Greetings All, I am working on a RAM SS model for an existing building and I've come across the condition shown in the image: There is a low concrete slab framing into the bottom of a concrete beam and another concrete slab at a higher elevation…

Hello again, I'm having some issues with the integration of RAM and RCDC. I am using the NBC of India. Is Live Load Reduction meant to be applied in RAM to the reactions? It does not appear to be incorporated in the reactions. It appears that…

I have 4 concrete beams that intersect at a concrete column. I would think that when you add all 4 of the Beam End Shears at the column it would = the column axial load but it does not? What else is contributing to the axial load on the column besides…

I'm about to start a 200,000sf concrete pan and joist building. Our firm uses Revit and RAM SS. While importing/modifying geometry of the framing is more or less workable, one feature that I wish was available was the import of reinforcing into Revit…

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Hi all, this post is almost entirely directed at the Bentley folks, because I want to make sure that RAM SS has been updated to take into account the cracked section factor on slabs as I would assume. From previous emails with Bentley I was informed that…

Does anyone know if/how you can model bundles of rebar in RAM Structural System? Currently I'm only seeing the equal spacing method for placing rebar within the concrete columns, but this is overly conservative when considering the bending stress in the…

I am just trying to get some opinions on what is done with RAM Structural System and RAM Concrete Column Design. Currently in ACI 318-08 there are three methods for column design. sections 10.10.3, 10.10.4 and 10.10.5, Nonlinear second-order analysis…