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  1. gmanos

    Reference height for cladding wind loads

    Thank you, in eurocode negative loads are the most critical as well, at the edges of buildings in plan view.
  2. gmanos

    Reference height for cladding wind loads

    Dear all, For the calculation of the wind load on a cladding element, which height should we consider, the building height or the specific cladding panel height? I am mainly interested for the eurocode EN 1991.1.4. Thank you in advance.
  3. gmanos

    Facade wind loads - trapezoidal

    Thank you for the reply. Any experience with eurocode?
  4. gmanos

    Facade wind loads - trapezoidal

    Dear all, Has anyone used a trapezoidal wind load for a 6 m (20ft) facade in height? e.g. by calculating the wind load at 6 m and at the ground, and taking the trapezoidal load distribution... Is it allowed?
  5. gmanos

    Ventilated facade

    Hello, I think you should go with something realistic, to simulate optimal the effect of the joints between panels, if they are open. for usual panel sizes, you may use ISR technical approvals if any, for stone panels, or cstb (French) approvals, https://evaluation.cstb.fr/fr/rechercher/, for...
  6. gmanos

    Yield moment of concrete beam for hinge properties- sap2000

    Hello, Is there a way to automatically calculate the yield moment for concrete beams for the reinforcement that is calculated from concrete design? And then this yield moment to be used at the hinge properties for nonlinear analysis? Thank you in advance.
  7. gmanos

    SAP2000 Interactive Database Editing Error On Hinge Properties

    Hello, here 's a strange error! I assign plastic hinge properties to columns using "auto", then I convert them all to user-defined with "convert auto to user prop". Then i open Interactive Database Editing and try to change some values. But when i click "apply to model" the following error...
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