I got the weightUsed from Auto Seimic UBC97 in ETABS and it is different with what I got from the sum of diaphragm mass data?
I do not know what is the problem?
How to apply an incline point load at a joint in a frame without dividing the load into its componets?
Is the point load applied to the frame at the 0 distance considered to be the applied load at the joint or not?
I am doing Shear wall design using ETABS for erathquake analysis model. In one of the floors I received a error said that the "Pier Shear Exceed the maximum allowed" How should I eliminate the problem?
How can I define horizental reinforcment for the hsear wall when I am doing general...
I have a quite big structure and restriction of using shear walls made me to come up with idea in order to reduce the period (modes) of struture. I divided the strutural system that I had into two sub- structures and I used expansion joints in the slabs (15 floors) in order to keep the two...
1)How can I model a simple oneway slab in ETABS?
2) I have long spans in my slab and I should use truss or steel joist under the slab how can I model my slab in ETABS?
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As you may know in the 2nd,3rd, and 4th load combinations we have Lr which is live load from the roof. Now, the question is how we can define these load combinations in ETABS?