I'm in the process of modelling a multi-storey building with RC floor slabs and core walls. I'm wondering whether, from the point of view of the design of the reinforcement in the walls, it is unconservative to have a 'hinge' (preventing the transfer of moment from the slab into the walls) in my model at the junction of the slab and walls?
I'd be interested to know how others model this situation - I realise that some moment will in reality be transfered from the slab to the walls - but I suspect that for a 380mm slab and 200mm wall its not going to be as much as my model is predicting (in which everything is continuous).
I'd be interested to know how others model this situation - I realise that some moment will in reality be transfered from the slab to the walls - but I suspect that for a 380mm slab and 200mm wall its not going to be as much as my model is predicting (in which everything is continuous).
