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Copyright Computers and Structures, Inc., 2009
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2009-05-05
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Description user, the hinge properties will be calculated for the actual amount of rebar specified for the section. The AASHTO/USGS LRFD 2007 built-in response-spectrum function has been added, using data corresponding to 5% probability of exceedance in 50 years (7% probability of exceedance in 75 years), or approximately 1000-year return period. Material-based damping has been implemented for direct-integration time-history and frequencydomain (steady-state and PSD) analysis. For each material, you may specify mass- and stiffnessproportional viscous damping coefficients to be used for direct-integration time history analysis, and separate mass- and stiffness-proportional hysteretic damping coefficients to be used for frequency-domain analysis. This damping acts in addition to that specified for the load case. The loads applied to tendons that are modeled as elements have been changed to now allow elastic, creep, shrinkage, and steel-relaxation losses to be specified. Previously these losses were only available for tendons modeled as loads. If present, they act in addition to the losses computed by analysis. For this reason, the elastic loss should usually be set to zero for tendons modeled as elements. The default parameterized stress-strain curves for unconfined Mander-model concrete have been modified to better capture the shape of the curve, and to reduce the negative slope after ultimate, usually to be no steeper than about 10% of the initial elastic slope. This improves convergence behavior during nonlinear analysis. The net area under the compression curve has not been significantly changed from Version 12.0.2, so that the generated confined Mander-model curves will be little changed. The Chinese section-property database file Chinese.PRO has been updated.
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Incident
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Description being S11 for all elements. This was previously done for steel girders under Incident 17011. It is now extended to the concrete decks, webs, soffits, and the webs and flanges of U-girders modeled as areas, as may be applicable to different cross sections. An enhancement was implemented for the Bridge Modeler that allows parametric variations to be specified for the deck section reference point in the X and Y local directions. This gives more control over the eccentricity of the superstructure with respect to the layout line at widenings and for other situations.
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SAP2000 V14.0.0
2009-05-05
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Incident
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Description now be run in the Plus and Advanced levels without the Staged-Construction license. This allows consideration of multiple configurations of the same structure, such as gravity and lateral framing, alternative support conditions, separate portions of a structure, and other applications. Base-reaction calculation for response-spectrum and modal time history analysis has been changed to more accurately account for inertial forces due to mass at joints supported by springs or grounded links. They were previously calculated using the accelerated mass, but more accurate results are now obtained directly from the springs and grounded (one-joint) links. For this to work well when very stiff springs or supports are used, eigen vectors should include static correction vectors, or else Ritz vectors should be used. The effect of this change will be small for the usual case of small masses at the springs or supports, and for adequate mass participation ratios. Note that inertial effects at restrained DOF are not included in the base reaction for the previous or current version. Base reaction refers to the total resultant support force for the structure, not to the individual joint reactions, which have not changed. The handling of constrained joints in staged construction has been changed. Previously all constrained joints deflected with the master joint as soon as any joint in a given constraint was present in the structure. Now the deflections of a constrained joint will not be updated until that joint has been added to the structure. The user can control when the joints begin to deflect by adding constrained joints at any stage, even before any connected elements are added. Base reaction calculation has been changed to exclude the force coming from constraints. This is consistent with how sections cuts are calculated. If reactions are needed at joints connected to constraints, the support condition should be modeled using springs or grounded (one-joint) links rather than restraints.
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SAP2000 V14.0.0
2009-05-05
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Incident
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Description according to the current code. (5) K factors for the columns are now calculated based on the Wood's chart as recommended by the code. Previously the K factors were being taken as one. (6) For the design of T-beams, the depth of neutral axis, xu, is now being compared with the depth of the flange. Previously the depth of an equivalent rectangular compression block depth, 0.84*xu, was being compared with Df. The new implementation matches the Appendix G closely. (7) The effect of axial force upon the allowable average shear stress, Tau_cd, is now being taken into consideration. Previously, the effect of axial force was being ignored. The effect of this enhancement is usually small as beams do not carry significant axial force. The column shear design was already considering the effect of axial force. (8) Beam and column shear design has been enhanced by providing at least the minimum shear rebar even when Tau_v < 0.5*Tau_cd. Previously the minimum shear rebar was being provided only when Tau_v was in the range 0.5*Tau_cd < Tau_v < Tau_cd + 0.4*MPa. (9) The moment amplification factors have been removed from the design overwrites. These factors were not being used, since the program assumes that P-Delta analysis is performed explicitly. Load combinations containing both Quake (seismic) load and Wind load cases are now internally tagged as of type Quake. This allows steel and concrete frame design to consider special seismic requirements. Earlier these combinations were being tagged as of type Other thus ignoring special seismic requirements. The user has the option to change the design type of the load combination. Multiple enhancements have been made to steel frame design using the Chinese code. These includes the following items: (1) The program now calculates the Mue factor (K factor) for Sway and Nonsway cases based on the equations provided in Appendix D of GB 50017 code. The factors are used as appropriate for Sway and Nonsway Moment Resisting Frame (2) In addition to previous types Column, Beam, and Brace, a member can now be designated as Truss for design purposes. When a member is designated as a Truss all moments are ignored for design, which may be unconservative. Special lo/r limits are applied for Truss members. (3) Single and Double Angle sections are now treated as Class B. Previously they were treated as Class C. (4) Two new limits have been added to the overwrites: lo/r for compression and l/r for tension. Using these limits, the user can supersede all other such limits as recommended by the code. By default, program-recommended values will be used for both regular design and seismic design. If these new overwrites are assigned to a given member, then the overwrites control the design of that member. Setting the overwrites back to zero resumes default behavior using programrecommended values for that member. (5) A new factor, the Dual System Seismic Magnification Factor, has been introduced in the design overwrites. This allows the user to increase the forces to ensure that the steel frame takes at least 25% of base shear. This value is not calculated by the program, and its default value is 1. If the user overwrites this value, the program amplifies the forces by this factor when designing the member for load combinations that contain seismic loads. The program does not check framing type or element type for applicability, but simply uses the factor as specified by the user. (6) A new framing type, Braced Moment Resisting Frame, has been introduced in the preferences and overwrites. This is in addition to the previous types Moment Resisting Frame, Concentrically Braced Frame, and Eccentrically Braced Frame. Also, the previous type Moment Resisting Frame has been renamed as Sway Moment Resisting Frame for clarity. The framing type allows the program to choose the appropriate Mue factor to be calculated by default. (7) A new option namely Is Tall Building? has been added to the preferences. This setting is used by the program to set the default values for gamma, phi_b, b/t slenderness limit, etc., and
SAP2000 V14.0.0
2009-05-05
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Incident
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Description to impose the limits like lo/r and b/t slenderness in a more accurate way. Previously the default values were always calculated assuming a tall building. Multiple enhancements have been made to concrete frame design using the Chinese code. These includes the following items: (1) The column effective-length calculations have been enhanced to reflect the GB50010 section 7.3.11-1 and GB50010 section 7.3.11-2 more closely. The K factors used for lateral load governing cases are calculated based on the equations given in section 7.3.11-2. The K factors used for gravity load governing cases are taken from the default value. During design time the appropriate K factors are used for each load combo being considered. Both types of K factors (for lateral and gravity load governing cases) for both major and minor direction buckling are now over-writable. (2) The governing N/(fc*A) is now reported for all columns, whether or not the combinations involve seismic load. Previously the program reported this information only for seismic design. Now it is always reported, but only for seismic design is it compared with its limiting value. (3) Three new options have been added to the preferences: Structural System, Is Tall Building?, and Seismic Field. These settings are used by the program to set the default values for minimum steel rebar percentage and the limit on N/(fc*A) in a more accurate way. Previously the default values for these values were fixed and the user had no control over them. Plotted output for concrete beam design has been enhanced to produce the envelope of the results over the left quarter, middle half, and right quarter of the beam length. Previously results were reported only at the left station, the right station, and the station closest to the middle of the beam. Tabulated results are for all stations.
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2009-05-05
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Description plates/polygons are overlapped, the section properties were not being calculated correctly. Similarly, the fiber model for the overlapped steel plates was not excluding the duplicated fibers. Both issues have been resolved. An Incident was resolved for Section Designer in which the initial rotation was not being set to zero when a general shape was converted to a polygon, causing some of the section properties of the converted polygon not to be calculated correctly. An Incident was resolved for Section Designer in which the torsional constant (J) and shear areas (As2 and As3) were incorrectly calculated for the steel box (tube) and pipe sections. The maximum and minimum axial capacities (Pmax and Pmin) used for moment-curvature were also incorrectly calculated. Both issues are now resolved. An Incident was resolved for Section Designer in which the section properties and axial strength were not properly calculated for a steel box (tube), pipe, or double-angle filled with another material. An Incident was resolved in which the Edit > Copy command used when displaying the PMM interaction surface always copied the Design-Code results even when the Fiber-Model results were being displayed. Now the selected results will be copied. An Incident was resolved in which Section Designer was not updating the section properties (area, moments of inertia, etc.) to reflect changes made to the section until analysis time unless the section properties, PMM surface, or moment-curvature relationships were displayed inside Section Designer itself. This was a display issue only and did not affect analysis results. An Incident was resolved in which Section Designer shapes that were fully contained inside larger shapes did not automatically govern as expected. However, correct results were obtained if the larger shape was moved backward behind the smaller shape. This problem was introduced in Version 12.0.2, and did not exist previously. An Incident was resolved for Section Designer in which rebar line objects were not being accounted for in the moment-curvature plot after first being added to the section or imported from tables until analysis is performed. This means that the displayed moment-curvature plot may not display correctly, although analysis results were correct, and subsequent displays were correct. An Incident was resolved in which an exception (runtime error) was sometimes generated after updating a Section Designer concrete section that has no rebar. This error was rare. An Incident was resolved for Section Designer in which the replicate and snap-to-intersection options were not working correctly for reference lines.
SAP2000 V14.0.0
2009-05-05
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Description An Incident was resolved for the Bridge Modeler in which bearing elements did not always connect properly to girders in models with horizontal curve and negative superelevation. An Incident was resolved for the Bridge Modeler in which the Bridge Object command Copy Tendon to All Girders produced incorrect results when the deck cross section is using precast U girders. Previously the tendons got copied to the left most point on the girder cross section. Now they are being centered on the U girders. Similarly, the command to move an individual tendon will now center the tendon horizontally on a U girder.
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2009-05-05
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Description An Incident was resolved in which the units imported from an Excel spreadsheet into the Advanced Report Writer were properly converted into current units, but the units listed in the printed tables were not correspondingly converted. An Incident was resolved in which an exception (runtime error) was generated trying to use the command Display > Show Virtual Work Diagram when no linear static cases had been defined. An Incident was resolved in which plot functions for shell stresses and resultants sometimes would not produce any display, or would produce only zeroes for layered shell stresses. An incident was resolved where the user specified range for a displayed pushover curve was internally using database units while the curve itself was internally using present units An Incident was resolved in which it was not possible to change the bridge object being displayed in the Bridge Response Display form when viewing design results.
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2009-05-05
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Description An incident was resolved for steel frame design using the Chinese 2002 code in which the Design Type was always being reported as Beam in the detailed display even though the column was being appropriately designed as a column. An incident was resolved for steel frame design using the Chinese 2002 code that sometimes prevented the Seismic Magnification Factor from being available in the Overwrites form even though seismic load was present in the model. When this was the case, the program was calculating the seismic magnification factor automatically for specific member types (column, beam, and brace) in specific framing types (Sway Moment Resisting Frame, Braced Moment Resisting Frame, Concentrically Braced Frame, and Eccentrically Braced Frame) as recommended by the code. Only the ability to overwrite the program-determined value was affected.
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SAP2000 V14.0.0
2009-05-05
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Incident 17552
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Description correctly for a grid other than 3x3 rectangular. An Incident was resolved in which using Interactive Database Editing to modify the Lane Definition Data table would sometimes generate an error if any Lanes were defined or deleted using the Bridge > Lanes menu command before using the Interactive Database Editor. An Incident was resolved in which Section Designer sections imported from database tables or the Interactive Database Editor did not always correctly maintain the forward/backward ordering of the contained shapes when many shapes were present in the section. An Incident was resolved for the Interactive Database Editor in which changing the number of time steps in the table Case Modal History 1 General also changed the damping to 5% constant regardless of the type of damping previously specified. An Incident was resolved in which the casing material for a Caltrans-type Section Designer section was not properly being imported from database tables. An incident was resolved in which an exception (runtime error) was generated when importing certain rectangular shapes in Section Designer sections. An Incident was resolved in which an exception (runtime error) was being generated when performing sorting operations on displayed tables that were maximized. An Incident was resolved for database import where only the first one of multiple joint mass assignments to a given joint was imported. The other joint mass assignments to that joint in the database table were ignored. This had affected the following three tables: Joint Added Mass Assignments, Joint Added Mass By Weight Assignments, and Joint Added Mass By Volume Assignments. An Incident was resolved in which, when importing a Bridge superstructure design request, a Bridge-Start to Bridge-End station range would be added to any user-defined station ranges. An Incident was resolved in which importing database table Bridge DesReqSuper - Demand AASHTO STD 2002 CboxStress generated an exception (runtime error). An Incident was resolved in which Section Designer sections imported from database tables sometimes set the area and diameter to zero for the confinement rebar in a Mander model, resulting in a change to the generated moment-curvature relationships. An Incident was resolved in which Section Designer sections imported from database tables did not properly import the setting that determined if rebar limiting strains were to be computed automatically using Caltrans bar-size-dependent criteria. As a result, the rebar stress-strain curve could be different after import, affecting the moment-curvature relationship. An Incident was resolved in which openings in Section Designer shapes were sometimes exported to database tables as having rebar material properties, causing an error upon import. An Incident was resolved in which the coordinate system used (Cartesian/cylindrical) to define the fiber layout in a Section Designer section was not being saved in the data base tables. On import, the system was being assumed as Cartesian.
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2009-05-05
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Description An Incident was resolved in which the OpenAPI function SapModel.PropLink.SetLinear returned an error code when trying to set coupled stiffness and/or damping properties. The function worked correctly for uncoupled stiffness and/or damping. An Incident was resolved in which the OpenAPI function SapModel.DesignConcrete.GetSummaryResultsBeam did not return values for arguments TopArea and TopCombo. An incident was resolved in which the API function to add default design combos was only adding strength combos. It now adds both strength and deflection combos when appropriate.. An incident was resolved in which the OpenAPI functions that set and get design preference and design overwrite data had minor errors: (1) Conversion to/from present units was not performed for Chinese 2002 code overwrite item 16 (concrete cover for closed stirrup) and for CSA A23.3-04 code overwrite item 15 (Maximum aggregate size). (2) Items 12, 13, and 14 for GetPreference for the NZS 3101-95 code returned incorrect values. (3) Items 7 through 12 for GetOverwrite for the Italian DM 14-2-92 code returned incorrect values. An Incident was resolved in which the Open API function SapModel.PropMaterial.AddQuick created tendon and rebar materials as isotropic rather than as uniaxial.
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* Incident 17430 17719 Description Three new manuals are available as .PDF files and bound into a single printed volume: Introduction to SAP2000/Bridge, SAP2000/Bridge Seismic Design, and SAP2000/Bridge Superstructure Design. The CSI Analysis Reference Manual has been corrected for the description of how the frameelement local 1 axis may change orientation along the length of an element having both a nonprismatic cross section and a non-centroidal cardinal point. This type of element is common in spine models generated by the Bridge Modeler. All documentation and Help systems have been updated for the new release, including new manual for new features.
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* Incident 17043 Description Version number changed to 14.0.0.
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2009-01-28
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Incident 17011
Description For bridge-model (BrIM) steel girders modeled as shell areas, the shell local 1 axis is now oriented longitudinally along top web-flange junction. Advanced local axes are assigned to the shell objects comprising the web and both flanges, using the local 3-1 plane and the two joints common to the web and the top flange, in the up-station direction. This results in the longitudinal girder stress being S11 for web and flanges.
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2009-01-28
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Description Several Incidents were resolved for the Bridge Modeler in which nonprismatic steel girders modeled as shells had several issues in the generated model: (1) Joints at transitions in the flange were over-constrained, resulting in loss of useful stress information, and causing problems in the handling of competing constraints during analysis. This was mostly resolved with Incident 11102 in which the haunch definition was changed and the joints aligned at the top and bottom of the webs. All rigid body constraints were removed and replaced with edge constraints. (2) The BrIM section cut group could miss some area objects at nonprismatic girder transitions. (3) Zero length area objects for the girder were sometimes being created at the abutment, resulting in connectivity problems. (4) Updating the linked model multiple times created duplicate unmerged joints at the abutment resulting in loss of connectivity. (5) For curved bridges with skew discretization lines, the flange width was incorrectly calculated. As a result of these changes, model behavior has been improved. See also Enhancement 11102 for related changes. An Incident was resolved in which BrIM support bearings at bents and abutments were sometimes incorrectly located in the horizontal plane when a non-zero grade or skew was present. This has been resolved by locating the bearings (1) longitudinally: along the bent/abutment skew line that starts from the specified station on the reference line, and (2) transversely: directly below the bottom of the girder. An Incident was resolved in which the tendon position was not correctly calculated for BrIM boxgirder sections with super-elevation applied when the girders were not kept vertical. An Incident was resolved in which BrIM models with multiple bridge objects connected together at a double bent were overly constrained together. This was resolved by (1) assigning a nonzero merge number to all joints at the start end of the bridge object if there is a double-bent support there, and (2) removing the rigid body constraints that were applied to the deck sections. The rigid-body constraints have also been removed from interior double bents as well (different merge numbers are already used there.)
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2009-01-28
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* Incident 15657 16872 Description The program level (Basic, Plus, Advanced) is now shown in the analysis log (.LOG) file. Version number changed to 12.0.2.
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Description termination. An Incident was resolved in Section Designer in which, for the Caltrans section, changing the confinement material caused errors in the plotting of the rebar steel and Mander concrete stressstrain curves. An Incident was resolved in Section Designer in which user-defined stress-strain curves were not being fully used for calculating moment-curvature: concrete curves were assuming zero tension and metal curves were assuming that the compression behavior was symmetric to the tension behavior. Now user-defined curves are used as given. An Incident was resolved in Section Designer that caused a runtime error when converting pipe/box sections to polygons. An Incident was resolved in Section Designer in which the method for calculating shear area failed in special cases due to the tolerances being used. An Incident was resolved in which Section Designer Caltrans default materials translated from Version 11 were not properly normalized, resulting in stress-strain values that were too large. An Incident was resolved in which the assignment of Caltrans hinges sometimes failed because the estimate by Section Designer of the compressive axial capacity for the column was too large. This was due to using the full strength of confined Mander materials, which may not occur at the same strain as the maximum strength of the unconfined concrete. The calculation of the axial strength has been changed to use the unconfined fc for all concrete, leading to a conservative estimate consistent with design codes. Hinge fiber stress-strain curves generated from Section Designer have been improved to include strength loss, according to the unloading slope specified for the material property. Previously, the generated stress-strain curves for rebar and steel did not lose strength, leading to excessive ductility in some frame fiber hinges. An Incident was resolved in which the moment-curvature relationships calculated for sections having no concrete material were incorrect. An Incident was resolved in which Section Designer was creating temporary files in the installation folder. Now they are created in the users temp folder.
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2008-10-17
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Description An Incident was resolved in which the moving-load case created by the Quick BrIM template model did not appear in the Run form unless Define > Load Case was first used. An Incident was resolved in which bearing properties were not always correctly assigned to the link objects in the linked model when a bent is changed from single-bearing type to double-bearing type after previously updating the linked model. An Incident was resolved in which a bridge abutment modeled as a beam sometimes generated a duplicate-name error message, and added restraints in addition to the specified foundation springs. An Incident was resolved in which link objects representing bearings were sometimes incorrectly connected to the origin for abutments in models having a nonzero grade. An Incident was resolved in which a runtime error was generated when updating a linked model that contains two superstructure deck sections with different numbers of girders coming together at a double-bearing bent. A message is now provided that indicates you should use two different bridge objects to handle this situation. An Incident was resolved which addressed several issues regarding the linked model being created for bridge abutments: (1) Soil springs, and the grade beam if present, were not properly located when there was a horizontal offset in the deck section, (2) The horizontal offset of the grade beam itself used the wrong sign, and (3) The length of the grade beam did not remain constant with skew, but was being increased to keep the projected transverse length constant.
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Description buckling cases, but could affect other linear cable response as well. For tendons modeled as loads, the distribution of forces to elements has been improved. This generally results in greater accuracy and significantly increased speed. It also resolves an Incident in which analysis would sometimes fail during creation of the model when tendons were present in triangular shells. Because of this change, Verification Example 5-009 reports a change in results from Version 12.0.0 of -0.00891%. This represents a slight improvement in results toward the independent reference value. An Incident was resolved in which P-M2, P-M3, and P-M2-M3 frame hinges did not always follow the moment-curvature backbone curve when there was significant axial deformation, i.e., further away from the balance point. The ductility was too small and the strength was too large. An Incident was resolved in which models could not always be analyzed if they contained mixed area section properties of types shell, plane, and asolid. An Incident was resolved in which the link object-element relationship may be incorrect when using panel zones. This may cause the analysis to not run, or to reference the incorrect link element when displaying analysis results. An Incident was resolved in which the sign of the R2 stiffness and damping coupling terms for the linear 6x6 link element was reversed for linear analyses, including modal and modal time-history. It was correct for nonlinear static and nonlinear direct-integration, and the frequency-dependent stiffness matrix was also correct. As stated in the CSI Analysis Reference Manual, the link internal R2 degree of freedom is based on the frame element design convention, and therefore is of opposite sign from the corresponding external degree of freedom. This is now correctly implemented for all analyses. An Incident was resolved in which shell joint offsets were not being accounted for in generating the joint loads for contained tendon objects modeled as loads. Tendons modeled as elements were correct. You may want to use V12.0.1 to re-verify models with these types of tendons that were run in previous version. Such models may include BrIM models that have tendons modeled as loads, although the practical effect is usually small. An Incident was resolved in which bridge moving-load analysis based on influence surfaces produced results that were somewhat too large (over-conservative) for vehicle uniform loads having width acting on lanes having width. Results were not affected for axle loads, nor for uniform loads of zero width, nor for any vehicle loads acting on lanes of zero width.
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2008-10-17
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* Incident 15496 15566 Description Version number changed to 12.0.1. The Chinese translation has been updated.
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2008-07-15
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Description A staged-construction scheduler feature has been added to the BrIM modeler that enables you to create staged-construction load cases using Gantt-chart methodology. Complex staged-construction projects can be easily laid out and modified. Multiple schedules can be maintained. A SAP2000 BrIM license is required for this feature, although you can use it for non-bridge models as well. See the on-line help and the Watch & Learn for more information. Temperature loading has been added to the BrIM modeler, including uniform temperature change and nonlinear temperature gradients, both positive and negative. Gradients are built-in for AASHTO and JTG design codes, and user-specified gradients are available. Tendon objects generated from BrIM models inherit the same name they were given in the Bridge Object, provided that the name is unique. This simplifies the identification of tendons in stagedconstruction analysis. Groups can now be defined within a Bridge Object based on a station range and type of bridge components (girder, top slab, bent, bearing, etc.) When updating a linked model, all SAP2000 objects created are automatically assigned to the corresponding group, simplifying stagedconstruction analysis. Significant enhancements have been made to the BrIM for more detailed modeling of common bridges. Bearings and foundation springs are now defined independently of the bents and abutments. Bents may have a single line of bearings for continuous superstructures, or a double line of bearings for discontinuous superstructures. Abutments may be modeled as soil springs of grade beams (abutments seats). More control of bearing placement and alignment is available. Span layout has been simplified, and other refinements have been added. The BrIM Wizard has been enhanced to guide you through the new features. For more information, see the online help and the Watch & Learn tutorial. Detailed design checking has been implemented for prestressed concrete box-girder superstructures according to the AASHTO LRFD 2007 code. Separate design checks are available for stress, flexural capacity, shear capacity, and principal stress. For more information, see the online help and documentation, and the Watch & Learn tutorial. New vehicles have been added, including the AASHTO LRFD Fatigue truck, and the Caltrans P9 Fatigue permit truck. Length effects can now be specified for vehicles. Built-in types include AASHTO Standard impact effect, British HA effect (previously available), Chinese JTG effect, and user-defined length effects. Length effects can be separately specified for concentrated and distributed loads. For concentrated loads, the magnitude of the load may vary with span length. For distributed load, the magnitude of the load may vary with the entire loaded length. Both lengths are computed automatically from the individual influence line of each response quantity.
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2008-07-15
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Description analysis cases) can now specify individual objects as well as groups. Linear buckling analysis is now available in the PLUS level of the program as well as the Advanced level of the program. A parallel/multi-threaded equation solver has been implemented in addition to the existing standard and advanced solvers. The new solver offers significant speed-up on multi-processor machines, but is also somewhat faster than the advanced solver on single-processor machines. The new solver does not provide any instability information, so you should first check your structure for stability using eigen modal analysis, or by using the advanced or standard solvers.
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Description The menu command Design > Lateral Bracing was changed to be enabled only when frame objects are selected, and to only apply to straight frame objects, not cables, tendons, or curved frames. An Incident was resolved in which design is being performed for Section Designer sections even if the no design option is chosen.
Miscellaneous
* Incident 12223 12564 14129 14133 14169 14795 14960 15368 15412 Description Minor cosmetic changes were made throughout the program. Tips of the Day have been updated. The splash screen now appears before rather than after the license is found. Warning messages that are shown on the screen when opening models from previous versions are stored in the project log under menu command File > Project Log. Version number changed to 12.0.0 The analysis .$OG file has been combined with the .LOG file, and they are saved in a single file with extension .LOG. The SAP2000 Getting Started, Basic Analysis Reference, and Introductory Tutorial manuals have been updated. The SAP2000 license number will be shown in printed and exported results. New Watch & Learn tutorials have been added, and others have been updated.
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