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FAQ 003539 | Why do RF‑CONCRETE Members or CONCRETE determine a significantly higher provided reinforcement than the required reinforcement?
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Why do RF‑CONCRETE Members or CONCRETE determine a significantly higher provided reinforcement than the required reinforcement?Answer
This may be related to the curtailment of the provided reinforcement.
If no curtailment is activated, a uniform reinforcement is designed across the entire structure (Figure 01).
The curtailment of the reinforcement can be activated in the "Longitudinal Reinforcement" tab of the add-on module (Figure 02).
After activating the curtailment, it is possible to define the number of areas. The higher is the number of areas, the more precisely can the provided reinforcement follow the distribution of the required reinforcement (Figure 03).
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RF-CONCRETE Members for RFEM or CONCRETE for RSTAB propose an automatically created reinforcement to the user, if the ‘Design the provided reinforcement’ option is selected in Window 1.6 ‘Reinforcement’.
Material Model Orthotropic Masonry 2D
The material model Orthotropic Masonry 2D is an elastoplastic model that additionally allows softening of the material, which can be different in the local x- and y-direction of a surface. The material model is suitable for (unreinforced) masonry walls with in-plane loads.
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