ACI 318 Shear Design Gravity Columns for Seismic Provisions


 Product(s):RAM Concrete Column
 First Affected Version:
Found in Version:14.07.01.00
Fixed in Version15.04.00.00
 Environment:N/A
 Area:Design
 Subarea:N/A
 Defect Number:241727

Problem Description

Gravity concrete columns in structures assigned to SDC D, E, or F may have been designed incorrectly for shear.

Reason

ACI 318-11 21.13.4.3 requires gravity columns in high seismic areas subject to high axial loads to be designed using the provisions for transverse reinforcement in 21.6.4 and 21.6.5. These provisions were not checked by the program.

Solution

Problem corrected in version 15.04.00.00.