hi
I have questions about the eurocode combinations created by the user tool facility within staad.
I am wondering if there is an example to verify what scenarios are considered when combinations are generated.
It seems to be creating far more combinations than I would expect. For example I considered 4 load cases 2x Dead (should be treated from same source), 1x Live Load & 1x Wind Load i.e.
LC1: DL 1 (Dead)
LC2: DL 2 (Dead)
LC3: LL (Live)
LC4: Wind Load (Wind)
Staad created me 32 loading combinations and this includes SLS and ULS combos.
In my opinion I would expect following scenarios:
(LC1 +LC2) +LC3
(LC1 +LC2) +LC3 (leading) +LC4 (accompanying)
(LC1 +LC2) +LC4
(LC1 +LC2) +LC3 (accompanying) +LC4 (leading)
therefore 4 combinations for ULS and SLS each.
Please comment.
Thanks.