• Nominal Shear Strength in Vertical Section Cut of Special Reinforced Concrete Shear Wall

    I'm currently trying to design special reinforced concrete structural walls for a parking deck in a high-seismic area using the Concrete Wall module in RAM Structural System. For some of the vertical section cuts I've made, the value of V e remains just…
  • RAM Structural System Tilt-up shear wall reinforcement missing.

    Hi, I'm using RAM SS Concrete design module to design a Tilt-up wall that resists lateral force. Q1. I applied a manual reinforcement, however, it seems like the reinforcement in not considered in the strength calculation. Please see the attached file…
  • RAM SS Concrete Wall Module Crashes when I open it

    I have a precast concrete structure that I am primarily utilizing RAM SS to design the foundations and lateral system since the precast is all delegated. Every time I open the RAM SS Concrete Wall Module, it crashes on me.
  • RAM SS: Concrete Elastic Modulus

    Hello, How does the program calculate the elastic modulus for concrete walls? I currently using "Use Calculated Value," but I cannot find how it is calculated.
  • Ram Concrete Shearwall Bar Colors after "Design All"

    After using "Design All" in the Ram Concrete Walls, I see bars that are green and bars that are blue. I haven't "frozen" any designs yet. Why are some of the bars colored blue? Thanks!
  • RAM Structural Systems Modeling Tilt Up Walls

    I am modeling/analyzing Tilt Up Walls, in RAM structural systems and was wondering a few things: - How do you capture the parapet? I understand you can put wind loads in RAM frame for the parapet, but when designing, you can't design the parapet portion…
  • RSS - Lateral Pressure Loads - Out of Plane Concrete Wall Flexural Design

    I'm analyzing a podium structure with unbalanced soil loading using the lateral wall pressures designated as an "other" load (with custom load combinations). I'm seeing that that load is globally distributing to the various shear walls as I would expect…
  • Slenderness Effects in RAM Elements Concrete Module versus Tilt-Up Module

    Question #1: How does the RAM Elements Concrete Wall Module account for slenderness effects? Background to Q#1: I have seen a few different past Forum questions that asked about this, and the responses seem to all indicate that the Concrete Module…
  • Concrete walls in RAM SS, import to RAM Concrete

    I am tasked with modeling and studying an existing concrete structure, with concrete walls on the periphery (supported by continuous footing) with concrete pilasters (supported by spread footing). The wall supports concrete beams and concrete slab. See…