With MASS Version 4.0 moving into Multi-Storey Shear Wall design, why doesn’t the software check for something that seems squarely within its expanded scope? Dating back a few years in the MASS development process, a lot of work was put into adding the capability for the software to check Read more…
Does changing the analysis method effect the final results? The process shown here is how MASS internally performs the analysis because the design is all done at the element level. If you are interested in how Vf,seismic is determined having only the information for one element available, this page Read more…
The method used by MASS to get bars to align is fairly complicated but gets the job done. One early point of feedback in the Version 4.0 development process is that most engineers will not want to deal with the detailing of bars terminating in one cell and starting Read more…