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This document provides steps to model a curved concrete box girder with compressive struts in midas FEA. It describes using various geometry tools such as vertex input, creating curves and surfaces, mirroring, fusing, and revolving to generate the curved shape of the girder. Meshing is also briefly mentioned. The 11 steps cover tasks such as setting the analysis type and units, inputting vertex coordinates, creating curves and surfaces, applying transformations, and generating the final revolved geometry representing the curved box girder.

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FEA Tutorials FA1

This document provides steps to model a curved concrete box girder with compressive struts in midas FEA. It describes using various geometry tools such as vertex input, creating curves and surfaces, mirroring, fusing, and revolving to generate the curved shape of the girder. Meshing is also briefly mentioned. The 11 steps cover tasks such as setting the analysis type and units, inputting vertex coordinates, creating curves and surfaces, applying transformations, and generating the final revolved geometry representing the curved box girder.

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midas FEA Training Series TP-3.

Curved concrete box girder

TP-3. Curved concrete box girder with compressive struts


Overview
 Modeling a curved concrete
box girder with compressive
struts
 Geometry
- Mirror
- Fuse
- Revolve
- Rotate
- Cut
 Mesh
- Auto Mesh

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midas FEA Training Series TP-3. Curved concrete box girder

Step 1.
1. Analysis > Analysis Control – Control tab
2. Analysis Type : 3D
3. Click Button (Unit System)
4. Length : m
2 5. Click on [OK] Button
6. Click on [OK] Button

4
6

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midas FEA Training Series TP-3. Curved concrete box girder

Step 2. 1. Geometry > Work Plane > Move…


2. Select the “Ref. Plane” tab
3. Select “XZ” plane as reference face
2 4. Click on [OK] Button

3 5. Toggle on “Normal” view

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X Y Z
0.00 0.00 0.00
Step 3. 0.00 0.00 3.81
0.00 0.00 3.54
0.00 0.00 0.23
-1.63 0.00 0.23 1. Geometry > Vertex > Tabular Input...
-1.63 0.00 3.54 2. Copy the highlighted tabulated coordinates
-1.88 0.00 0.66 into the dialog box.
-1.88 0.00 0.33
-2.00 0.00 0.66 3. Click on [OK] Button
-2.00 0.00 3.40
-2.22 0.00 0.00 4. Toggle off “Toggle Grid”
-2.27 0.00 3.29 5. Hide Datum & WP
-2.27 0.00 0.66
-2.39 0.00 0.66
-2.39 0.00 0.35
2 -2.64 0.00 0.27
-2.77 0.00 3.49
-3.54 0.00 3.49 2 4
-4.58 0.00 3.02
-4.79 0.00 3.48
-4.79 0.00 3.18
-4.95 0.00 3.03
-6.58 0.00 0.64
-6.77 0.00 1.05
-7.16 0.00 0.46
-7.16 0.00 1.04
-7.18 0.00 1.00
-7.29 0.00 0.67
-7.32 0.00 0.61
3 -10.95 0.00 2.87
-13.21 0.00 2.80
-16.73 0.00 3.16 5
-16.73 0.00 3.48
-17.82 0.00 3.81
-17.82 0.00 3.28

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midas FEA Training Series TP-3. Curved concrete box girder

Step 4.

1. Geometry > Curve > Create on WP > line...


2. Toggle on “Vertex Snap”
2 3. Connect the nodes as shown in the picture
4. Click on [Cancel] Button

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midas FEA Training Series TP-3. Curved concrete box girder

Step 5.

1. Geometry > Surface > Create > Plane Face ...


2. Select the highlighted edges
3. Click on [Apply] Button

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midas FEA Training Series TP-3. Curved concrete box girder

Step 6.

1. Geometry > Surface > Create > Plane Face ...


2. Select the highlighted edges
3. Click on [OK] Button

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midas FEA Training Series TP-3. Curved concrete box girder

Step 7.
1 1. Toggle on “Isometric 1” view
2. Geometry > Transform > Mirror ...
3. Select all
4. Select the highlighted plane
2 5. Click on [OK] Button

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midas FEA Training Series TP-3. Curved concrete box girder

Step 8.
1. Toggle on “Front” view

1
2. Geometry > Surface > Fuse ...
3. Select two highlighted faces
3
4. Click on [OK] Button
5. Select the highlighted lines and delete them

5 5

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midas FEA Training Series TP-3. Curved concrete box girder

Step 9.
1. Geometry > Work Plane > Move…
5 2. Select the “Tran & Rot” tab
2
3. Angle: 90 [Deg]
4. Click on [OK] Button
5. Toggle on “Isometric 1” view
6. Toggle on “Grid Snap”

3
6

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midas FEA Training Series TP-3. Curved concrete box girder

Step 10.
1. Geometry > Curve > Create on WP > Curve …
2. Location: (300,0)
3. Select the starting point of the curve as shown in the picture
4. Draw the “Guide Curve” as shown in the picture (arbitrary length)
5. Click on [Cancel] Button
6. Toggle on “Top” view
2

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midas FEA Training Series TP-3. Curved concrete box girder

Step 11.
1. Geometry > Vertex > Create ...
2. Type: Conic Center
2 3. Select the curve as shown in the picture
4. Click on [OK] Button
3
5. Toggle on “Isometric 1” view

5
midas FEA Training Series TP-3. Curved concrete box girder

Step 12.
1. Geometry > Datum > Axis ...
2. Type: Vertex and Direction
3. Select the conic center for vertex
3
4. Select Z-Axis as reference direction
5. Click on [OK] Button
2

3
midas FEA Training Series TP-3. Curved concrete box girder

Step 13.
1. Geometry > Generate Features > Revolve …
2. Select all the faces
3. Select the new generated axis as reference axis
2
4. Tick on “Reverse Direction”

3 5. Angle: 30 [Deg]
6. Click on [OK] Button

2
6

3
midas FEA Training Series TP-3. Curved concrete box girder

Step 14. 1. Geometry > Work Plane > Move…


2. Select the “Tran & Rot” tab

2 3. Rotation: x-Axis
4. Angle: 90 [Deg]
5. Click on [OK] Button
6. Toggle on “Normal” view

3,4

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Step 15. 1. Geometry > Curve > Create on WP > Rectangle (Wire)…
2. Tick on “Make Face”
3. Toggle on “Grid Snap” view
4. Draw an arbitrary face as shown in the picture
5. Click on [Apply] Button
6. Click on [Cancel] Button

2 3

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midas FEA Training Series TP-3. Curved concrete box girder

Step 16. 1. Geometry > Transform > Rotate …


2. Select the highlighted face
3. Select the new generated axis as reference axis
2 4. Select “Uniform Copy”
3 5. Angle: -5 [Deg]
6. Number of Times: 5
7. Click on [OK] Button

5,6

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midas FEA Training Series TP-3. Curved concrete box girder

Step 17. 1. Toggle on “Top” view


2. Geometry > Transform > Rotate …
3. Select 6 faces
3 4. Select the new generated axis as reference axis
4 5. Select “Uniform Copy”
6. Angle: -1 [Deg]
7. Number of Times: 1
8. Click on [OK] Button

6,7

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Step 18. 1. Geometry > Solid > Divide…


2. Select all the solid elements

2 3. Select 12 faces for “Tool Surface(s)”


4. Click on [OK] Button
3

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Step 19. 1. Select the highlighted segments and Delete them

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midas FEA Training Series TP-3. Curved concrete box girder

Step 20. 1. Geometry > Boolean Operation > Fuse…


2. Select one segment as Boolean Master
3. Select other segments as Boolean Tool(s)
4. Check off Merge Faces
2,3 5. Click on [OK] Button

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midas FEA Training Series TP-3. Curved concrete box girder

Step 21. 1. Mesh > Auto Mesh > Solid…


2. Select the solid model
3. Element size: 2
4. Property: 1
5. Click on [OK] Button

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