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  1. cityboy

    negative point number

    When checking the reaction forces I found that there were a few points numbered as negative (like -100) by ETABS, and more wired was that I got force reported at these negative points, the total force including these negative points was balanced with applied loads. However, no such negative...
  2. cityboy

    how to design this link beam

    I have a shear wall which has a 5ft by 7ft opening on each floor, we used a link beam with has 10ft depth to connect the opening. Now I need to design the concrete beam, anybody has ideas how to design it? Is the beam to deep? Can I design it as shear wall rotated 90 degree? Attached is a sketch...
  3. cityboy

    So confused with slab design

    Hi, I am doing slab design. I have a #4@12" mat for bottom reinforcement and no mat for top. If i follow the SAFE output, I will have no rebar for some stress lines. Qell, some senior engineers in my office said that i should provide rebar to cover every stress line for my slab. However, some...

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