Problem In Etabs Design Summary
Salaikom dear professionals, First of all I would like to express my sincere thanks to the initiators of this forum for establishing such an exceptional atmosphere for knowledge/experience sharing, I it is really useful, In fact since I have found the forum I am mostly online and busy reading the posts. I would also like to thank the members for their professional comments and advice. As my first post in this forum I would like to ask the following queries: 1-After running the analysis and d
2- Upper columns will have higher moment and less axial force so more area of steel. Yes you could provide different reinforcement in upper and lower stories as per your design.
3-yes you have to check serviceability for beams. Code minimum thicknesses are "deemed" to be okay but its independent of loading magnitude. You can check long term deflection on actual loading in SAFE.
