3/20/2017 ModellingOfColumns

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HamedMenzlawy 2d
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lingOfColumns
FromFiniteElementpointofview,isitrighttosimulate
colmnsasanareaobject(wall)orasaline?

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VSPavanKumarPolisettyIngeneralifL/Bratio>4wewilltreatasa
wall.whichwewillmodelaswall.Butinmyopinionwallisalwayspreferableovercolumnif

weconsiderourapproachoveranalysis.Andcomingtodesignpartaswallisconsidered

aspierandwedesignassingleentity,designprocedureremainssame.OnlyFEresultsof

slab/Beam&column/wallwillchangeaccordingly.

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PeterPlaczekAslinecolumnisinfinitelymoreaccurateandwillbedesigned
evenifslender.Areamustbemeshedforaccuracyandthereisnoslenderwalldesign.

UselinecolumnevenbeyondL/B>4ifconvenient.

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RonyKhadraforaratiobeyond4or5usepierdefinition.butumustbeaware
thatthedesignofthepierdoesnotconsiderbuckling.souneedtodoityourself

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RoyceAgabascodesprovisionsdifferbetweencolumnandawall,thedepth
shouldnotexceed4xthewidthforacolumncriteria,ifitexceedsitwillbeawall.preferas

alineandchecktheslendernessofthecolumn..

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