Flat Plate with Offset Columns - Looking for analysis/design guide
Flat Plate with Offset Columns - Looking for analysis/design guide
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Looking for a good analysis/design guide that describes concrete flat plate construction with offset columns. Thanks in advance.






RE: Flat Plate with Offset Columns - Looking for analysis/design guide
In my opinion, given the present state of computational power, FEM is the rational way to go for highly irregular column layouts. The middle strip / column strip rules become sketchy for irregular layouts. I also think that codes should relax some of the the moment distribution rules when FEM is used as the whole point of FEM is to determine realistic moment distributions. For better or worse, I'm already doing this in my work. I imagine the codes will catch up in time.
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RE: Flat Plate with Offset Columns - Looking for analysis/design guide
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