Defining an emitter below a slab

[Babak.moussavian]

Hi forum,
I would like to define an emitter so that both the bending moments Mx and My as well as out-of-plane shear forces gets ruduced.
The supporting concrete coulmns below the slab can be assumed to be:
   1. A circular cross section with a diameter of 0.5 m.

   Is this approach correct to define an emitter for the listed nodes?

2. What if the column has a square cross section 500 mm x 500 mm?

Regards

B.M. 

[Krzysztof_Wasik · Accepted solution]

Hi @Babak.moussavian 

It will result in reasonable mesh (for 50 cm column support) definition (I usually use constant emitter type). Reduction tool takes into account area of circle described on support section, so this will be OK for 50x50 column as well