I am trying to model a steel support that is embedded in concrete. I need help figuring out the best way to do that. I have already modeled the structure, as well as the support's steel plate.
One tip I found online is to make the elements of the steel plates as compression only elements (I...
I'm trying to determine the shear capacity of an embedment with three shear lugs parallel to a free edge according to ACI-349-97.
I'm not finding examples or guidance on interpreting Section B.5.1.2.2 of the commentary.
Any help with that is greatly appreciated.
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I am applying time history acceleration to my ANSYS model which contains gap elements.
The time history input starts with 0.0 acceleration for a while before an acceleration is applied to the structure.
For the loading: The initial condition is for the structure under gravity acceleration...
