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Gravity Design Forces

The objective of the entire concrete gravity analysis mode is the generation of beam and column gravity forces. It is important to note that these forces are not the final concrete design forces but rather they are used in load combinations in the Concrete Beam and Concrete Column modes to calculate the final design forces. Refer to the manuals for these two modes to find out how the Gravity Analysis mode forces are utilized. This section describes how RAM Concrete computes the gravity forces in accordance with the ACI code specification and also used for the BS8110 design.