amadeus:
just getting a hang of etabs 8.2.7..and was trying with various ways of modelling slab/shear wall/wind etc..
if one area is drawn for the whole floor (bldg has columns and c shaped shear walls ) and auto mesh area into structure is cliecked (with say 4'X4' meshing enforecd) and voila...
murali/amadeus :
on drift etc:
L/400 seems like an acceptable drift in wind analysis..earthquake i think explicitly stated in the code by drift ratio..in any case the cladding should be properly checked for the drift..
code also has a "Q" factor to suggest if the gravity columns...
murali:
just got the etabs 8.2.6 version but it largely is similar to 7.0 with a few changes..since i had big probs with meshing the diaphragm before, i was using etabs floor only as rigid diaphragm only, obviously, for lateral (no gravity) analysis. the reason is, meshing was almost...
murali:
look closely at the diaphragm action if the load distribution is
adequate..
how are modelling the diaphragm in etabs though..i have 7.0 version and
i know etabs floor meshing has bugs..are u meshing to get the floor
slab? let me know please
gurlate