic software product will run any example, provided the correct product option is selected during start-up.

  • Examples that cannot be run using the Teaching and Training version of LUSAS (which has restrictions on problem size) are noted in the usage box at the beginning of each example.

For more information please download and read the Introduction to the LUSAS worked examples.


 

Read about and download LUSAS worked examples

1. Read the introduction to the LUSAS worked examples

This document contains useful general information about the LUSAS Modeller user interface, how the examples are formatted, and how to run LUSAS. New users should read this first.

pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Introduction to the LUSAS worked examples

 

2. Download a chosen worked example

Browse the list of worked examples below to download a PDF file for use with the appropriate files supplied on your installation

The keywords in the listing below provide a summary of the modelling and results features carried out in each example.

 


Examples for use with all LUSAS software products

Worked Example

Keywords

Notes

pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Linear elastic analysis of a spanner

2D, Inplane, Plane Stress, Linear, Elastic, Regular Meshing, Irregular Meshing, Copy, Rotate, Mirror, Transformation, Groups, Deformed Shape, Contour Plot, Principal Stress Vector Plot, Graph Plotting, Slice Section Results.

Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Arbitrary Section Property Calculation and Use

Section Properties, Arbitrary Section, Holes, Local Library, Server Library, Fibre locations.

Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Contact Analysis of a Lug

2D, Inplane, Plane Stress, Default Assignments, Linear, Slideline, Nonlinear, Contact, Fatigue, Damage, Cycles to Failure, Stress Contours, Displacement Results, Animation, Graph Plotting.

Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Linear Buckling Analysis of a Flat Plate

3D, Shell, Plate, Linear Buckling, Eigenvalue Buckling, Deformed Mesh, Print Results Wizard.

Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Elasto-Plastic Analysis of a V-Notch

2D, Inplane, Plane Stress, Contact, Geometrically Nonlinear (GNL), Materially Nonlinear (MNL), Contour Plot, Elasto Plastic, Yield, Yield Symbol, Plastic Strain, Animation of Results

Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Modal Analysis of a Tuning Fork

2D, Inplane, Intersecting Features, Splitting Features, Surfaces by Joining, Mirroring, Natural Frequency, Eigenvalue, Eigenvalue Control, Interactive Modal Dynamics (IMD), Mode Shapes, Animation, Frequency Response Graphs.

Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Model Response of a Sensor Casing

3D, Shell, Linear, Eigenvalue, Scale Factor Transformation, Interactive Modal Dynamics (IMD), Default Attribute Assignment, Deformed Shape, Frequency Response Function (FRF), Power Spectral Density (PSD), Stress Contours.

Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Thermal Analysis of a Pipe

2D, Inplane, Thermal, Steady State, Transient, Environmental Temperature, Prescribed Temperature

Written for V19

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Examples for LUSAS Composite software

Worked Example

Keywords

Notes

pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Linear Analysis of a Composite Strip

2D, 3D, Composite, Shell, Solid, Lay up. Interlamina Shear, Failure Criteria, Tsai-Wu.

Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Damage Analysis of a Composite Plate

Composite, Hashin, Damage, Nonlinear.

Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Mixed-Mode Delamination

Delamination, Composite, Shell, Nonlinear, Yield Symbol, Contour Plot, Animation.

Written for V19

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Examples for LUSAS Bridge and LUSAS Civil & Structural software

Worked Example

Keywords

Notes

pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Linear analysis of a 2D frame

2D, Frame, Beam, Standard Sections, Fleshing, Copy, Mirror, Deformed Mesh, Axial Force Diagram, Shear Force Diagram, Bending Moment Diagram, Fibre Results, Saved view, Generating a Report, Printing Results.

Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Importing DXF data

2D, Import, DXF.

Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Arbitrary Section Property Calculation and Use

2D, Inplane, Section Properties, Arbitrary Section, Box Section, Holes, Local Library, Server Library, Fibre locations

Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Simple Building Slab Design

2D, Slab Design, Holes, Reinforcement, Wood-Armer, RC Design, Steel Area, Load Combinations, Smart Combinations, SLS, ULS, Cracking.

Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Linear Analysis of a Post Tensioned Bridge

2D, Beam, Single Tendon Prestress Wizard, Post tensioning, Beam Stress recovery.

Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Simple Grillage

2D, Inplane, Y6 Precast Section, Section Property Calculation, Local Library, Grillage/Plate, Grillage, Basic Load Combination, Smart Load Combination, Enveloping, Deformed Mesh, Bending Moment Diagram, Print Results Wizard

Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Simple Slab Deck

3D, Shell, Bridge Loading, Moving Load, Eccentricity, Basic Load Combination, Load Envelope, Peak Values, Deformed Mesh, Contours, Graphing, Wood Armer

Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Wood-Armer Bridge Slab Assessment

2D, Simple Slab, Skew Angle, Wood Armer Reinforcement, Wood Armer Assessment, Safety Factors, Self Weight, General Loading, Knife Edge Loading, General Patch Loading, Combination, Contour Plotting, Display Peak Values.

Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Grillage Load Optimisation

2D, Inplane, Grillage, Vehicle Load optimisation, Load visualisation, Influence surface, Basic Load Combination, Smart Load Combination, Envelope.

Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Bridge Slab Traffic Load Optimisation

2D, Plate, Slab, Modelling, Eurocode, Element Axes, Influence Surface, LUSAS TLO, Vehicle Load Optimisation, Load Combination, Bending Moments, Reactions, Transformed Results, Peak Values.

Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Vehicle Load Optimisation of a Box Beam Bridge

3D, Beam, Bridge, Concrete, Box Girder, Direct Method Influence, Vehicle Load Optimisation.

Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Railway Load Optimisation

3D, Beam, Track Definition, Track layout, Direct Method Influence, Railway Load Optimisation, Onerous Loading Patterns.

Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Add a User Vehicle to the Vehicle Load Optimisation facility

Vehicle load optimisation, BD36/11, SV-TT

Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Bridge Design Load Combinations

2D, Plate, Slab, Vehicle Load Optimisation (VLO), Design Combinations, EN 1990 Bridges, Positive Effects, Negative Effects.

Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Section Slicing of a 3D Shell Structure

3D, Shell, Force, Bending Moments, Forces, Section, Slicing, Effective Width, Shells.

Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Steel Composite Bridge Wizard 3D, Steel, Concrete, Composite, Bridge, Structural, AASHTO 8th Edition, Design Attribute, Beam/Shell Slicing. Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Staged Construction Modelling of a 3-Span Bridge Deck 3D, Steel, Concrete, Composite, Bridge, Structural, AASHTO 8th, Bridge Deck Grillage, VLO, Staged Construction, Load Combinations, Branched Analysis. Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Seismic Response of a 2D Frame (Frequency Domain)

2D, Inplane, Frame, Beam, End Releases, Fleshing, Natural Frequency, Eigenvalue, Spectral Response, Seismic, Axial Force, Shear Force, Bending Moment Diagrams, Participation Factors, Modal Dynamics, Interactive Modal Dynamics (IMD), Modal Response, Global Response, Graphing, Animation, Load Combination.

Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Seismic Response of a 3D Frame (Frequency Domain)

3D, Frame, Seismic, Spectral, Response, Mass Participation, Interactive Modal Dynamics, Excitation, Eigenvalue, CQC Combination.

Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Buckling Analysis of a Plate Girder

3D, Shell, Plate Buckling, Linear Buckling, Eigenvalue Buckling, Deformed Mesh Plot, Printing Eigenvalues.

Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Nonlinear Analysis of a Concrete Beam

2D, Inplane, Plane Stress, Bar Elements, Nonlinear Concrete Model, Element Selection, Concrete Cracking, Steel Reinforcement, Groups, Crack Patterns, Animation, Graph, Load Displacement Curve, Slice Sections.

Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Staged Construction of a Concrete Tower with Creep

3D, Birth, Death, Staged Construction, Activate, Deactivate, Long-Term, Creep, CEB-FIP Concrete Model, Age, Casting, Reference Path

Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  3-Span Concrete Box Beam Bridge of Varying Section

3D, Bridge, Beam, Span, Concrete, Multiple Varying Sections, Box

Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Balanced Cantilever Construction of a Segmental Post Tensioned Bridge

3D, Beam, Staged Construction, Construction Table, Age, Time Management, Prestress Loading, Tendon Profile, Tendon Properties, Tendon Loading, Post Tensioned.

Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Linear Cable Tuning Analysis of a Pedestrian Bridge

3D, Beam, Bar, Cable tuning analysis, Target values, Targets, Exact solution, Linear.

Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  3D Nonlinear Static Analysis of a Cable Stayed Mast

3D, Thick Nonlinear Beam, Nonlinear Control, Geometric Nonlinear Analysis, Axial Force Diagram, Shear Force, Bending Moment Diagram.

Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  2D Consolidation under a Strip Footing

2D, Plane Strain, Consolidation, Pore Water Pressure, Time Stepping, Nonlinear, Transient, Settlement, Two Phase Materials, Default Assignments, Graphs.

Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Drained Nonlinear Analysis of a Retaining Wall

2D, Inplane, Retaining wall, Drained, Nonlinear, Excavation, Surface heave, Plane strain, Prop force, Bending Moment.

Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Embedded Retaining Wall

2D, Inplane, Retaining wall, Drained, Nonlinear, Excavation, Surface heave, Plane strain, Prop force, Bending Moment.

Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Trapezoidal Earth Dam with Drainage Toe

2D, Inplane, Dam, Pore Pressure, Two Phase Material, Consolidation, Displacement reset (Geostatic) step, Transient, Seepage.

Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Staged Construction of a Concrete Dam (Thermal / Structural)

3D, Coupled, Thermal, Birth, Death, Staged Construction, Activate, Deactivate, Heat of hydration, Semi-coupled analysis, Concrete.

Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Early-age Hygro-Thermal Cracking of a Concrete Dam

3D, Dam, Concrete, Coupled, Hygro-Thermal, Staged Construction, Activate, Deactivate, Heat of hydration, Semi-coupled analysis, Crack widths

Written for V19

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Examples for the RC Frame Design software option

Worked Example

Keywords

Notes

pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  RC Frame Design 3D, Frame, Concrete, Steel – Reinforcing bar, Design code checks, Eurocode 2, EN 1992-2, Design Member, Design Attribute, Load Combinations, Enveloping, Member Utilisation Ratio, Reporting

Written for V19

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Examples for Steel Frame Design software option

Worked Example

Keywords

Notes

pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Steel Frame Design 3D, Frame, Structural Steel, Design code checks, Eurocode 3, EN 1993-1-1, Design Member, Design Attribute, Load Combinations, Enveloping, Error Codes, Member Utilisation Ratio, Member Report, Reporting.

Written for V19

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Examples for the Steel and Composite Deck Designer software option

For Composite Deck Designer

Worked Example

Keywords

Notes

pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Composite Bridge Deck Design 3D, Steel, Concrete, Composite, Bridge, Structural, Design code checks, AASHTO 8th, Bridge Deck Grillage, Design Member, Design Attribute, VLO, Staged Construction, Load Combinations, Branched Analysis, Member Utilisation Ratio, Member Report, Reporting, Steel Composite Bridge Wizard Written for V19

For PontiEC4

Worked Example

Keywords

Notes

pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Assessment of a Composite Bridge Deck to Eurocodes 3D, Steel, Composite, Deck, Designer, EC4, Design, Checking, Import, Export, ULS, SLS, Graphing, Detailed design. Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Composite Highway Bridge 3D, Steel, Composite, Deck, Designer, EC4, Design, Checking, Import, Export, ULS, SLS, Graphing, Detailed design. Written for V19

Note.these examples are also provided with a PontiEC4 installation.

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Examples for the IMD Plus software option

Worked Example

Keywords

Notes

pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Seismic Response of a 2D Frame (Frequency Domain)

2D, Frame, Seismic, Time Domain, Response, Mass Participation, Interactive Modal Dynamics, IMD, Excitation, Eigenvalue, Secondary Response Spectra.

Written for V19

pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Seismic Response of a 3D Frame (Frequency Domain)

3D, Frame, Seismic, Time Domain, Response, Interactive Modal Dynamics, IMD, Excitation, Eigenvalue, Modal Combination.

Written for V19

pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Train Induced Vibration of a Bridge

3D, Moving Load, Time Domain, Response, Interactive, Modal, Dynamics, IMD, IMDPlus, Eigenvalue.

 Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  High Speed Train Modelling through Sprung Masses

2D, Inplane, Moving Mass, Time domain, Response, Interactive Modal Dynamics, IMD, IMDPlus, Eigenvalue.

 Written for V19

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Examples for the Rail Track Analysis software option

Worked Example

Keywords

Notes

pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Track-Structure Interaction to UIC 774-3 UIC774-3, Track-Structure Interaction, TSI, Rail, Railbed. Written for V19
pdficonsmall.gif (153 bytes)  Track-Structure Interaction with Offset bearings and Train Loading Groups UIC774-3, Track-Structure Interaction, TSI, Rail, Railbed. Offset beraings, Train Loading Groups Written for V19
     

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Searching LUSAS Worked Examples (with keywords)

This index of examples and keywords is provided to assist in the search for an example for a particular application.

Advanced searching using Adobe Acrobat Reader

As an alternative to searching for keywords to find a relevant example, Adobe Acrobat Reader can be used to search a single PDF file, or a number of PDF files in a specified folder by using its advanced search facilty.

To access the Advanced search facility in Adobe Acrobat Reader press the Ctrl + Shift + F keys simultaneously. This provides the options to search:

  • In the current document
  • All PDF documents in <a specified folder>

To search for a keyword in multiple PDF documents in a specified folder:

1. Select the Browse for location option

2. Browse to the <LUSAS Installation Folder> PDF manuals> EnglishUS> Worked Examples folder

3. Enter a word or phrase you wish to search for

4. Press the Search button.

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