I have done all the training videos, read the manual, completed the exercises and now had my first attempt at doing a raft slab on springs in RAM Concept. I cannot get this software to give me a sensible answer so I am obviously doing something wrong. Have been trying for about 12 hours so need some help if anyone can spare a moment to have a look. I want to check the slab at 250mm thick with N12-200 EW T&B with 30mm cover.
1. Every load case I have entered is a ULS case yet I get a message saying the factors are not suitable for strength design.
2. Have I entered the reinforcing correctly, I feel like the software keeps adding in additional reo yet I want to use user defined and check it.
3. When I do a plot of maximum bearing pressure it tells me I have maximum & minimum values of 0kPa, why is this giving me such a strange result, is it related to the load factors RAM doesn't seem to like?
MY CLIENT IS SCREAMING FOR THIS SO A QUICK TURN-AROUND WOULD BE APPRECIATED. I have attached the Microstran file of the structure supported by this slab for information only.
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