Thank You very much for your precious remarks, BAretired. And yes, the example I posted is nothing else but a case study, yet quite useful in its explanation on how to realize joints like the ones I need in my actual job. The four joints that appear at point E are soon after merged by twos to...
Hi again BAretired, and sorry if I'm always so late with my replies. I did some research and finally found this very enlightening explanation, given by CSI itself, whose link to the website I levae here for You to check, if You wish to do so...
Hi BAretired and thank You for replying so quickly. Your advice is good and I appreciate it, but also I must tell you that I am mandated to use I-beams on both sides of the column (actually, it would be a unique I-beam crossing the column).
My question is more relative to the software usage than...
Hi everyone!
Maybe this is easy, but it's giving me some trouble. My intent is to model a 2D beam-column joint so as to have the continuous beam only propped by the column, with no bending moment transission from one ement to the other. Both beam and column are continued across the joint, i.e...
