Title:
Practical Finite Element Analysis
Author(s):
Myoungsu Shin, Benjamin Pimentel, and Jacob Grossman
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
30
Issue:
10
Appears on pages(s):
71-76
Keywords:
diaphragm; finite element analysis; structural wall; two-way slab
DOI:
Date:
10/1/2008
Abstract:
At the ACI Fall 2008 Convention, Joint ACI-ASCE Committee 447, Finite Element Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Structures, and ACI Committee 118, Use of Computers, will cosponsor a two-part session titled “Practical Use of Finite Element Analysis in the Design of Concrete Structures.” One of the presentations in the session will cover the modeling of a 25-story hotel building being constructed together with a 60-story residential tower in New York City. The project and its modeling are discussed in this article, including the use of the equivalent slab-beam concept to model the two-way slabs, rigid diaphragms to model slab behavior, and plate elements to model the structural walls.