Continue to Site

Eng-Tips is the largest engineering community on the Internet

Intelligent Work Forums for Engineering Professionals

Register Log in
  • Congratulations waross on being selected by the Eng-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

Curve beams in sap2000/ etabs 7.xx ? 1

Status
Not open for further replies.
VictorPerez

VictorPerez

Civil/Environmental
Dec 7, 2002
17
Hi,

Can somebody tell me if i can draw and analyze curved concrete beams with version 7.xx of any of these programs ?
Regards,

Victor
 
Replies continue below

Recommended for you

Sort by date Sort by votes
CSI programs (SAP and ETABS) do not analyze curved elements per se. Nevertheless, you can approximate a curved beam by using a series of straight segments. I mean, approximate an arc by using an open polygon. Be careful, if the lenght of the segments is shorter than their depht, concrete design will raise a shear overstress warning. Also, if you are going to use version 7, try to upgrade to 7.24 wich was the last of that series and therefore the one with the least bugs.

Amadeus
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Status
Not open for further replies.

Similar threads

Stockton2008
  • Question
How to model concrete slabs in Etabs
Replies
0
Views
771
Stockton2008
Stockton2008
ElyasCivil
  • Question
Interactive Data Base Tables in ETABS 1
Replies
3
Views
3K
sticksandtriangles
sticksandtriangles
M
  • Locked
  • Question
Composite column definition error in ETABS
Replies
0
Views
509
member 1218881
M
H
  • Question
ETABs API- Sapmodel
Replies
2
Views
2K
sticksandtriangles
sticksandtriangles
Mina Kromer
  • Locked
  • Question
Rigid and Semi-rigid diaphragm in ETABS - Slab with beams
Replies
6
Views
447
STpipe
STpipe

Part and Inventory Search

Sponsor

Back
Top Bottom