Hark88
Structural
- Jan 17, 2011
- 6
Hi everyone, could you help with a small inquiry? I'm trying to understand how SAP2000 works.
How does Sap2000 find the displacements of a reinforced concrete structure, let's say a concrete wall (shell)? As soon as the analysis is done sap gives you the displacements, right. But since you haven't specified the reinforcement (which actually you want to find by using sap) the stiffness will then be unknown. Hence, you cannot find displacements without the stiffness.
What I is that sap automatically uses the minimal reinforcement to give the displacements OR it includes the reinforcement that it has found after the analysis; still not clear!
Because in the end, when you get the displacements, how do you know which amount of reinforcement are those displacements relevant to?
How does Sap2000 find the displacements of a reinforced concrete structure, let's say a concrete wall (shell)? As soon as the analysis is done sap gives you the displacements, right. But since you haven't specified the reinforcement (which actually you want to find by using sap) the stiffness will then be unknown. Hence, you cannot find displacements without the stiffness.
What I is that sap automatically uses the minimal reinforcement to give the displacements OR it includes the reinforcement that it has found after the analysis; still not clear!
Because in the end, when you get the displacements, how do you know which amount of reinforcement are those displacements relevant to?