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    ETABS 2015 Wind Load Path Question

    This just adds to my belief that the ETABS documentation is absolute crap. No. Assigning a diaphragm property to a floor has NOTHING to do with applying wind to shells directly. It only matters if you assign it to a diaphragm. Ashraf needs to stop spending millions on these stupid extravagant...
  2. rbateman

    Reply to old Wind Load Path question

    thread802-375135 "sponton (Structural) (OP) 17 Nov 14 09:16 Hi there, I'm trying to apply some wind loads to a model based on the ASCE-7-10 code but truth being told I don't have much experience working with the american code or windloads in particular. I read the code and there's nothing...
  3. rbateman

    ETABS 2015 Wind Load Path Question

    Question: Attached to this email is a very small ETABS file I quickly made to express my problem understanding wind load path. http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=286b1e84-ec81-468a-b098-a01ad8abd4b1&file=windtest.EDB The model consists of two continuous columns fixed to the...
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