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Dear leartt,

Please take a look at: Mander, J., Priestley, M., and Park, R. (1988). "Theoretical Stress-Strain Model for Confined Concrete." J. Struct. Eng., 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(1988)114:8(1804), 1804-1826.

Dear dfd,

m-factors are displayed in technical report’s tables. Bending moment is considered as ductile mechanism, while shear is considered as brittle one.

Dear Mobtuse,

The Licensing Department has informed me that they received your request on April 30th and subsequently sent you the requested academic license key on May 2nd. They also confirmed that no prior request was received from you before that date.

Could you please confirm that you had ...

Dear JRCM,

The requested plot is not automatically created in SeismoStruct. You may take the drift values from SeismoStruct and create the diagram in a spreadsheet application.

Dear bardia.pg,

You may subdivide the beam element and assign a modified beam in the middle section with modified dimensions to account for the camber.

Dear NunoRibeiro,

As it is written in SeismoBuild's Help System (https://help.seismosoft.com/seismobuild/2025/en/building_modeller/inserting_structural_members/sections/slab.htm): The slab modelling is carried out with rigid diaphragms; hence, a rigid slab is implicitly considered in the structural ...

Dear a1shaer,

Could you please send us the models that create the reported errors at z.gronti@seismosoft.com to check them?

Dear ans,

Do you experience the same issue in SeismoSignal v2025?

Dear ans,

The acquired license is perpetual. The regular license is also per machine, whereas we have also developed a USB dongle license and a Network license. The acquired license does not expire. For more information, please contact Seismosoft's Sales department at sales@seismosoft.com.

Dear JRCM,

The available Code-based checks are for RC and masonry elements.

The implementation of Performance Criteria may be of interest to you.