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can we design T beams or L beams in etabs? how to add assign them in etabs as we dont design slabs in etabs.
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Please clarify my confusion. While modeling a frame structure with shell in ETABS, we perform centre to centre modeling, means all the members are connected together at their geometric centres and this is a common practice in market of structural engineering. In the same way, beams and shells are connected together. My question is that, during analysis, while calculating moments etc, does software considers composite behaviour of beam with shell like a T-beam by taking into account the effective flange width OR it analyses it as rectangular beam with no composite action? If it accounts for the composite action, then what type of forces (compressive / tensile) will be generated in that effective part of slab? I think there should be no force in the slab under composite action because the slab is assigned at the geometric centre of the beam. An elaborated answer is expected.
