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    Hi ! There is a warning in Staad pro output file in Concrete design "Lenght to depth ratio is less than 2.5" for short beams. My question is my design is correct with this warning or not ? If not what should i do ? Thanks.
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    I'm working on a 4 columned structural mast and I made a model of it on Sap2000. And Sap2000 gave me great amounts of K factor values, such as 5,7~8,0 That sounds creepy! This tower has 4 columns and spacing is about 2m x 1.2m between. Software doesn…