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Staged construction
Added by Ondrej Kalny, last edited by Jessica Napier on Apr 07, 2014

Staged construction is a static modeling, analysis, and

design application which enables the definition of a
sequence of construction stages in which structural systems
and load patterns are added or removed, and time-
dependent behaviors are evaluated, including creep,
shrinkage, aging (change in elastic modulus with age), and
tendon relaxation. Material and geometric nonlinearity may
be applied to staged construction. Further, staged
construction may be part of a sequence of nonlinear static or
direct-integration time-history analysis load cases. For linear
load cases, the structural stiffness at a given construction
stage may serve as the basis for analysis.

Staged construction is available to CSI Software with

Ultimate Levels and Features. Additional details, including specifics on input parameters, are described in the CSI Analysis
Reference Manual (Staged Construction, page 396).

Articles
Accounting for deformed shape in staged construction

Constrained joints in staged construction

Loading tendons which are modeled as loads

Named property sets

Staged-construction operations

Staged-construction stages and output steps

Staged-construction tips

Using modal analysis to troubleshoot convergence failure

Staged construction FAQ

Extracting creep, shrinkage, secondary prestress effects and other load effects from staged-construction
results

Tutorials
Title Description Program

Analysis and design of Use CSiBridge to model a composite steel-girder bridge based on that from CSiBridge
composite steel-girder bridge the LRFD Design Example, Steel Girder Superstructure Bridge (FHWA NHI-
04-041).

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Title Description Program

Cable-stayed bridge Tutorial included in the SAP2000 bridge-examples document. SAP2000

Obtain results for individual Options and an example of how to obtain results for individual stages of a SAP2000
stages of a staged-construction staged-construction load case.
load case

Test Problems
Title Description Program

Bridge shrinkage example Evaluate shrinkage for a one-span and a continuous two-span bridge system. CSiBridge

Staged construction in Guidelines for setting up staged construction and interpreting the staged- SAP2000
buildings construction results.

Staged construction of a five- Creep application, addition of nodes to deformed configuration, and verification SAP2000
story column against manual calculations are given for the staged construction of a five-
story column.

Staged-construction analysis Modeling and construction stage analysis of precast-girder bridge which is CSiBridge
of two-span precast-girder simply supported for dead load and continuous for live load.
bridge

Two-span girder simply- Modeling demonstration for a two-span girder which is simply-supported for DL SAP2000
supported for DL and and continuous for LL.
continuous for LL

Attribution
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