When running my model, I noticed I was getting column design strips widths smaller than the width of my beam. I changed my settings in the strip generation tab to column strip width calc for "Code T-beam" and checked the box "design column strip for column + middle strip resultant" still no luck. What could I be missing in the settings? I attached an image as well.
Best,
Skylar Calhoun
If you want to force the column strip width to be wider use a the "manual" option, with column strip boundary polylines on each side defining the column strip with you want.
I changed the beams in RAM SS to t-beam, and it calculates the effective flange width, and I want to use that value in RAM Concept. Is that possible to automatically update the width to the RAM SS value?
No, the programs have slightly different methods to determine T-beam widths (in RAM SS, the width is always constant over the length, in Concept in can vary). Manual column strip boundary polylines are what you want. Though for the structure above, if it's mild-reinforced concrete beams and one way slabs, why use Ram Concept at all? Ram Concrete beam would do nicely.
I needed to determine the slab and beam capacity of an existing building. I planned to use RAM concept to analyze both the slab and the beams due to new point loads on the one-way slab system. I did not want the software to design the beams, but analyze the existing conditions. I elected to use RAM Concept because I was getting more conservative values than RAM SS. Would I be able to analyze the slab in RAM Concrete?