jahoel1400
Structural
- Sep 10, 2018
- 2
Hello all, long time lurker here.
I work in Western Canada and have need to design roughly 50 unique tilt-up wall panels for gravity and seismic shears.
Softwares that do this (Tekla, for example) don't seem to offer Canadian codes. My firm is thinking of using ETABS for this, with the proper resistance factors. However we have limited experience with the program. For this I was thinking of modelling each panel without edge constraints, meshing, and then creating a fine mesh at embed plate locations which would then have edge constraints applied locally to simulate the embed plate local forces.
I would like to see how many engineers agree with this
Can anyone provide me with tips on how best to go about this?
I work in Western Canada and have need to design roughly 50 unique tilt-up wall panels for gravity and seismic shears.
Softwares that do this (Tekla, for example) don't seem to offer Canadian codes. My firm is thinking of using ETABS for this, with the proper resistance factors. However we have limited experience with the program. For this I was thinking of modelling each panel without edge constraints, meshing, and then creating a fine mesh at embed plate locations which would then have edge constraints applied locally to simulate the embed plate local forces.
I would like to see how many engineers agree with this
Can anyone provide me with tips on how best to go about this?