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…

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

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…

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?

How do I change Mton/Cm to Kn/m

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…

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…

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?

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…