Designing a Masonry Wall

[Athi_uk]

Hi,

Is there anyway to do a masonry design in Robot 2011?

Thanks

Regards,

James

[Artur.Kosakowski]

I'm sorry but there is no such design module in Robot.

[krabadavar]

Is it possible at least to modeling a brick wall (without design it), which will work without connection with slab and will not participate in bending stiffnes of slab? Just vertikal transfer of loads from above. 

[Artur.Kosakowski]

If you want to transfer the load then I think you have to connect it to the slab. Try to make it very thin or reduce its moment of inertia in the same dialog.

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[Tuan.nitma]

Hi Artur, how to transfer the load from floor to supported wall (in middle of floor)? and how to define connection between floor and walls? do we need to divide floor into many pieces ? some guy said : release liner in top & bottom of wall, is that solution ok?

[Refaat]

Hi

" how to define connection between floor and walls? "

As a pinned connection ( Linear release - Rx).

 "do we need to divide floor into many pieces ? some guy said : release liner in top & bottom of wall, is that solution ok? "

Yes , you are.

Aslo , you may take a look to these useful links too.

Refaat

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/robot-structural-analysis/slab-supported-on-masonry-wall/m-p/5371097#M...

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/robot-structural-analysis/how-do-i-model-brick-walls-in-robot/m-p/4352...