Does anybody have any tips of pointers for performing non-linear alternate path progressive collapse analysis per UFC in ETABS? I'm new to both ETABS and progressive collapse and feel like I've been thrown into the deep end. UFC has a design example but it's in SAP, not ETABS, and it's also not...
Anyone here use Idea Statica for connection design to AISC codes?
Most of the engineers in our office use RAM Structural System and RAM Connection for building and connection design. A couple years ago we got a seat of Tekla Structural Designer as a whole-building design alternative. I like a...
Seth -
I'm referring to Tekla Structural Designer http://www.tekla.com/us/products/tekla-structural-designer , which absorbed Fastrak and Orion when Trimble/Tekla acquired CSC. Not Tekla Structures. They need better nomenclature for sure.
We are an integrated AE firm who design buildings of all shapes, sizes, locations around the country. RAM Structural System is our primary workhorse for building design, with RISA 3D, RAM Elements, etc for more specialized tasks.
I am intrigued by the possibilities of Tekla Structural Designer...
Thanks for your help. The current code also shows studs as ASTM A108, but with a 65ksi tensile stress. Has A108 changed in content leading to the 5ksi increase, or has the standard simply been updated with more current testing values?
I'm involved in the remodel of a building that was built under the AISC 8th edition (built in 1983), where the strength of steel studs for composite action is given by a table, as opposed to a formula. With the remodel I need to check the composite beams under current code, which is, in part...
