I would say that if the grade beam is supported at the ends then it should be designed as the framed beam without the help of the soil below. The settlement in the soil is something very difficult to estimate. The beam might in couple of years end up with the gap betwwen the bottom of the beam...
Hi,
I have a question regarding the NNlink elements in SAP2000. Is it possible to model a simple beam with an additional support
in the middle which has a prescribed gap between the beam and the support? Basically, the beam behaves like a simple...
