Hollow core slabs

[Anonymous]

Hi

Does anybody know of good ways to treat hollow core slabs when analysing a structure?

I know that some people model the slabs with correct thickness, defines density = 0, and then defines a load for the dead-weight of the slabs.

Opninions?? Is this the best way?

[Romanich]

Dear Hallvard,

[Anonymous]

Thanks! 🙂 This seems to be better than defining density = 0.

[Romanich · Accepted solution]

Yeah 🙂

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[jad.dellel]

Good Job Romanich, I'll give you Kudo

[saclovitzky]

Hello,

Just follow up question, how will you specify if the hollow core unit,ie, 200 mm thk HC needs to have a unit weight,ie, of 2.75 kN/m2?

Regards,

[Rafal.Gaweda]

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/robot-structural-analysis/hollow-slabs-self-weight/m-p/4689047#M19357