RAM Structural System Help

One-Way Deck

Typically a one-way deck is not considered in the analysis in RAM Concrete other then to determine what nodes are to be slaved to what diaphragm. However, if there is a combination of one-way and two-way slabs on the same floor then the entire floor will be meshed. The loads that are applied to the one-way deck will be distributed in RAM Gravity and be applied as line and point loads on the supporting members in RAM Concrete Analysis. This is unlike in the two-way areas where the load is actually applied to the floor slab mesh itself. As no load is applied to the one-way mesh and as the loads on the one-way deck are already distributed to supporting members the one-way deck itself is given nominal (small) out of plane bending properties.