Punching Reinforcement in SAFE

1. Required reinforcement Punching shear reinforcement according to ACI is calculated as; Now punching ratio in SAFE is given by;…

The modelling process

I would recommend this book to every structural engineer. Very easy, precise and concise. I have developed a flow chart…

ACI CRACK WIDTH METHODS FOR WATER TIGHT STRUCTURES Crack width is a complex and tough topic. Most people still use…

I am sharing with you, the practice examples I did in earthquake engineering course. Eigen Modes Example Inelastic Response Spectrum Example

Generating automatic load combinations in SAFE & ETABS is easy but if other loads are present like hydrostatic and surcharge pressure…

There is no simple option to just release a specific percentage of moments and shear at the supports. The only…

In this article, I have tried to explain what is building drift, allowable limits, ways and means to check in…

Wind tunnel data is huge and tedious to input in ETABS. The data is produced from wind engineering team’s softwares…

I encountered a strange problem in MIDAS SET for concrete shear capacity of a column. Solving a simple column example; B=500mm H=500mm…

The manual describes what are ETABS main checks for a sound model and how to remove errors.This manual is written in…

Prepared this ETABS model review checklist long time back. Download

Direct design method of slab design in imperial units; one of the assignments in our bachelors. Download

Step by step procedure, how to make calculations in SAFE & ETABS. A handy tool for beginners! Download in PDF here…

While working on a long long repetitive work about a year ago, I wished if someone has developed a tool…