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QUESTION:sircanyoupls.explainwhatisthedifferenceofSway
special,intermediate,ordinaryandnonswayforetabs?forframes
likecolumnandbeamsthedefaultisswayspecial.
formybeamsimusingtheNonswaytype.whatistheeffectof
thisactualinstructure?Iobservedthatmorerebarsoutputdesign.
thankyou.
ANSWER:DearSeco
Whichcodeofpracticeareyouworkingwith?Theswayoptionwill
activatetheswaymomentinrelatedformulafordesignunder
combinedaxialandmoment.Nonswaywillresulttomore
economicalresultbutyouhavetobesureaboutthefact.Thesway
optionmaybeneglectedincolumnsforbracedframesorframes
withverysmalldeflection.
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QUESTION:Thedesigncodeimusingisaci31805sir.
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Dearseco

Pleasetakealookatthisaddress:
http://www.heip.ac.ir/pahlavan1/pahlavan/ACI_318M05.pdf
SwayornonswayframescanbedistinguishedaccordingtotheSwayfactorwhichcanbecalculatedafteronerunofthe
software.Relation106oftheabovedocument.IftheQfactorislessthan0.05thenyouhaveanonswayframe.No
matterifyouconsiderbeamsinswayornonswayframes.

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CivilEngineering:Etabselementtype,ductility,sway
Butordinary,specialorintermediateframesarerelatedtotheductilitylevelofthestructureunderseismiceffects.Itis
thedutyotherengineertoselectoneoftheductilitylevelsbutIguessyouinSaudiArabiadon'thavetoconsidermore
theordinarystructuresbecauseyoudon'thaveearthquakeinSaudiArabia.
Don'thesitatetoaskwhenneeded.
Regards
BEH

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yesyouarerightsir.iminsaudiarabiaandkeeplearningwhenitcomestostructuraldesigning.I
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