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My Meshed Slab Does Not Transfer Load to Supporting Beams (SAP2000)

Tygra_1983

Student
Oct 8, 2021
116
Dear all

I have this simple structure in SAP2000:

sap2000 diagram.png

I want the self-weight of the slab to transfer to the beam at the slab edges. The self-weight = 25 kN/m^3*0.2m = 5 kN/m^2. I have done the appropriate meshing, but the self-weight of the slab does no seem to be transferring to the beams. Please see the following figure:

Forces.png



As you can see the load on the beam is 0.33 kN/m. From my calcs it should be a trapezoidal load with a maximum of 5 kN/m.

Does anyone know why this might be happening?

Many thanks.
 

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