Hello Engineers,
I have a question about a structural member known as a "Grade Beam", which is commonly used to resist differential settlement between footings.
I created a simple ETABS model to determine whether the "Grade Beam" should eliminate or resist footings settlement.
The results revealed no significant difference between soil stress or footing settlement values in the two cases (with and without "Grade Beam").
So, is it worth adding them to the footings? Or it is a common myth that Engineers used to tell!
Much appreciated.
