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Cufsm Advanced Matlab

The document discusses the advantages of using the Matlab version of CUFSM, highlighting its flexibility and the ability to integrate mathematical functions within the Graphical User Interface. It lists various useful CUFSM Matlab functions for plotting, model building, and analysis, along with an example of performing batch code analysis. The example provided demonstrates how to run and post-process an analysis using a Matlab m-file, with potential for extensions to parametric studies and optimization.

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Cufsm Advanced Matlab

The document discusses the advantages of using the Matlab version of CUFSM, highlighting its flexibility and the ability to integrate mathematical functions within the Graphical User Interface. It lists various useful CUFSM Matlab functions for plotting, model building, and analysis, along with an example of performing batch code analysis. The example provided demonstrates how to run and post-process an analysis using a Matlab m-file, with potential for extensions to parametric studies and optimization.

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CUFSM and Matlab


• The Matlab version of CUFSM allows much greater
flexibility than the standalone version.
• Within the Graphical User Interface you can use
mathematics, anything you could enter on the command
line in Matlab you can use in the GUI examples:
– entering 1:1:10 in the Lengths section will be interpreted as
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
– to evenly space 30 points in log space between 100 and 103
enter logspace(0,3,30) in the Lengths section
– to shift a member over 2 in. just add +2 to x the nodal
coordinates of all nodes
– etc.
CUFSM and Matlab
• The real power of the Matlab version is the
ability to access all the features of the program
from within your own programs (m-files.)
• In your m-files you can call the CUFSM routines
to do your pre- and post-processing as well as
perform the analysis directly and perform
parametric studies, optimization, etc..
Useful CUFSM Matlab functions
• Plotting and Post-Processing
– crossect.m: plot the cross-section, node numbers, springs, etc.
– strespic.m: show the stress distribution
– thecurve2.m: buckling curve plot
– thecurve3.m:buckling curve plot, and also modal classification plot
– dispshap.m: plot a 2D buckling mode shape
– dispshap3d.m: plot a 3D buckling mode shape
• Model Building
– templatecalc.m: Generate finite strip model from centerline dimensions of a C or Z
– doubler.m: double the number of elements in a model
– cutwp_prop2.m: calculate the properties (A, I, J,Cw,etc.) for a model
– yieldMP: given fy calculate the yield loads and moments for a model
– stresgen.m: given a load and/or moment calculate nodal stresses for a model
– warp_stress.m: given a torque calculate nodal warping stress for a model
• Analysis
– strip.m: Perform finite strip calculations for a model
Matlab Example
• An example of performing a batch code analysis in
Matlab using your own files is provided
• The example m-file is: batchcode4cufsm312.m
• The example
– runs and post-processes an example from within a matlab m-
file. Extensions to parametric studies, optimization, batch
post-processing require only simple modifications.

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