NJonesUK
Civil/Environmental
- Oct 1, 2009
- 23
I'm working with a modelling program called Building Designer and I've been playing with some of the factors to give myself an efficient design.
When looking into a particularly heavily loaded building I've noticed an issue regarding balancing getting the required number of shear connectors for full shear connection and overloading the slab with longitudinal shear.
However by limiting my effective width to less than the maximum L/4 I can attain the required shear connection and not overload the slab with longitudinal shear, but how do I achieve this in reality or will my building do this without my intervention through the means of upper bound theorem?
Not sure this made total sense, if there's any confusion I'll try and explain better. If not, any input is greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Nick
When looking into a particularly heavily loaded building I've noticed an issue regarding balancing getting the required number of shear connectors for full shear connection and overloading the slab with longitudinal shear.
However by limiting my effective width to less than the maximum L/4 I can attain the required shear connection and not overload the slab with longitudinal shear, but how do I achieve this in reality or will my building do this without my intervention through the means of upper bound theorem?
Not sure this made total sense, if there's any confusion I'll try and explain better. If not, any input is greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Nick