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Base shear from ETABS
Hi to stressed/drile007: Thanks for the replies. I have done a comparison using both the story shear method and the section cut forces summation method to calculate the base shear. In my case, the values are very close: Vx (story force) : Vx (section cut) = 1 : 1.03 Vy (story force): Vy...- Vonx
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- Forum: Computers and Structures: ETABS
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Automatic Line Divide at Story Level
Hi guys, when I draw a diagnal member such as a bracer or a long cord in a truss in Etabs, very so often it goes through more than one storey levels defined. The annoying thing about it is Etabs sometimes (not always) automatically divides the line at the storey levels. It causes troubles, for...- Vonx
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Base shear from ETABS
Hi stressed: I was able to do the show table thing, thanks for that. However, I could not find the "summation" function mentioned in your last post. I had to manually add all the reaction forces together under same direction to find out the base shear. Would you please give some instructions on...- Vonx
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- Forum: Computers and Structures: ETABS
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Base shear from ETABS
Hi all, I've got a question about the base shear. After you do the response spectrum analysis in Etabs, how do you find the total base shear of the structure(multi-storey building to be more specific)? This is to work out the scaling factor. I was told that you can look at the "Story force"...- Vonx
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