additional rebar for lateral loads
additional rebar for lateral loads
(OP)
is it possible to design a column in a concrete moment frame by just designing it with Dead load and live load then just add rebars at column-beam joints for lateral loads, i.e. seismic loads? why or why not?






RE: additional rebar for lateral loads
Unless you are doing an unfactored design, such as WSD, why would you want to do it differently?
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
RE: additional rebar for lateral loads
RE: additional rebar for lateral loads
RE: additional rebar for lateral loads
RE: additional rebar for lateral loads
RE: additional rebar for lateral loads
But design is not just about forces and stresses. It is about practicality of construction, so your suggestion has little merit.
There are a lot of traps for young players in designing the joints in concrete moment frames. For that reason, most of us old players avoid moment frames.
RE: additional rebar for lateral loads