Numerical Analysis of the Influence of the Geometrical Parameter of the Flat Slabs Connected with Wide Beams

Abstract:

The computer software used in design work allows the analysis of structures to be conducted in an increasingly detailed way. A great advantage of computer programs is the opportunity to reflect the entire buildings or their significant parts. However, this often leads to calculations being prolonged. When using advanced numerical tools is not possible, the use of simplified models becomes necessary. The paper presents the proposed ways of modelling wide beams connected with flat slabs. As a point of reference for simplified models (shell-shell and shell-beam model), a spatial model consisting of volumetric models was developed.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 837)
• Pages: 58-63
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.837.58
• Online since: June 2016
• Authors: Mirosław Wieczorek*
• Keywords: Numerical Modeling, Shell Element, Slab-Column Structures, Solid Element, Structures

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