Analyzing y gwithPDelta

Presenter: DeborahPenko,P.E.

What? Wh ? Why? When? How?

PDelta?

Definition:
Destabilizing gmomentequal q totheforceofg gravity ymultiplied p by ythe horizontaldisplacementastructureundergoesasaresultofalateral displacement.

P (ForceofGravity)xDelta (HorizontalDisplacement)

WhatisPDeltaEffect?

Step1:Modeldeflects Step2:Secondaryshearforce(V)calculated Step3:ModelisresolvedwithVapplied Step4:Iterateuntilthemodelconverges

P*=V*L V=P* L

WhatisPDeltainRISA?

P d LittlePDelta:curvatureoftheelement
RISAImplementation: AddIntermediateJointstotheelement

WhatislittlePDelta?

PDeltaRequiredbyCode
AISC13th &14th Edition DesignforStability DirectAnalysisMethod SecondOrderAnalysis(P ,P ) ACI2008&ACI2012 NonlinearSecondOrderAnalysis(10.10.3) (10 10 3) ElasticSecondOrderAnalysis(10.10.4) MomentMagnification(10.10.5) ForeignCodes(CSA,etc.)

Why?

1.DesignGravitySystems NoPDelta 2.DesignLateralSystem PDelta? D l ? 3.FinalDesign PDelta

When?

LittlePDelta: P DeltaDeflection
1.795 1.166 1 021 1.021 1.807 1.809

Deflection: fl i 1.226in 226i 3%Increase

StrongAxisBending Deflection 1stIteration: 2ndIteration: 3rdIteration: 4thIteration: 5thIteration: 1.021in 1.166in 1.186in 1.189in 1.19in

%Change

AISC14th Edition: FinalDeflection:2.342in 96%Increase

14.20% 53.95% 0.67% 0.11%

PDeltaExample

Lets Let sTrytheWeakAxis:

Deflection
99.439

65.432 41 22 41.22 23.22 9.848 1 2 3 4 5

WeakAxisBending Deflection 1stIteration: 2ndIteration: 3rdIteration: 4thIteration: 5thIteration: 9.848in 23.22in 41.22in 65.432in 99.439in

%Change

135.78% 77.52% 58.74% 51.97%

PDeltaExample

ThePDeltaeffect increasestheflexuralstiffnessofmembersintension

CompressionOnly

Howdoweg getpast p aPDelta Divergence? 1. TurnoffPDelta 2 Runthemodel 2. 3. ReviewDeflection 4. ReviewDesignResults

How?

 Instabilities Inadequatelysizedmembers Tension/CompressionOnlyMembers StiffnessAdjustment(DirectAnalysismethod) ModelErrors

CommonPDeltaProblems

Letsreviewsomeexamples! p

CommonPDeltaProblems

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Presenter: DeborahPenko,P.E.