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Staggered Ram Frame story shears

James Collins — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 18:49:02 GMT

I have a concrete core system where the Ram Frame story shears are plotted staggering like shown below. Why is this? I haven't had this issue on previous models I've made so it's concerning. Is it just a visual glitch or will it impact analysis/design?

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Out of Plane Shear Failure in Concrete Wall Design Module

GB517 — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 15:51:36 GMT

Hi, me along with everyone else in my office have been having issues with out-of-plane shear failures for our core designs. We have out-of-plane stiffness turned off in the general criteria of RAM Frame and are still getting the failure. Any thoughts or direction to fix this issue? See below for typical failures I receive. My out of plane shear loads are almost always negligible (.08kips in the case below), but because I have 0 out of plane capacity I am still failing. Thanks in advance for any insight.