I have a slab connected by dowels. What properties in the dowel mimicking slab element do i need to reduce to 0.001 to mimic DSDQ dowels please. I have modelled 50mm x 50mm x 50mm dowels in concrete and need to change kFs/kFr/kMrs etc

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

I tried it quite times looking at responses here still I could not resolved it can any one help me with ? and check in the file as I shared it here. 5807.TK_STR.STD

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?

Hello Everyone How can I reduce the development length bars in the beam (Figure 1-1), I'm running to get a result like this beam (figure 2-1) Figure 1-1 Figure 2-1

How do I change Mton/Cm to Kn/m

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?

My model consists of beams & columns which are concrete and take gravity loads only, the project is SDC D and the shear walls take all the lateral load. When I run the concrete column analysis I get the following warning: Column section dimensions are…

I am having trouble telling RAM where to put a secondary layer of longitudinal reinforcement. If I assign a different value to 2 Layers in the Beam Criteria it appears to assign my values under 2 Layers just to my top bars. I have attached a screen cap…

Hi, I'm running a model of a concrete podium structure and seem to be running into a "node tolerance error". The exact text is: "Tolerance error at coordinates (x,y,z). Check if all members at this coordinate are aligned." The given coordinates lie…

Hello, I am trying to model a 3 story concrete structure. When I try to run the gravity analysis in RAM Concrete module, i get the following error: "Gravity load computation error on floor Podium and diaphragm 1. Please check gravity loads on slab decks…

I'm currently designing a multi-storey RC frame in RAM Concrete and I've noticed a puzzling aspect of how RAM spaces the shear links if using UK codes. I have for aesthetic reasons rectangular columns with the width in the order of 250mm - 350mm with…

Hello, Eurocode 2 requires the designer to consider the performance of the frame through the application of a notional inclination of the frame under gravity actions. This is not dissimilar to the notional horizontal force principal in BS8110. RAM…

When looking at the long term deflections in RAM Concept, not using the Long Term Load History calculations. I check the Service Design rule set and under Section analysis, I check the selector called Long Term Deflection, This appears to take the elastic…

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…

Is it at all feasible to design regular column and wall footing in RAM concept? Thanks, S. Bouvia

Hello. I have a 2-way flat slab with a banded/uniform PT layout. Around my elevator and stair openings, we have beams framing the openings. My question is in regards to failures resulting from higher than expected values of torsion in these beams …

I have set up a model in RAM. It is A steel frame sat on an RC base. I have run the data check and there are no errors or warnings. I have run the steel beam design and it has given me section sizes. However, every time I try to run the steel…