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Dear Sir/Madam,This email is an invitation for the participation in the First South Asia Conference on Earthquake Engineering (SACEE-2019) which will be held on 21-22 February 2019 in Karachi, Pakistan. This conference is the inaugural event in this series of conferences which has been constituted under the auspices of South Asia Earthquake Network (SHAKE). The organisers of the conference include NED University, University of Porto, University of Fuzhou, University Roma Tre and Institution of Engineers Pakistan. The conference website can be visited at http://sacee.neduet.edu.pk/.Please note that world leading earthquake engineering experts have confirmed their participation in the conference. These include Prof Abdelkrim Aoudia (Italy), Prof Alper Ilki (Turkey), Dr Amod Mani Dixit (Nepal), Prof Bruno Briseghella (Italy), Prof George Mylonakis (UK), Prof Khalid Mosalam (USA), Prof Humberto Varum (Portugal) and many others. The presence of these distinguished experts allows you to exchange your work/issues with them and discuss possibility of any future collaboration. Please note that participation in the conference is strictly based on registration. Early registration in different categories at reduced rates are available till 10 December 2018. Please visit the conference website to see the details and the link for registration.If there are any queries, please do not hesitate to contact the Conference Secretary at the following addressProf. Muhammad Masood RafiConference Secretary- SACEE-2019ChairmanDepartment of Earthquake EngineeringNED University of Engineering & Technology Karachi, Pakistan.Phone: 0092-21-992-261261 Ext:2605Email: rafi-m@neduet.edu.pk SACEE19_Flyer_REV04.pdf

In this case, you have to provide lap splices for column's lateral reinforcement please refer to ACI-318 2005 Item No. 7.10 page No. 87 for more details.... or check any latest version of ACI code. Thanks

You can use the following paper. it have manual verification as well. But I hope you should try doing it yourself and then check the manual verification. because learning is more important Crack Identification in Reinforced Concrete Beams Using ANSYS Software L. Dahmani,a A. Khennane,b and S. Kacia

If you are fine with all other serviceability checks then consider the torsion in your vertical member design. But keep your eyes on the separation gap between the blocks. The gap must be sufficient enough to avoid pounding action. You may run real time history (linear model) on your model for deciding the separation gap.