Automation of Parametric Modeling for Grillage Method

Abstract:

For solving the problem of manually dividing section of main girder into grillages, a program is developed using VBA tool in AutoCAD environment, which can automatically search the divided position of grillage for section of single box with several rooms, and obtain characteristics of section of each grillage. Meanwhile calculational data can be stored as a text file, which is convenient to be directly called by commercial structural software. By comparing with the finite element software ANSYS, the reliability of the program and the accuracy of calculational results are verified. The program is ease to be amplified and transplanted owing to using the modularizational idea, and it greatly improves efficiency of setting up grillage model.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 392)
• Pages: 210-213
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.392.210
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Shou Shan Cheng, Hai Xin Huang, Ying Zhang, Pei Chen
• Keywords: Finite Element, Grillage Method, Secondary Development

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