EXAMPLE 8. SIMULATION & SOLUTION FLAT PLATES

EXAMPLE 8 - FLAT PLATES 3 FLAT PLATES Flat slabs are slabs that are created in the absence of beams. These are closed contours simulated with surface finite elements connected to the supporting columns. 1. Simulation process Initially we could have created a design file in order to use it as a help file. The basic requirement is that the outlines of the columns should be closed, belong to their own layer and the lines of the outer outline should not pass over them (i.e. they should stop where they meet the line of the column and start again after the column) and they should also belong to their own layer. Otherwise we can create the floor plan directly in the Scada environment using the design and modelling commands. 1. The process starts by creating a New Project and naming the file.