Concrete wall modelling

[Sivanerupan]

Dear Support,

Can you please give some hints to model a rectangular concrete core (a lift shaft)?

Is that possible to connect walls by rigid links at the edges of wall without creating nodes at edges?

With thanks and regards,

Siva

[seismosoft]

Yes, the use of an equivalent beam-column element coupled with rigid arms would indeed be our suggestion for the modelling of the walls.
You may refer also to a recent publication by Beyer et al. (2008) in the Journal of Earthquake Engineering, Volume 12, Issue 1, pp. 1-33, for further hints and suggestions.

Seismosoft Support

[Sivanerupan]

Thanks for that. It is really useful.