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2015-11-10

Determination of Internal Forces for Plates: Torsional Stiffness

In a plate with full torsional stiffness, a significant part of the loads is transferred by torsional moments. If it is impossible to set the positive effect of this additional stiffness in the calculation (for example, due to a butt joint of a precast plate in the stiffness area), you have to reduce the torsional stiffness.

To do this, use the "Orthotropic" stiffness of a surface in RFEM. In the K33 text box, you can specify factor D33 for torsional stiffness around axes x' and y' in the stiffness matrix.


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