@OHIOMatt That's a good idea. I tried it and I can get the forces out of the model to prove that my brick is taking tension and that's all I really needed I just wanted to see if there was a way to just get rid of it.
@concretemasonry I used ACI530-99 to try and see if it would let me...
It's an existing building, I'm trying to model it to determine if it can resist the seismic loads and won't need to be reinforced to meet code. (I'm only doing this to prove it to the architect because they are hell bent that nothing should have to be done and I've gone back and forth with them...
I am trying to model an unreinforced brick building in RisaFloor but cannot take out the rebar in the boundary zones. When I move the the model over into Risa3D and model it I am given the stresses in the reinforcement. I want to know if there is any way to not have the reinforcement show up, or...
I am trying to hang a channel frame by suspending it with 1/2" aircraft cable. The architect wants to use a WT shape to be the connector, so essentially the web of the WT will be connected to the cable and the cable will be connected above. My question is what kind of connection to use for the...
