Hi Wiktor!
Thanks for your reply.
AASHTO distribution factors aside; do you think lever rule is still applicable if the girders were of considerably different (20%) stiffnesses.
Hello everyone,
I was wondering if any of you have come across the situation of having two different prestressed girder types, such as Bulb Tee(BT) and Tub girders in the same bridge cross section. If yes, are the distribution factors from AASHTO still applicable? if not what other types of...
Hello Everyone!
My query is regarding the absence of Total Strain component ("E") in field output variables when we apply a displacement load via BC.
I was modelling a simple cube under compression loads to check the output stress strain curves from analysed data with respect to input stress...
Hello avscorreia!
I am using SAP ver 16, in which there is an option of "show soil pressure". It can be accessed by Display> Show forces stresses> Joints. which opens a user form with the mentioned option.
I have clarified my original query with CSI and they replied saying that the contours...
For a raft modeled using thick-shell elements in SAP2000, with supports specified as area springs or Joint springs; how does one compute the base pressure?
More specifically is there a direction option to get base pressure values like in STAAD.pro
or do I have to calculate effective...
While performing Response spectrum Analysis in SAP2000. In addition to specifying the Modal damping ratio and Function damping ratio, is it required to define material damping? (in material properties)
The relevant link from SAP-CSI knowledge base is below...
