• RAM Modeler: what does the cracked section factor for torsion impact for beams?

    The RAM modeler requires cracked section factor for concrete beams. ACI 318 chapter 6 defines cracked section properties for beams in flexural and axial loads, there is no requirement for torsion cracked section properties so it is unclear what the analysis…

  • Combined footing tutorials

    Hello Everyone Please share with me the tutorials about a combined footings

  • Design of Solid slab (Conventional slabs)

    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…

  • Dummy beam

    Hello Everyone. I create a dummy beam with density=0 and E=0 (Figure.1) then I assign the beam (Figure.2) then Staad Error occurs( ***ERROR*** MATERIAL NAME MUST NOT CONTAIN ANY BLANK SPACE )(Figure.3), What is the solution?

  • Mton/Cm to Kn/m

    How do I change Mton/Cm to Kn/m

  • Designing Concrete structure on top of steel

    I am modeling a building where the first couple stories are steel and then the top stories are concrete with a two way slab. When I go to design the steel I get messages about the load not included from the concrete floors. Is there a way to make it so…

  • Best method for modeling concrete shear wall with pilaster boundary element

    I am using RAM SS to evaluate concrete shear walls in an existing building to determine the feasibility of a vertical expansion. All shear walls are 12" thick. Typical single-direction shear walls have 24" X 24" boundary elements on their ends. Boundary…

  • how to get the loadings details in report????

    I have got my report, but there is no loading details like dead load, Wind loads and all... In report settings i have added Loadings, but its not showing.... Wt to do???? i want to see other load details. How to get that details?

  • RAM Concrete Shear Wall Colors

    To make a long story short, in the shear wall section of the concrete module what does dark blue mean when referring to section cuts? I get green yellow and red as those are standard. And I found light blue mentioned in the manual which means that the…

  • RE: Can you design a Tapered reinforced concrete beam in RAM Structural Analysis

    No, in RAM Structural System members can't be tapered. We have tapered members in Ram Elements and STAAD.pro, but we only really design those in steel (analysis of tapered concrete members works fine). STAAD.pro is another option. ProConcrete does a…

  • RE: RAM Concrete Beam - Effective Depth used for Deflection Calculations when Reinforcing Continuous at Beam Depth Change

    Your images did not come through, but if I understand correctly, you have two consecutive spans that are different depth beams with continuous top bars across the support, but the d value used in the deflection checks is less than expected. Splicing…

  • RAM Structural Systems - Bundled Rebar in Concrete Columns

    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…

  • RAMSS Concrete Beam Eccentricities

    Is there a "best practices" method for modeling concrete beams with eccentricities? Please see attached picture. All perimeter girders on this specific project (66" pan joists, typ) have a grid --> pan dimension held at 1'-6" creating a 2" eccentricity…

  • RAM Concrete Column Spiral Reinforcement

    When we have circular columns and I assign them to have spiral reinforcement I keep getting the following design warning; Story 5: Minimum shear spacing limit is greater than maximum limit Story 4: Minimum shear spacing limit is greater than…

  • Split Walls in RAM SS

    Is there a simple way to split walls in RAM SS? I keep getting the following error: "Wall #XX has another Wall framing into its interior on Layout Type XXXXX. Wall coordinates ( ft ) (XX.XXXX,XX.XXXX), (XX.XXXX,XX.XXXX) Frame-in Wall coordinates…

  • Cracked Section Factors in RAM Modeler

    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…
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