I checked all available manuals for SAP2000, and topics from this forum, but could not understand how to use it.
Has anybody succeeded? What should be settings in time history dialog, what should be settings in Nllink properties, how to apply a dynamic force,... to get compression(tension) only...
Thanks PXS,
it is good that some programs can integrate bending moment from stresses. Can you determine the area where to integrate (part of a slab)?
I usually use beam elements in the plane of the plate (with the moment of inertia of T beam). It seems (even according to this text you mentioned)...
Corus,
do you mean defining beam and shell at the same coordinates and then to add the offset to the beam?
I prefer using shells than solids since I need moments more than stresses (for reinforced concrete).
The 'tying translational freedoms to slab' - you mean tying translational freedoms of...
FEA programs treat slab and beam as separate elements connected in common joints. In reality they work together as a T-beam, where the width of the slab participating has to be selected.
There are several methods of modeling this connection. Does anyone has good experinece with some of them?
What do you think what is the best way to model RC slab on a beam, that would act together and be closest to reality?
Both elements draw as much of the moment as their stifness is...
