06-03-2009, 12:19 AM
(05-29-2009, 11:56 PM)JCMAS Wrote: hello, Juice, Yasir,
Can you explain to me from where etabs 9,5 take values to the variables Pu, Mu and Vu to design piers elements in shear ?
regards,
jcmas
Hi jcmas, VCHFCE answered your question right. Nevertheless, please don't let ETABS do the whole design process for you. I would suggest you pick out the design loads from ETABS analysis and design your pier elements using Excel spreadsheet following the code requirements--e.g., for flexural capacity of our wall (inplane or out-of-plane) stress-strain compatibility analysis will be an interesting engineering "brain" exercise. ;)
I hope this helps.
Regards,
juice