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Envelop ,Reference Loads and Meshing

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Baltali

Structural
Apr 1, 2009
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I've attached a dining hall project below.
I have defined load combinations and earthquake definitions according to TS500.
I would like to ask you that what is the "reference load" included in earthquake definitions section?
Also did i apply the true envelop for this combinations?
Can u offer me any document about load envelops?
Finally, is the meshing near the big square hole that was formed by beams in 2nd and 3rd floor, correctly formed?

 
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Before you proceed with your model it is necessary to delete bed elements. So far I find in your attached file a lot of errors

Beam elements with small length:

11195 ; 11196 ; 11201 ; 11206 ; 11208
11255 ; 11542 ; 11543 ; 11544 ; 11585
11588 ; 11589 ; 11600 ; 11601 ; 11602
11610 ; 11611 ; 11617 ; 11669 ; 11670
11678 ; 11680 ; 11688 ; 11691 ; 11694
11695 ; 11696 ; 11700 ; 11702 ; 11703
11708 ; 11713 ; 11897 ; 11898 ; 13458
13459 ; 13461 ; 13478 ; 13511 ; 13517
13521 ; 13537 ; 13542 ; 13743 ; 13802
13803 ; 13804 ; 13830 ; 13848 ; 13859
13860 ; 13876 ; 13878 ; 13880 ; 15382
15393 ; 15558

Beam elements across more than two nodes:

8961 ; 11192 ; 13877 ; 13879 ; 11633
13937 ; 13939 ; 13940 ; 11193

Missing a lot of beam elements (depending on your design):

1-th floor:
Between nodes 711 and 713
462 and 464
6 and 225
19 and 247
32 and 170
327 and 326
569 and 577

For 2-nd and 3-td floor even more gaps in beams.

Two plate elements on the same location:

13325 = 13345
15257 = 15277

More then two plate elements in the same area:

15311 TO 15320
11743 TO 11752
15321 TO 15329
15331
11753 TO 11762
15342 TO 15351
11774 TO 11783
15332 TO 15341
11763 TO 11772

Bad shaped plate elements:

15135 ; 15152 ; 15178 ; 13203 ; 13220
13246
 
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