https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/181771/design-strips-around-shear-coreHello. I am having trouble modeling design strips on a slab at a shear wall area, which cantilevers out at two sides around the shear core. I am using PT to attempt to limit deflection but I am having problem with top stress failure. I know I may haveen-USTelligent Community 12https://communities.bentley.com/thread/529962?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 27 Jun 2019 20:42:09 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:8d89c58d-b5f4-4990-bd6e-f5ec18cbec0cSeth Guthrie<p>Some people ignore the strips parallel to and along walls. It&#39;s not a bad idea. See:&nbsp;<a href="/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/138547/design-strips-walls">https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/138547/design-strips-walls</a></p> <p>For this case, the only failure I see is remote to the core, strip 3C-1. This is clearly a beam, 24&quot; thick, but the design strip is quite wide, set to be designed as a two-way slab (and trimmed to a slab rectangle).&nbsp; That may be OK (all the tendons still pass through the trimmed cross sections), but a little surprising.</p> <p>For general tips on design strips for beams see:&nbsp;<a href="/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/4507/ram-concept-design-strips-tn#beams">https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/4507/ram-concept-design-strips-tn#beams</a></p> <p>Some other strips in the model are probably not right either. Strip 2-1 encroaches into the same beam as noted above. Strip 5-1 also straddles the beam (and is highly skewed).&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>