ACI 318-11 Code Sections for Stiffness Modifiers

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-----------------------There are two seperate analysis you will be doing of
your 3D Concrete Frame:1) At Service Load Combinations:-For Frame Drift,
Member Deflections and Foundation Pressures (Soil Bearing Stress):Based
on section 8.8.1:a) For Columns Use Iyy and Izz = 1.4X0.7Ig = 0.98Ig = Ig
(at Service Loadcombinations you can use Ig (uncracked) for Columns.b) For
Beams (Flexure) Use Iyy and Izz = 1.4X0.35Ig = 0.49Ig (say 0.5Ig or 50%
ofgross Moment of Inertia for beams. Think of this even at Service Loads
analysisACI Code wants you use only 50%Ig for Beams in Frame Analysis.
This willchange your frame Drift, Member Deflections and may impact
your Frame MemberSizes to get to the allowable Drift, Member Deflections
Values. STAAD/PRO Tech.Reference Manual Section 3.3 has the same values
of Concrete Cracked SectionProperties for Beams (50% Ig) for many
years.2) At Factored Load Combinations:-- For Member Design Forces and
ReinforcementDesign.a) For Columns use Iyy and Izz = 0.7IgNo reduction in
Ixx (Torsion) and Ax, AY , AZb) For Beams (Flexure) use Iyy and Izz =
0.35IgNo reduction in Ixx (Torsion) and Ax, AY , AZIf you want Code also
allows you to use Iyy and Izz = 0.5Ig for both Columnsand Beams based on
section 8.8.2(b).Point is using Gross Moment of Inertia Ig for Concrete
Frame Analysis at Factored Load Combinations is simply wrong.
Some of us engineers still have not caught up with this change and use
Gross Moment Of Inertia (Ig) for beams at ServiceLoad and Factored Loads.
Based on ACI 318 Code we can not and should not do that.
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