LRFD and ASD might be two confusing term for some of you. To be honest, when I was in university I never found out what are the meaning of these technical terms. In this article I want to explain them in really simple terms. ASD is an abbreviation for Allowable Stress Design. LRFD refers to […]
P-Δ effect and P-δ effect are usually two confusing terms for occasional ETABS users. In this article I am going to explain them in details and in our ETABS video coarse you can also learn have to apply them in the software. P-Δ effect is one of phenomenon that influence on the behavior of the […]
One important engineering judgement you need to make in ETABS, is about connection points. As I explained several times in my video coarse in reality there is no ideal joint similarly none of the connections are completely fixed. So being joint or fixed is just a simplification assumption. To make this decision we need to […]
What is ETABS? This question might seem a bit trivial at the first look. But for new users these kinds of basic information can accelerate their learning process. Since 3 decades ago, different pieces of engineering software has been significantly developed. Building constructions has fueled the need for building design software. Among all, ETABS is identified […]