Tag Archives: Ductility
Version 4.0 Feature Spotlight: Ductility Verification
Moderately Ductile and Ductile shear walls can now be designed within MASS to satisfy the ductility verification (required by CSA S304-...
Why ISN’T the Factored Shear Force Scaled up for a Seismic Design?
While you might not have expected it, MASS has it's reasons for leaving your factored shear alone - even with earthquake loads applied
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Why is the Factored Shear Force Scaled Up for Seismic Considerations on a Shear Wall Design?
Explaining these clauses and how they are applied
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Understanding the Minimum Boundary Element Length Limits on Strain
While not explicitly listed as a strain limit, the minimum boundary element size can have a large effect on how high maximum compressiv...