HITEC University
Steel Structures
Lab Report 2
Draw the shear force and bending moment of Frame using ETABS Software
Name: Ahsan Maqsood
Reg. No: 20-civil-018
Submitted to: Engr. Yasir Rasheed
Procedure:
Step 1:
Open the software. Select new model. A popup will open. Select the following option as shown
below:
Step 2:
Select the number of grids, story height and following options as shown in screenshot below:
Step 3:
Select draw beams and columns option located on left and start drawing as shown below:
Step 4:
The beam has been drawn. Now, Go to the load pattern and define the imposed load as super
dead load as shown below:
Step 5:
Go to assign. Click on joint and select restraints. Click on fixed support for all as shown in
screenshot below:
Step 6:
After defining the load pattern. Go to the Assign and click on frame load and apply point and
UDL load as shown in picture below:
Step 7:
Now, For Joint Load, Go to the Assign and click on Joint Load and apply on joint as shown in
screenshot below:
Step 8:
Run the analysis on the Frame Structure and the frame structure will show some sort of
deflection as shown in picture attached:
Step 9:
For SFD & BMD, Click on the icon at the top and select the super imposed load as shown below:
Step 10:
After analysis, we Successfully drew the Shear force & Bending Moment Diagram. The Shear
Force and Bending Moment Diagram of the beam is shown as mentioned below:
Shear Force Diagram
Bending Moment Diagram
Step 11:
For Reactions, Click on the icon on left side of SFD & BMD as
shown in picture below:
Reactions
Reactions
SHEAR FORCE DIAGRAM
BENDING MOMENT DIAGRAM
We have Successfully Drew the Shear Force & Bending Moment Diagram of Frame using
ETABS software.
