Slender beams (ACI 318)

Tekla Structural Designer
2021
Tekla Structural Designer

Slender beams (ACI 318)

Spacing of lateral supports for a beam shall not exceed 50*b1

In the program the lateral supports are taken as the distance between the faces of the supports, and for simplification, b is taken as the web width bw

If the above check fails then a 'Slender span' warning is displayed.

Effects of lateral eccentricity of load are considered in determining spacing of lateral supports.

1 ACI 318-08 and ACI 318-11 Section 10.4
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