I have a hanging concrete column supporting two levels ("Ramp" and " Level B1"). The column is supported by a concrete beam on Level 1. The factored tension load in the column, from the Concrete Column module, shows -660k (tension). In the Concrete Beam…

I have a transfer condition where I have a cantilever beam with a back span to another column. When I look at the shear in the column from dead load only in Concrete Analysis, it gives me 410k but when I look at the Concrete Column design module it says…

When designing concrete shear walls, I get a design warning that "Required SBE per 18.10.6.2 extends into zone not designated as boundary" (ACI 318-14). I have the entire wall flange confined, and yet I still get this warning. Is this a program error…

Hi Seth, Is there a way for Ram Concrete to only check the stress-based requirement of 18.10.6.3 in ACI 318-14 and ignore the displacement-based check of 18.10.6.2? It seems that the displacement based check produces some oversized boundary elements…

Hi, I'm building a new RAM SS model and looking at sizing columns in RAM Concrete Column. In 'Edit bar patterns' the bars are prefixed with #, eg #3, #4, #5..., they should be H10, H12 etc. I presume this is pre-set / dictated by the code. I had this…

Hello Everyone For a while, I was using an Advanced Concrete Design (RCDC) for the design of a solid slab. Today I tried to learn the RAM concept for the slab designs but I saw a design of strips that had never seen before (When I was using RCDC and…

I have an issue where I have a concrete column that is shown as failing due to kl/r>100. The code reference for this error is given as 10.13.5. The problem with this is that I'm using ACI318-11, and that is an invalid code reference. In 318-11, 10.13…

I'm modeling with RAM Structural System v14.06. I know that it is possible to have a column supported by a diaphragm. Is it possible to have a wall supported by a diaphragm and transferred through the (thick) slab to an offset wall below?