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1. Presentation by DUY NGUYEN OF P&T Consultants Pte Ltd A BRIEF STUDY OF USING MEMBRANE,

SHELL OR PLATE IN ASSIGNING A SLAB/WALL

2. P&T Consultants Pte Ltd Civil & Structural Engineer FOREWORD: * When using Etabs we may recognize

that their are 3 options for a Wall/Slab section assignment. They are Shell, Membrane and Plate. * Each type

of section has different features. * Since Slab or Wall is main element so its section assignment will has

significant effect into our model output. * In this brief doc, we will go through major meanings of each type,

what it will affect to our model and some useful recommendations.

3. 1.DEFINITION OF ETABS:

P&T Consultants Pte Ltd Civil & Structural Engineer

In its help, Etabs said that:

They can be interpreted as follow:

If a slab is assigned as Membrane section, it will has no out-of-plane stiffness then can not contribute to

resist bending moment.

In other hand, if it is assigned as Plate section, it has full out-of-plan stiffness that mean can support to

cater for bending moment but it will has no in-of-plan stiffness to receive horizontal load.

Lastly, if it is assigned as Shell section, it has full out and in-of-plan stiffness as what we understand for a

normal slab.

4. 2. VERIFY FROM ETABS MODEL

P&T Consultants Pte Ltd Civil & Structural Engineer 1. Membrane 2. Shell 3. Plate

All in three models are the same, only differentiate in slab assignment. See what happen in the out

put???

5. P&T Consultants Pte Ltd Civil & Structural Engineer

Membrane

Moment = zero

2.Shell 3. Plate Moment contour of Shell and Plate is similar

Conclusion 1 : Easily understanding that as there is no out-of-plan stiffness then Membrane can not

resist bending moment as told since it is out-of-plan moment.

Then, what will be affected accordingly????

Slab moment


Membrane

Beam bending moment 2. Shell 3. Plate

Conclusion 2 : As a result of no contribution from Membrane, Beams in membrane assignment model

have bigger bending moment than in others. The thicker slab, the lesser bending moment in Shell or

Plate model beams.


For your reference and checking, when assigning Membrane, as it only has in-plane stiffness then also

cause the Building global stiffness reduced. As a result, the displacement, story drift and period of a

Membrane model are also larger than Shell model.

Conclusion 3 : The displacement, story drift and period of a Membrane model are also larger than Shell

model .

8. 3. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF USING MEMBRANE, SHELL OR PLATE

P&T Consultants Pte Ltd Civil & Structural Engineer Membrane Shell Slab design

Not available in Etabs.

Slab has to be designed by manual check or separately slab spreadsheets.

Can see analysis result from Etabs, therefore can utilize Etabs to design for normal Slab, Flat slab…

Beam design

Get a conservative value of beam moment and similar to hand calculation method.

Can utilize Etabs Design Function for a faster design.

Take into account the contribution of Slab then has a smaller bending moment, not conservative.

Can also use Etabs Design Function.

Overall

Can be used to assign for one-way slab.

Can easily view and check how loading transferred to surrounding beams

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9. P&T Consultants Pte Ltd Civil & Structural Engineer Membrane Shell Overall

Slab do not need to be mesh then model is analysis faster.

Only can applied for 4 side slab with surrounding beams.

Slab need to be mesh to get more accurate result, this may take long time to run.

Can applied for irregular shapes of slabs


When choosing membrane, in Load distribution option, tick on “Use special one-way Load distribution to

assign for one way slab.

After running, go to menu Display/Show load/Frame line. Tick on “all loading that is Tributary to the Line

Object (Force)’ to see the loading transferred to beams.

11. 4. RECOMENDATION

P&T Consultants Pte Ltd Civil & Structural Engineer “ Different companies will have different styles of using

Etabs. It will be depended on the common practice of each company. However, understanding the philosophy

of Etabs is the most important so that the modeler can ensure that his model is under controlled.” 1.

Membrane is used to transfer the load to the beams without considering the strength contributed by the slab.

It distributes the load in a yield like manner i.e. trapezoidal and triangular loads to the beams. One thing to

note is that membrane will only work if there are 4 surrounding beams. If there is a missing beam, the

program divides the triangular or trapezoidal loads to point loads at the supporting columns. 2. Defining slab

as membrane sometime generate a lot of errors, especially when the model is not orthogonal. Membrane

element may not transfer loading to the beams accurately if it has more than 4 sides.

12. P&T Consultants Pte Ltd Civil & Structural Engineer 3. Be carefully to check the arrangement of membrane

and beams so that loading can be transferred to the correct column and correct quantity similar to load take

down by loading area method. 4. For cases where we know that membrane will not work and we wish for our

design philosophy to be consistent I.e. ignoring the slab strength, you could always define a shell with a

reduced out of plane bending stiffness at locations where the membrane assumption cannot be met.

13. REFERENCE

P&T Consultants Pte Ltd Civil & Structural Engineer 1. Etabs manual and help 2. P&T Consultant PTE Practice

Note

14. THE END

THANK YOU

P&T Consultants Pte Ltd Civil & Structural Engineer

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