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PROKON Structural Analysis and Design

This document provides an overview of structural analysis using the PROKON software. It describes the frame analysis module, which can be used to analyze plane frames, grillages, space frames, and space trusses. It outlines the input process, including general project information, frame geometry, member properties, supports, loads, and load combinations. It also mentions wizards that can rapidly generate complete input files for typical structure types and allow editing the generated input data.

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PROKON Structural Analysis and Design

This document provides an overview of structural analysis using the PROKON software. It describes the frame analysis module, which can be used to analyze plane frames, grillages, space frames, and space trusses. It outlines the input process, including general project information, frame geometry, member properties, supports, loads, and load combinations. It also mentions wizards that can rapidly generate complete input files for typical structure types and allow editing the generated input data.

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PROKON Structural Analysis and

Design
Dr. Hasan M Ahmed

Northern Technical University


Technical College of Mosul
Building & Construction Technical Engineering
Department
Structural Analysis using PROKON

• The accent of the analysis modules falls on user friendliness, speed


and efficiency. The frame analysis module is ideally suited for the
analysis of small to medium sized structures, not to say that the
analyses of large structures are not possible.
Frame
analysis
Frame can be used for the analysis of the following types of structures by
selecting a domain
on the ‘General’ input page:
∙ Plane Frames: Analysis of a frames in a vertical (X-Y) plane.
∙ Grillages: Analysis of a structure in a horizontal (X-Z) plane.
∙ Space Frames: Analysis of three-dimensional structures made up of beam and/
or shell elements and design of concrete shells.
∙ Space Trusses: Analysis of three-dimensional trusses where only axial forces
are
considered. Frame analysis results can be post-processed using some of the steel
and steel design modules.
INPU
TWork through the relevant Input pages to enter the frame geometry and loading:
∙ General input: Select the domain (Plane frame, grillage etc.) The input wizards
can also
be selected here. More about these wizards later.
∙ Nodes input: Frame coordinates.
∙ Beams input: Join nodes with beam elements.
∙ Beam sections input: Enter properties or read sections from the database.
∙ Shells input: Define shell elements.
∙ Solids input: Define 4- or 8- noded solid elements
∙ Spring elements input: For special effects, optionally enter spring elements.
∙ Supports input: External supports.
∙ Nodal loads input: Point loads and moments.
∙ Beam element loads input: Uniform distributed, triangular, trapezium and point
loads on
beams.
∙ Shell loads input: Apply uniform distributed loads to shells.
∙ Load combinations input: Group dead, live and wind loads in load combinations.
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General
input
Wizar
ds
The wizards are suitable for the

rapid generation of complete input

files for some typical structures.

Because the resulting input data is

presented in the normal way on the

input pages, you are free to edit and

append to the data as necessary.

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