Two Slab openings

Question

Hello, 
 
 Is there a way to model two openings on both sides of a beam in RAM Modeler? 
 The overhang of the slab is 10 inches. On the figure, the beam number is shown.

Seth Guthrie · Answer

When you model an opening on each side of a beam using the in-bay approach the openings should merge leaving a segment of the beam with no deck on it. That's the intended behavior and generally conservative for beam design (the beam will be non-composite in this case). When the deck is 2-way you can model two openings side by side with a small space between them. Otherwise the only option is to model some additional framing such that you have a pair of parallel beams closely spaced.

Two Slab openings

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