I've searched the internet for a long time and can't find an answer:
I am wondering if I should include a portion of live load in calculating component seismic forces on an egress stair (ASCE 7-05). I know seismic forces don't usually include live load, but ASCE doesn't define "component...
Hi, I am a month and a half out of school, and am modeling a 3 story, 340,000 sqft building in high seismic zone. In grad school, my professor skipped SCBFs altogether, saying in essence that they suck and to always use BRBFs instead. The owner and another PE are planning on using - as a...
I am learning RAM Structural System on the job, and am currently modeling a 3 story building for gravity loads. Due to the ridiculously un-intuitive modeling user interface, I modeled the floors in CAD and imported the first 2 floors so far. Floor one has no problems, but floor 2 gives a...
Hi all, I have been trying to find out a good way to design a steel roof system in RAM for snow loads for some time.
Problem:
RAM treats snow loads as live loads, and creates a "worst case" scenario by "skip loading" - applying all or nothing on cantilevers/backspans. However, according to...
