Hello
Checking a roof that they want to put an overbuild sloped roof. Therefore, lots of columns sitting on the roof slab. Slab is 8" with #5@12" EW T&B. Lateral is handled by shear walls. Design code is IBC 2009 therefore ACI 318-08. After running RAM Concept, the Status Plan shows that there are failures at various locations over the beams. Beams are modeled as T-beams in RAM SS. Interestingly, there are no issues over any of the shear walls.
On to the questions:
How do I actually see a calculation at locations showing there is an issue (red zig-zag lines on the plan)? When I try the Audit command, all it gives me is a "Final Status: 11.2" but no actual calculation so I can see how close it is to passing the check. All of the issues are directly over the beams and not anywhere in the slab.
Does RAM Concept actually check the beams? I did not think it did. Before I changed the calculation to check user reinforcing only, it bunched all of the bottom reinforcing at the beams within the beam width. It gave rebar spacing of #5@1.79" o.c. which made it look like it was checking the beam and not the slab.
Should the beams be modeled as rectangular in RAM SS instead of T beams? Would this affect the results?
Thanks for the help.