Hi everyone,
I have a couple of questions that need to be addressed here:
1/ Where is the section in the AS 3600 that dictates which one is blade column and which one is wall?
2/ I asked the question 1/ because in Ram Concept, if we define a vertical element as column, the program would allow us to do punching check design but it is not the case for wall definition. Could you guys explain why is there something like that? How could we know there would be no punching shear faillure around wall area?
3/ What is the effect of "shear wall" if we tick on that in wall definition?
4/ Some people put the bending stiffness factor for column around 0-0.5, mostly 0.25. Any hints for me about that?
Thanks all you guys in advance.