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RAM Concept Key Features
Here's an overview of RAM Conce
pt
's key capabilities:
Complete modeling of the floor as physical objects: slabs, beams, walls, columns, openings, penetrations, etc., with the option to trace over a CAD background.
Option to create design objects (such as design spans and strips, and studded shear reinforcement) either manually or by intelligent program automation.
Organization of user interface by layers, much like a CAD program. This allows easy access to the large amount of information in the model.
Placement of reinforcement either manually or by automatic program selection, with the option to 'freeze' program reinforcement.
Tendon placement tools that allow the post-tensioning or prestressing in even large, complicated floors to be quickly established and refined.
3D finite element analysis of the structure, with rationalization into resultants for easy processing of results by the designer.
Exhaustive design capabilities including consideration of short and long term states, service and strength criteria, punching shear design, vibration due to walking, and advanced deflection calculations using load history.
2D and 3D plots of virtually any possible response quantity.
Creation of CAD file from reinforcing or post-tensioning plans in RAM Conce
pt
.
Integrate RAM Concept models with
RAM Structural System
,
STAAD.Pro
, or
STAAD(X)
to analyze and design the remainder of the structure for full gravity load takedown and systematic lateral loads.
Key Features
Flexible Structural Modeling
Elevated floors and mat foundations
One-way and two-way slabs, pan joists, waffle slabs, beams, and girders
Orthotropic or isotropic slab properties
Drop caps, drop panels and random thickenings of any shape at any location
Openings of any shape at any location
Wall, column, point spring and line spring supports
Accurate modeling of irregular structures
Zero-tension area (soil) springs
Imported CAD drawing as snapping background
Automated meshing, with intelligent resolution of geometric misalignments and tolerance problems
Tendon Modeling
Banded, distributed, and arbitrarily placed tendons
Friction losses including consideration of horizontal curves
Analysis includes 3D hyperstatic (secondary) effects
Placement of jacks with consideration of anchor losses
Loading Analysis
X, Y, and Z-direction point, line, and area force loads
Mx and My point, line, and area moment loads
Line loads (force and moment) can vary linearly from end to end
Area loads (force and moment) can vary linearly in two directions
Self-weight and tendon loadings calculated automatically
Self-equilibrium loadings available for integrating floor-system analysis with
building frame analysis from any source
Frequency analysis and vibration response due to walking
Pattern Loading
Loads can be filtered through arbitrary-shaped patterns with on-pattern and off-pattern factors
Patterns loading effects automatically enveloped together
Live Load Reduction
ASCE 7, Eurocode 1, NBC of Canada, AS/NZS 1170.1, BS 6399-1, IBC, IS 875, UBC
Arbitrary loading patterns may be specified
Tributary/influence areas may be specified or calculated by the program
Load Combinations
Automatically generated load combinations for each design code
Optional user-specified load combinations (no limit)
Two load factors per loading, allowing easy enveloping of max and min forces
Zero-tension area spring results for mat/raft foundations
Span and Cross Section Design
Automated layout of design spans
Post-tensioned, reinforced, and hybrid concrete design
Strength design (bending and shear)
Initial service design (transfer of prestressing forces)
Service design
Ductility design
Cracked section analysis
Long-term deflections considering cracking, creep, and shrinkage
Support for design according to ACI 318, EC2, AS 3600, BS 8110-1997, IS 456, CAN/CSA A23.3-04
Punching Shear Design
Automated generation of critical section considering actual (not simplified) geometries
Design for columns above or below the slab
Consideration of biaxial moments
Design of studded shear reinforcement (SSR)
Report Generation
Fully customizable professional reports
Reports are complete ready-to-submit calculations
Reports can be printed to any page size or orientation
Audit of cross sections or punching checks for review of all steps in the design process
Graphics and Visualization
Interactive, rendered three-dimensional views of concrete geometry, reinforcing bars, tendons, and shear reinforcing
Two or three-dimensional color coded plot of any analysis quantity
View color-coded difference between two plots to easily compare two analysis or design states
Animation of plots
Integration Features
RAM Concept can be run as a module within RAM Structural System, and results included in the *.rss file
Import of structure and loadings from RAM Structural System
Export of geometry to RAM Structural System
Import of structure and loadings from STAAD
Import and Export of CAD drawings
Compliance with Integrated Structural Modeling (ISM) format, for interoperability with other Bentley products
Other Features
Multiple and mixed unit systems (US, SI, and MKS)
Strip Wizard for 2D modeling
Industry leading technical support
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Created by
Jason Coleman
When:
Tue, May 10 2016 6:42 PM
Last revision by
Seth Guthrie
When:
Fri, Aug 12 2022 11:44 AM
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