Ram Concept PT Module - Syllabus

Ram Concept PT Module

Session Topics

Introduction

 Introduction to Ram Concept PT

 Starting RAM Concept options
Session  Strip Wizard
1  Structural systems
 Know your building code
 Structure Type
 Code & Units

Workspace
 About the Workspace
 Creating and opening files
 Saving a file
 About Templates
Session  Tool buttons
2  Re arranging toolbars
 Using the right mouse button.
 Undoing changes

Understanding Layers
 Modeling with objects
Session  Managing layers
3  Precision input using AccuSnap
o Determining which plans contain objects.

Using Plans and Perspectives

 Using plans
 Creating new plans
Session  Viewing perpectives
4 o Setting the projection
o Selecting the modeling
o Rotating the model
 Creating new perspectives
 Controlling views
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o Zooming to magnify or diminish

o Panning to reposition
o View History
o Regenerating
o Setting the visible objects
o Changing colors, font, and line type
o Changing font size
o Changing font scale
 Setting up the grid
o To make the grid visible for a plan
o To change the grid settings for a plan

Drawing and Editing Objects

 Precision drawing with snaps
 Drawing objects
 Entering coordinate points
 Using relative coordinates
Session  Selecting & Deselecting objects
5  Filtering selected objects
 Cutting, copying and pasting objects
 Copying and pasting objects
 Editing polygon objects
 Moving, rotating, stretching and mirroring objects

Units
Session  About units
6  Selecting units
 Specifying report as zero

Sign Convention
Session  Selecting sign convention
7 o Default sign convention
o Changing the sign convention

Specifying Material Properties

 Material properties
o Concrete Mix
Session o PT Systems
o Reinforcing Bars
8 o SSR Systems
 About post-tensioning systems
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Defining the Structure

 Using the Mesh Input Layer
 About column and walls
 Column properties
o General column properties
o Live load reduction column properties
 Drawing columns
 Wall properties
 Drawing walls
 Point and line supports & Properties
Session  Drawing point & line springs
9  Properties of point & line springs
 Drawing area springs
 Slab area properties
 Drawing slab areas
 About beams
 Beam properties
 Drawing beams
 Slab opening properties
 Drawing slab openings
 Checking the structure definition

Generating the Mesh

 Generating the mesh automatically
Session o Deciding what mesh element size to use
10 o Limitations of the automatic meshing
o Viewing the finite element mesh
o Improving the mesh
 Selectively refining the mesh

Drawing Loads
 Self-weight
 Superposition of loads
 Point load properties
 Drawing point loads
 Line load properties
 Area load properties
Session
11 Creating pattern Loading
 Deciding how many load patterns to use
 Drawing load patterns
 Load pattern filtering

Defining Design Strips

 Definition of a design strip
 Design strip terminology
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 Creating span segments

 Span segment strips
 Cross section Trimming
 Improving the mesh

Defining Design Sections

 Using design sections
 Design section properties
 Drawing design sections
 Ignoring depths

Defining Punching Shear checks

 About punching shear checks
 Punching shear check properties and options
 Drawing punching shear checks

Vibration Analysis
 Dynamic characteristics of structures

Drawing Reinforcement Bars

 Definitions
 Properties
 Transverse Reinforcement properties
Session  Layout and Detailing Parameters
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Defining Tendons
 Definitions
 Parameters Layer
 Properties
 Creating tendons

Using Live Load Reduction

Calculating Results
Viewing the Results
Plotting Results
Printing