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Structural Frame Analysis Notation

This document introduces notation used for frames and gridworks. For frames, it defines symbols for geometry, material properties, forces, moments, displacements, and other structural responses. Key symbols include e for slenderness ratio, E for modulus of elasticity, H and R for horizontal and vertical reactions, I for moments of inertia, M for bending moment, p for applied loading, u, v, w for displacements, and ω for natural frequency. For gridworks, it defines symbols for geometry, properties, forces and responses of girders and stiffeners like Ig, Is, Lg, Ls, ng, ns, Pg, Ps, and ps.

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Structural Frame Analysis Notation

This document introduces notation used for frames and gridworks. For frames, it defines symbols for geometry, material properties, forces, moments, displacements, and other structural responses. Key symbols include e for slenderness ratio, E for modulus of elasticity, H and R for horizontal and vertical reactions, I for moments of inertia, M for bending moment, p for applied loading, u, v, w for displacements, and ω for natural frequency. For gridworks, it defines symbols for geometry, properties, forces and responses of girders and stiffeners like Ig, Is, Lg, Ls, ng, ns, Pg, Ps, and ps.

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662 FRAMES

13.1 NOTATION

The units for most of the definitions are given in parentheses, using L for length, F
for force, M for mass, and T for time.

e = h/L, where h is the length of the vertical members and L is the


length of the horizontal members
E Modulus of elasticity of material (F/L 2 )
H Horizontal reaction; H A is horizontal reaction at location A (F)
I Moment of inertia of member about its neutral axis (L 4 )
Ih Moment of inertia of horizontal members (L 4 )
Iv Moment of inertia of vertical members (L 4 )
I x Polar moment of inertia, = r 2p A (L 4 )
J Torsional constant (L 4 )
L Length of member (L)
M Bending moment (L F); a bending moment is taken as positive when
it causes tension on the inner side of the frame and compression on
the outer side; opposing bending moments are taken to be negative
p Applied distributed loading (F/L)
R Vertical reaction; R A is vertical reaction at location A (F)
ũ, ṽ, w̃ Displacements in x, y, and z directions, respectively
u X , u Y , u Z Displacements in X, Y , and Z directions, respectively
v Displacement; v Ax is displacement at location A in the x (horizontal)
direction; other displacements defined similarly (L)
x, y, z Local coordinates
X, Y, Z Global coordinates
β = Ih (horizontal beam)/Iv (vertical member)
θ = θ y Rotation angle of cross section about y axis
θz Rotation angle of cross section about z axis
ω Natural frequency

Notation for Gridworks


g, s Index for girders and stiffeners, respectively
I g , Is Moments of inertia of girders and stiffeners, respectively (L 4 )
Lg, Ls Length of girders and stiffeners, respectively (L)
n g , ns Total number of girders and stiffeners, respectively
ps Loading intensity along sth stiffener (F/L)
Pg , Ps Axial forces in girders and stiffeners, respectively (F)

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