shear connector

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susan
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shear connector

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Hi all,

How can we model a structure including “shear connector" (steel anchor)?

tnx.
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Re: shear connector

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i have seen people break up a beam into a number of segments .. two elements in each segment (one for steel, once for concrete) with different sets of nodes and use zeroLength elements to connect the 2 with the properties of the connectors.
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Re: shear connector

Post by eliffiruze »

fmk wrote:
> i have seen people break up a beam into a number of segments .. two
> elements in each segment (one for steel, once for concrete) with different
> sets of nodes and use zeroLength elements to connect the 2 with the
> properties of the connectors.

I'm trying to create a model like this. But i get confused when choosing the material orientation of the zero length elements in 3D Rc model. Could you help me in that regard?
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