Special handling of the Self-Dead Loading and the Balance Loading during export

RAM Concept adds the "Self-Dead Loading" reactions to the "Dead Load" reactions during export. This ensures that the RAM Concrete Analysis of the structure considers the self-weight of the slab.

Note: The RAM Structural System provides the option to have beam and slab self-weights calculated automatically, or input manually as part of the dead load case. Conversely, RAM Concept always automatically includes beam and slab self-weights in its analysis. We recommend that, when using RSS in combination with Concept, you have RSS automatically calculate the beam and slab self-weight loads. That will eliminate any confusion regarding whether self-weight loads are included in the analysis or need to be manually specified as part of the dead load case, even when some levels are designed with RSS and some levels are designed with Concept.

RAM Concept does not currently export "Transfer" loading reactions to RSS. When analyzing a building with a transfer slab, RSS uses its own internal distribution of the transfer forces in the slab rather than forces from RAM Concept 's floor analysis. RAM Concept ’s exported "Direct" loading reactions will be used by RSS, if you so direct. See "Using RAM Concept reactions in RAM Concrete" for further information.

RAM Concept exports the balance loading reactions to a "hyperstatic" load case that is only visible in RAM Concrete. Generally, balance forces and hyperstatic forces are not the same, but for a support that contains no tendons, however, the balance forces are equal to the hyperstatic forces.

Note: See "Post-tensioning loadings" for a discussion of balance and hyperstatic loadings.