• RAM Connection - Beam Splice - Shear Web Plates - Bolt Bearing under Shear Load in Beam

    To whom it may concern, While designing a beam splice with shear web plates, for the Bolt bearing under shear load beam side check, the software is considering a value of 'Le' as 108.5 mm as shown in the below image. It is unclear to me, where this…

  • RE: RAM Connection - Moment End Plate Beam Splice

    I believe this comes from AISC Design Guide 4, Section 2.1 paragraph 8: Only the web to end plate weld between the mid-depth of the beam and the inside face of the beam compression flange may be used to resist the beam shear. This assumption is based…

  • RAM Connection - Moment End Plate Beam Splice

    Using RAM Connection to design a moment end plate beam splice which is flush on one end and extended downwards (MEP BS Extended downwards). When the program calculates the web weld shear strength, it only uses half of the weld length. When calculating…

  • RAM Connection- Off Center Beam to Column Flange full moment connection_ Off Center Beam Splice connection

    Can off-center connections be designed in RAM Connection? Like when beam to column centers are about 3 inches apart?

  • RE: Beam Splice question

    I take it you are using US design codes and the Smart MEP Ext Both ways Beam Splice type connection. That particular connection template has at least 4 total rows of bolts as you noted. The Flush type has just 2 rows of bolts, but it's the interior bolt…

  • Re: Beam Splice in RAM Structural System

    Model the beam as an extended cantilever. After modeling the beam between columns, go to RAM Modeler - Layout - Beams - Assign Cantilevers, choose the Extension Type cantilever, define the cantilever length, and click Add to assign the cantilever. Then…

  • Beam Splice in RAM Structural System

    What is the best possible way to model a beam splice in RAM Structural System? I am modeling an existing building where the beams run over the columns, and are spliced a few feet off the column in order to redistribute the moment. I have run into this…
Communities
Support and Services
Training and Learning
Social Media