RAM Elements V13.0 Release Notes
RAM Elements v13.0 Release Notes – Updated August 2012
Enhancements
- CAN/CSA S16-09 Standard for steel structures design.
- Update to ACI 318-08 and 11 Codes for structural concrete design.
- Structural Synchronizer V8i (ISM 3.0) compatible:
a. Feature additions (gusset plates, base plates, end plates and stiffeners)
b. Connection tags - The concrete shell reinforcement feature has been restored (based on ACI 318-11)
- Added support for Canadian steel sections.
- Includes an update to the RAM FE analysis engine to v9.3.
- Better transverse bars optimization/design for combined footings.
- New option to merge two models into one.
- SAP2000® import for the new S2K format and up to version 15.
Resolved Issues
- Fix to the NASPEC (AISI) flexural buckling and web crippling values for cold-formed for certain shapes (hats with lips) were not accurate. Now equations C3.1.2.1-5 and C3.1.2.1-6 are properly calculated. Also, the values from table C3.4.1 were inaccurate. Now whether a member is subject to interior loading or not is considered precisely and a parameter was added to the Cold-Formed Design spreadsheet to allow the user to control this.
- Members with haunches had their self-weight miscalculated. This has been corrected to reflect the correct weight.
- Intermediate node (FEM) restraints on shell edges, had their propagation adjusted to reflect more accurately the restraints specified by the user in the two ends of the shell edge.
- Move command was not working properly in the Load Conditions window dialog. This has been repaired.