This is the 2m * 1.2m section and the corresponding nonlinear temperature points defined in Modeller
This is the same section and its nonlinear temperature profile that is shown in the Analyzer
1. For the 2nd temperature point counting from the top down, it is in the "red" region, which is in the range of 18-25 degree; for the 3rd temperature point, it is in the "yellow" region, which is abou 12 degree.
While in the modeller, this 2nd point corresponds to 6.7 degree only, and 3rd point corresponds to 0 degree.
Why there are the differences?
2. I made a test:
A 10m long beam with both ends fixed. The section has the above nonlinear temperature profile.
Below are the axial forces from RM Bridge, Lusas and Sofistik
Below are the moments from RM Bridge, Lusas and Sofistik
This is results by hand
As you can see,
the axial force from RM Bridge (3821 kN), while it is 1072 kN from Lusas, Sofistik and hand-calculation
the moment from RM Bridge (3269.5 kNm), while it is 962.5 kNm from Lusas, Sofistik and hand-calculation
RM Bridge model is attached.
RM Bridge.zip
Hi netsonic,
I have already the investigation result from our development team about this matter.
RM Bridge needs that temperature point will match with one FE CS node for the correct temperature profile in Analyzer.
So, some more discretization of CS needs to be preformed.
For the correct temperature profile you'll have the correct results.
In both calculations "TNLIN" and "TempVar". Hope it helps.
Thank you for letting us look at it. Best regards,
Ana Carla Peres
Senior Technical Support Engineer
Bentley BrIM
Answer Verified By: netsonic