09-21-2010, 10:37 AM
Dear Salahcivil,
Regarding your first question, if you think your input data is completely right, then the program's calculations are right too. Sometimes we enter some wrong data into the software and are not aware of that and when we get some unsatisfactory results, we think the software is doing wrong. "Garbage in, Garbage out!"
For the second question, the moments and reinforcement shown for a strip in safe program are for that strip only. It means the reinforcement shall be distributed along the width of that strip and for the next strip it might differ. It is for this reason that we have to define strips for the program and the program determines the moments and relative reinforcement of that strip based on what has been defined.
If this information does not satisfy or help you, please have a look at the manuals of the program where how the program calculates is explained.
I think a better choice might be to find some tutorials for the program and see how the modeling and design is done.
Regards,
Regarding your first question, if you think your input data is completely right, then the program's calculations are right too. Sometimes we enter some wrong data into the software and are not aware of that and when we get some unsatisfactory results, we think the software is doing wrong. "Garbage in, Garbage out!"
For the second question, the moments and reinforcement shown for a strip in safe program are for that strip only. It means the reinforcement shall be distributed along the width of that strip and for the next strip it might differ. It is for this reason that we have to define strips for the program and the program determines the moments and relative reinforcement of that strip based on what has been defined.
If this information does not satisfy or help you, please have a look at the manuals of the program where how the program calculates is explained.
I think a better choice might be to find some tutorials for the program and see how the modeling and design is done.
Regards,