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EXAMPLE 1-004
FRAME - ROTATED LOCAL AXES

EXAMPLE DESCRIPTION
This example tests SAP2000 for various types of loading on a frame element
with its local 2 and 3 axes not parallel to the global axes. A W12X106 cantilever
beam is used with the local 2 axis rotated 30 degrees from the global Z axis as
shown in the figure below. The free end displacements in the global Y and Z
directions are compared with independent hand calculations. The W12X106
section properties are read from the SECTIONS8.pro section database provided
with SAP2000.

Important Note: Only bending deformations are considered in the analysis. In

SAP2000 shear deformations are ignored by setting the property modification
factor for the shear area to zero.

GEOMETRY, PROPERTIES AND LOADING

30°
144"
Material Properties
C Z
2 E = 29,000 k/in2

Geometry Y
C Section Properties
3 W12X106
0.01 k/in
Z I33 = 933 in4
Section C-C
I22 = 301 in4
Load Case 1 Load Cases
Y
X 1 kip Load Case 1: 0.01 kip/in uniform distributed load
in global Z direction
Load Case 2: 1 kip concentrated load at free end
in global Z direction
Load Case 2
Load Case 3: 240 k-in concentrated moment at
240 k-in free end about global Z axis

Load Case 3

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TECHNICAL FEATURES OF SAP2000 TESTED

 Frame local axes rotated from global axes
 Use of AISC sections

RESULTS COMPARISON
The independent results are calculated using the beam deflection formulas in
Table 3 item 1a and Table 3 item 2a on pages 96 and 98, respectively, in Table 3
in Roark and Young 1975.

Load Output Percent

Case Parameter SAP2000 Independent Difference

Uy (free end) in -0.01806 -0.01806 0%

1
Uz (free end) in -0.03029 -0.03029 0%

Uy (free end) in -0.03345 -0.03345 0%

2
Uz (free end) in -0. 05610 -0. 05610 0%

Uy (free end) in -0.08361 -0.08361 0%

3
Uz (free end) in -0.14024 -0.14024 0%

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CONCLUSION
The SAP2000 results show an exact match with the independent solution.

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HAND CALCULATION

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