topic Re: Geometry of element requires treatment of the element as Wall piers in Robot Structural Analysis Forum

Geometry of element requires treatment of the element as Wall piers

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 20:44:38 GMT

I get this message: Geometry of element requires treatment of the element as Wall piers. The RC Wall module does not support this type of elements. Thank you for your attention

Re: Geometry of element requires treatment of the element as Wall piers

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 08:29:31 GMT

Could you attach your model?

Regards,

Re: Geometry of element requires treatment of the element as Wall piers

Artur.Kosakowski — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 08:42:38 GMT

Hi @Anonymous

Assuming you selected ACI code this message is displayed when Hw/Lw >= 2.0 and Lw/Bw <= 6.

Bw – thickness

Hw – height

Lw – length

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Re: Geometry of element requires treatment of the element as Wall piers

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 16:00:20 GMT

The verification is according to the code ACI 318, taking the suggestion is verified that it complies, but the same I still get the error message ...

Re: Geometry of element requires treatment of the element as Wall piers

Artur.Kosakowski — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 16:03:55 GMT

Hi @Anonymous

Could you attach the file with this model?

Re: Geometry of element requires treatment of the element as Wall piers

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 16:25:49 GMT

I forward file link: https://mega.nz/#!ktEDFLYD!XvkOuK5P9Q9sFhaG_k3e8DLLNrNKfyB63urrcNUIbdM

Re: Geometry of element requires treatment of the element as Wall piers

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 18:38:21 GMT

As @Artur.Kosakowski wrote:

Assuming you selected ACI code this message is displayed when Hw/Lw >= 2.0 and Lw/Bw <= 6

Your Hw/Lw=3,36 > 2 and Lw/Bw=4,9<6 so your wall is treated as a wall pier.

Re: Geometry of element requires treatment of the element as Wall piers

Artur.Kosakowski — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 10:06:27 GMT

Hi @Anonymous

Am I correct that @Anonymous (thank you) already provided the answer for you?

Re: Geometry of element requires treatment of the element as Wall piers

Anonymous — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 17:18:20 GMT

I have no response from @Anonymous

Re: Geometry of element requires treatment of the element as Wall piers

Anonymous — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 17:27:40 GMT

2 posts earlier was:

"As @Artur.Kosakowski wrote:
Assuming you selected ACI code this message is displayed when Hw/Lw >= 2.0 and Lw/Bw <= 6

Your Hw/Lw=3,36 > 2 and Lw/Bw=4,9<6 so your wall is treated as a wall pier."

Cheers.

Re: Geometry of element requires treatment of the element as Wall piers

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 15:23:09 GMT

Thank you very much, the procedure through illustrations using images or video, how to solve this message ... thank you very much for the attention paid ...

Re: Geometry of element requires treatment of the element as Wall piers

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 06:22:58 GMT

Hi @Anonymous,

To solve this message you have to change dimensions for the wall.

As I understand this ACI standard doesn't take in to account wall that you try to design.

Re: Geometry of element requires treatment of the element as Wall piers

Artur.Kosakowski — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 08:30:49 GMT

Hi @Anonymous

My knowledge of ACI it too limited to be sure but perhaps you just need to design it as a column (model it as a bar element instead)?

http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=379105

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