Good evening,
I am currently writing my thesis on connectors for timber-concrete composite bridges. I have created a truss model for discontinuous connectors, which represents a timber beam as well as a part of the deck slab. I now have a question regarding the concrete stresses output by the design tool for bars. Under "Results," the concrete stresses can be read. In my example, only a compressive stress is output, but no tensile stress. From this, I would conclude that the results were determined assuming a cracked state. Is it also possible to output the concrete stresses in an uncracked state?
I have attached the RSTAB model. Thank you very much in advance.
Best regards
Markus
HBV-Brücke-Kerven GZG=GZT_hn=20mm.rs8 (3.8 MB)