A STUDY OF PORTAL FRAME USING ANALYTICAL METHODS AND ETABS SOFTWARE

Analysis of portal frames involves lot of complications and tedious calculations by conventional methods. To carry out such analysis is a time consuming task. The Moment Distribution Method & Slope Deflection Method for analysis of portal frames can be handy in approximate and quick analysis so as to get the detailed estimates ready. In this work, these two methods have been applied only for vertical loading conditions. This paper mainly deals with the comparative analysis of the results obtained from the analysis of single bay portal frame when analyzed manually and using ETABS Software separately. The result obtained from manually is mostly matched with the results obtained from ETABS software.