Would side-face blowout apply if the failure cone is no longer intercepting the element face? See crude sketch below...[bigcheeks]
My initial thoughts are "no", but I have nothing to support this based on the literature available.
I have a calculation that is capable of doing torsional analysis of an unbraced beam, but how about in the case where there are bracing elements at third points? There are almost no examples that I can find on this and virtually no piece of software can do this. Is it reasonable to use a force...
I have a concrete corbel that supports a slab. The contractor wants to simplify the formwork by just making it a straight wall down instead of forming the actual corbel shape (essentially providing a thicker wall). Do you think I'd need to change the reinforcement pattern, or will the added...
When a grade beam is designed as simply supported between pile caps, in reality, how are the loads from the columns not being transferred into the beam (assuming unbalanced vertical loads)? My intuition tells me that when the beam is connected to the pile caps by extending the rebar into it...
Hi,
I am working on a problem where I am using rigid body constraints on shell element nodes in SAP2000 (to simulate rigidity without increasing stiffness modifiers and diverging the analysis). However, when I run the analysis and look at the deformed shape, it seems the shell is only...
I'm looking to model vertical/angled cables in SAP2000 that support individual, freely-hanging thin shell elements. Has anyone done this before? Most examples I see are for horizontal cables. Which "Cable Type" should I be using in this scenario? The options are:
Minimum tension at I-End...
