Question:
I would like to connect my masonry wall to a reinforced concrete slab. What is the best way to create a line hinge?
Answer:
The Masonry Design add-on allows you to automatically determine the stiffness of your wall-slab hinge. The diagrams were determined as a part of the research project DDmaS - "Digitizing the design of masonry structures" and are derived from the standard.
Define a line hinge on the connection line of both surfaces and activate the slab-wall connection.
You can now enter your parameters in the Slab-Wall Connection tab. Then, click the Regenerate [...] button.
The determined diagrams are displayed subsequently.