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Product(s): RAM Structural System; Ram Frame Version(s): Any Area: Analysis; Design P-Delta in RAM Frame General A general second-order elastic analysis requires consideration of effects caused by displacements…

Product(s): RAM Structural System Version(s): Any Environment: N/A Area: Analysis While shear walls are primarily a lateral force resisting system they also carry gravity loads including their self-weight…

Product(s): RAM Structural System; RAM Frame Version(s): Any Environment: N/A Area: Analysis Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group Why do I get a warning about mass that's not associated…

Product(s): RAM Structural System (Ram Elements or STAAD.pro) Version(s): Any Area: Analysis; Dynamic Analysis How does a dynamic analysis using response spectra for seismic loads differ from a static analysis using…

Product(s): RAM Structural System Version(s): 13.00.00.00 or later Area: Analysis Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group What properties are used with meshed semirigid diaphragms? Semirigid diaphragms…

Product(s): RAM Structural System; Ram Frame Version(s): Any Environment: All Area: Analysis; Framing tables Why do I get a warning about gravity loads not associated with any diaphragm? When you have…

Product(s): RAM Structural System; Ram Frame; Ram Elements; STAAD.pro Version(s): Any Area: Analysis Wall stiffness, height and the effect of a diaphragm constraint When a structure consists of walls (or frames) of…

Product(s): RAM Structural System Version(s): Any Area: Analysis; Reports Center of Rigidity In order to review the center of rigidity for a structure, a special Centers of Rigidity load case must be created under…

Product(s): RAM Elements, RAM Structural System, Ram Concept, STAAD.pro; MultiFrame; Microstran Version(s): Any Area: Analysis Instability in Finite Element Analysis A typical 3-dimensional Finite Element analysis…

Product(s): RAM Structural System; RAM Frame Version(s): Any Environment: N/A Area: Analysis RAM Frame Troubleshooting This document serves as a troubleshooting guide for resolving errors in Ram Frame…

Product(s): RAM Frame, Ram Concrete Version(s): 13.00.00.00 or later Environment: N/A Area: Modeling Meshing and Segmentation in RAM Frame or Concrete General Lateral walls, 2-way decks and semi-rigid…

Product(s): RAM Structural System; RAM Frame Version(s): V14.05.00 (and others) Environment: N/A Area: Analysis Problem Description During the RAM Frame Analysis, the analysis stalls at a certain point…

Product(s): RAM Structural System; RAM Frame Version(s): Any Area: Analysis What Rigid End Zone setting should I use in RAM Frame? In Ram Frame within Criteria General, the user can choose to consider a rigid end…

Product(s): RAM Structural System Version(s): Any Environment: N/A Area: Analysis Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group Problem Description Some wind and/or seismic load cases have…

Product(s): RAM Structural System Version(s): Any Environment: N/A Area: Analysis Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group How can apply earth pressure in one direction? There is no…

Product(s): RAM Structural System; RAM Frame Version(s): Any Environment: N/A Area: Analysis; Graphics Problem Description In plan view within Ram Frame - Analysis mode, showing node numbers (View - Node…

Product(s): RAM Structural System Version(s): Any Environment: N/A Area: Analysis Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group In this document we will examine the code requirements to BS…