Advanced Topics in IDEA StatiCa Detail Loading
Inputting loads in your project is seen as the foundation of any project. The article covers topics, such as the correct specification of load from the shearing connection, partial factors or load under the anchoring plate.
We, at IDEA StatiCa, have come across many customer enquiries, as well as, our own experience relating to the following topics:
– How can you model a compressive load under the anchoring plate to the design?
– What is the method for incorporating ceiling loading into the model?
– How do you introduce shear connection loads into the model?
– What steps are involved in inputting partial factors for the Ultimate Limit State (ULS) and Serviceability Limit State (SLS)?
Each of these issues/questions will be described and then explained as part of an already streamed webinar.
How to input compressive load under the anchoring plate to the model?
We can analyse the stress that the concrete receives by running an analysis through the IDEA StatiCa Connection. Moreover, due to the IDEA StatiCa Connection analysis feature, we are able to integrate stress onto selected are and get the forces. The stress is constant along with the selected area, we use uniform load to stimulate the effect of stress under the anchoring plate.
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What is the method for incorporating ceiling loading into the model?
The monolithic junction of the ceiling to the wall yields load, which can not be dismissed. Due to the shape of the shear force it takes in the position of the junction from the FEA, we can adjust the equivalent load to the mode.