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Hello, Any sample calculation for pocket foundation(Axial load + uniaxial bending moment). preferably Eurocode.Any help will be greatly appreciated. I search on the internet,all i can see is blah! blah! blah! and nice looking equation but actual calculation is not there:)

Thank you very much KootK/IDS for your insightful ideas!

Hello, Reducing modulus of elasticity of concrete by 50%, is it equivalent to reduce moment of inertia(ie, shear wall) by 50%? It arises in a situation, where a software, doesnt have the facility to implement in its analysis of building, of reducing its moment of inertia. For example ...

ETABS shld implement a "graphical" load viewer on non-uniform shell loads,it is very easy to commit mistake on this. It is really annoying!

Hello, I came across on how to adjust SM of shear walls,pls. see below; "Typically I initially assign a 1.0 factor to f11, f22, and f12 along with a 0.01 factor to m11, m22, and m12 (so that the shearwall essentially has no out of plane stiffness and acts as a classical in-plane only resisting...

@Delagina, In the Philippines, we still uses UBC 97 as the main code for Earthquake analysis(NSCP-2010) and ASCE 7-10 for wind loads.

Thanks Delagina/JAE, It is sometimes really a pain when you find a reference material claiming it is based on reference codes (whether it is UBC 97 or ASCE 7-05), and then you started reading it, and you will end up confused rather than informed when you realized that something is not...

@JAE, what I've meant is that, comparing it to UBC 97, the factors used in the "Atkins Manual" is quite different. Compared it again to ASCE 7-05, the ~"factors" used is quite different. Especially, the 7 serviceability load combinations shown on the "Atkins Manual". I've searched for both UBC...

@delagina, pls. see my previous attachment. I already attached strength combination for both UBC 97 and ASCE 7-05 but I cannot notice any similarity between ATKINS documents and UBC 97/ASCE 7-05 regarding their "factors". Also, where ATKINS derived the "serviceability" load combinations as per...

Hello, I've seen a documents "Manual for the Analysis/Design using ETABS" by ATKINS(pls. see attached screenshots). According to the documents the load combinations are based on UBC 97/ASCE-7. Flicking the pages of UBC 97/ASCE-7-05, there's a discrepancy on the factors used. Also, load...

Hello, I have a couple of questions regarding ref. points/planes. 1. How do you delete re. points/planes when you do not need it anymore. * I've tried opening the model in text file but still the re. points/planes are still there. 2. Can you replicate slabs in ref. planes? *I do not...

Hello, Why I cannot see window/door openings of rc wall in "rendered" view? Is this really the case? Any ideas will be greatly appreciated.

Hello, Pls. find attached screenshot. I cannot find similar dialog box(ETABS 2013)to edit stories that is common to ETABS 9.7.4. Any help will be greatly appreciated. REgards,http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=d2c57e36-392f-4fd7-a072-c4271c2ad4a6&file=edit_story.jpg

Hello, I have a simple 2d frame with horizontal point loads. I'm just wondering why I have a strange deformation an huge displacement. Pls. see attached file. Any help will be greatly appreciated...

Hello, I've modelled an rc beam(spandrel rc beam-pls. see attached plan and file) . I noticed that when I run the design and look for its summary it doesnt give the "moment capacity" of the section. Also, I noticed that in calculation sheet, the spandrel beam was referred to as a "column" not...