CE 571

PROBLEM 04
Case 1

Spring 2014

We start with the unreasonable assumption that the columns

have a free height of 13 ft. (Could we justify 12 ft?)
MATHCAD does not seem to like units in tabular solutions.
Youngs Modulus

E := 3600
4

Mom. of Inertia for Girder

24
Ig :=
= 27648
12

Mom. of Inertia for Columns

Ic := Ig

Assumed Column Height

H1 := 156

Half Span Length of Girder

L1 := 180

Stiffness of the simplified model

6 Ic
12 Ic 12 Ic

3
3
2
H1
H1
H1

12 Ic 24 Ic

0
K1 :=
E
3
3
H
H
1

8 Ic 3 Ig
6 Ic

0
+

2
H1
L1
H1

Drift at top for a unit force.

3

1 14.6 10
1
:= K1 0 = 7.3 10 3

0
53.2 10 6

0 = 14.6 10

CE 571

PROBLEM 04
Case 1

Stiffness :=

Mass :=

Spring 2014

1kip
kip
= 68.3
in
0 in

75kip
= 75000 lb
g

One fourth of total

:=

Stiffness
1
= 18.7
Mass
s

Period :=
Drift

Drift Ratio

= 0.34 s

r := ( 15 Period)

DR :=

r
26ft

in
sec

= 1.6 %

= 5.0 in