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I am having a hard time trying to understand how to determine the design story drifts of a RC building using ASCE 7-10. The building belongs to Seismic Design Category C. Section 12.8.6 (ASCE 7-10) deals with story drift determination and states that:
For me, seismic design forces are...
Hi there,
What does mean an essentially complete space frame? I know what a space frame means, but how to interpret the qualifier "essentially complete"?
In context, this is what ASCE 7-10 prescribes in page 59:
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Dear ETABS Community,
In ETABS, how can I get the coordinates of joints tagged with parentheses?
For example, because of the meshing in shell slabs, some joints need to be created internally by ETABS in order to produce the sub-shells. I was wondering whether we can get the coordinates of...
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I am analyzing and designing a 4-Story RC Building with ETABS 9.7.2. I have a question regarding how the design positive moment is computed at the middle of the beam by ETABS. For example, according to the "Concrete Design Information ACI 318-08/IBC 2009" window (shown below), the...
Hi there,
I am analyzing and designing a 4-Story RC Building with ETABS 9.7.2. I have a question regarding how the factored positive moment is computed at the middle of the beam when designing with ETABS. For example, according to the "Concrete Design Information ACI 318-08/IBC 2009" window...
