That's right. Are the columns creating a simple frame? If so, we should consider the connection type of "pinned" at the connection point of slab and columns (and shear walls), right?
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Could you please tell me what value I should consider as the Response Modification Coefficient (R) -as described in ASCE 7- for a system consisting of U-boot slab (crate type concrete voided slab)as the flooring system, shear walls and columns (that are not necessarily in the...
Dear KootK, Thank you. I liked the concept you explained about deflection. I think it's reasonable.
Anyway, I need much more evidential details about this problem. Could you guys recommend me some pages of a book on this special subject?
This is not a homework, it's just a question appeared in...
Hi everyone,
Could someone help me with this problem:
Consider 2 concrete sections; First one is an I beam as a unit cross section, and the other one is an I section again but this time with 2 parts in which the bottom part of the section is not connected to the upper part (so in this case we...
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I was struggling with a matter on ETABS but I couldn't solve it. I want to assign a linear load on a part of a deck. Could anyone help me?
Thanks so much