• RAM Concept Stress Spiking @ Slab Step in 2-Way PT Podium Slab.

    I'm modeling a 2-way PT podium slab in RAM concept. There is 12" slab that steps up to 24" slab and then the soffit steps back to 12" slab in the following span. RAM concept is producing significant stress spikes at these steps. At the step up, the program…

  • Cold Formed Metal Bearing Wall Load Run Down in RAMSS

    I want to model CFM bearing walls in RAM modeler essentially for the purpose of creating a load run down to a podium level. My question involves openings in the walls. My strategy is to create the walls using "other" and assign them as gravity. I will…

  • Can RAM Concept be used for lateral analysis of a podium?

    Hi, Can RAM Concept be used to analyze laterally applied load on a podium slab supported on concrete columns? Some context: I'm using RAM Concept to model a PT podium slab supporting multiple levels of wood construction. The podium is supported on concrete…

  • RE: Overturning Moments on Shear Walls

    Oops - Karl beat me to it... If the upper levels are all in the model and there is a lateral system (wood shear walls), then additional overturning should be accounted for. You can use Process - Results - Applied Story Forces to visually confirm. …
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