RAM Concrete Gravity Analysis is used to calculate all gravity concrete beam and column forces. The gravity forces are calculated using finite element analysis of each floor in a structure. The reactions from each floor's analysis are carried down and automatically applied to the analysis of the floor below. A quadrilateral finite element mesh is generated for a floor if it contains a two way deck within a slab edge loop on that floor. The program automatically considers skip loading for live loads on the beam lines lying under one way decking if desired. A beam line lying under a two way deck can have skip loading cases only if line and point live loads are applied directly on it. Currently, the surface loading applied to two way decks does not generate any skip loading cases on beam lines. The live load reduction may also be applied if desired and can be applied to beams, columns and walls. For concrete columns, the forces include the effect of skip loading at the top and bottom of the column. For beams, the envelope of all the skip-loaded live loads is obtained. These column and beam gravity forces can then be combined with lateral forces from RAM Frame and used for design in the RAM Concrete Column and Beam modes.

Chapter 2 provides an overview of the program and its commands, and gives a brief description of the output reports available. It explains basic principles of the RAM Concrete Gravity Analysis.

Chapter 3, Technical Notes, provides an explanation of the technical issues, assumptions, and code interpretations implemented in RAM Concrete Gravity Analysis. It is critical that the engineer studies and understands this chapter very well to gain insight into how these assumptions affect the analysis.

Chapter 4 discusses the integration of column and wall forces from RAM Concept into the RAM Concrete Analysis.

Chapter 5 provides a description of the information in the Reports in this mode.