Design of Solid slab (Conventional slabs)
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…
Best method for modeling concrete shear wall with pilaster boundary element
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…
how to get the loadings details in report????
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?
RE: RAM Concrete Beam - Effective Depth used for Deflection Calculations when Reinforcing Continuous at Beam Depth Change
Your images did not come through, but if I understand correctly, you have two consecutive spans that are different depth beams with continuous top bars across the support, but the d value used in the deflection checks is less than expected.
Splicing…
RAM Structural Systems - Bundled Rebar in Concrete Columns
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…
Stability Index ACI 318-08 Equation 10-10
I was wondering if RAM SS in either RAM Concrete or RAM Frame can calculate the stability index as noted in ACI 318-08 equation 10-10? If the program cannot calculate the stability index is their a procedure of how to get the variables that are required…
Cracked Section Factors in RAM Modeler
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…
RAM Concrete Column Spiral Reinforcement
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…