It is ok to use T-Beam to simulate the effect of slab?

[tthdl]

Hello everyone,

I'm doing a pushover analysis on a 2d rc frame. I want to take the slab stiffness into consideration.

So, instead of using the methods found in the forum, like using a truss element, I simply created a T-beam fiber section.

The width of the flange was 12 times the thickness of the slab. The element type was nonlinearBeamDisp.

I wonder if it is correct or not to simulate the effect of the slab. Or there it is other possible issue.

Please let me know! Thank you very much

[mhscott]

You will have to check the results yourself in order to answer that question