UmarMakhzumi

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thats true too! hahah

Welcome to the forum RAWK! Its supposed to be this way I am missing ziya too.. dont worry he will join!!

Welcome Shahbaz! Feel free to post any questions

Its more than that. You have to see what seismic zone your building lies and have to select the appropriate level of ductility and over-strength. I would recommend skimming through ACI Chapter 21. I have also attached some documents pertinent to the discussion that will help you develop a better understanding of aforesaid. Go through read them and if you have any question post in the forums Goodluck! How do Beam-Column Joints in RC Buildings Resist Earthquakes.pdf How do Columns in RC Buildings Resist Earthquakes.pdf How to make building ductile for Good Seismic Performace.pdf How do Earthquake Affect Reinforced Concrete Buildings.pdf What is seismic design philosophy of Buildings.pdf

Adnan, i am afraid ETABS is not a very good solution for masonry walls design. Etabs is designed as a frame analysis program. I have used a software called MASS(http://www.masonryan...ralsystems.com/) It design masonry as per Canadian Building Code. Your best bet would be to get a masonry design handbook and see examples to get a feel of how to design it, or if you want to try doing it on a software, look for educational version one. Can you update a bit about what do u plan to do? may be I can help you develop a spreadsheet to design what you want to..

I would say after 1.5 or 3 years is good. Its hard to do masters when you have been away from academics for long. In fact, any experience is better than having no experience and going straight for MS or MS leading to Phd!

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rightly said. Its handy to know such stuff especially when using SAP for FEA.

Posting this thread to break the ice. Modelling domes is very easy in Etabs/SAP. All you need to do is to draw the curvature of the dome in elevation by a series of straight lines, but draw only the one half. Then using the apex at centre point, radially extrude the line say 24 times at 15 degree intervals (or 48 times at 7.5 deg intervals. This feature is under Edit> Extrude Lines to areas. You can further use this geometry for Finite Element Analaysis.

You are very welcome Shah! We will be having Civil Sections soon so that both civil structural could benefit. Good to see you here

Asalam-o-alikum wr wb everyone! I am very excited to announce the launch of "Structural Engineering Forum of Pakistan". Its a open discussion forum directed to Civil/Structural Engineers. The purpose is to have discussions, to shun ambiguity and to overall uplift the structural design practice. I welcome everyone aboard. I hope this forum meets serves its purpose, May Almighty ALLAH bless you all. Warm Regards, Makhzumi!