sap2000 shear check
sap2000 shear check
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I'm doing a pile cap design using sap2000. Can someone help me interpret the result please? I'm getting V12=V23 = 13.6 kips/inch and Vmax = 22.08 kips/inch. Is this the shear force per inch of the pile cap thickness? or per inch of the width? I want to check for punching. My pile cap is 12ft x 12ft x 36-inch deep. Thanks in advance.





RE: sap2000 shear check
FYI:
I think SAP will report the shear stress of 1.5*V/A worst case for rectangular sections, which is mechanically correct. But ACI doesn't require this. Play around with your SAP model and see if your getting that.
I highly recommend looking at the CSI website and purchasing "Building Support Structures: Analysis and Design with SAP2000 Software". Very useful for things like this and has information that I couldn't find anywhere online.
RE: sap2000 shear check
I will check that literature. Thanks.