STAAD Foundation Advanced edge stiffening beam modelling
Hi,I am modelling a 12" thick mat with continuous 8"x15" deep upward concrete curb with wood shear walls on top around the perimeter. I have modelled shear walls with linear shears and concentrated...
View ArticleAccounting for Steel Beams Resistance to Creep in RAM Concept Slab
In a slab where it is concrete independently supported by a steel beam. Is it possible to model in concrete beams of equivalent stiffness to these steel beams and somehow turn off the creep effect only...
View ArticleRAM Concept Effect of Wall Elements Above
When you model the wall elements above in RAM Concept, this stiffness obviously helps reduce the stiffness in the slab. Does modelling in these walls assume that the top of the walls cannot deflect...
View ArticleRAM Concept Construction Loading Design
In RAM Concept If you put loads on the construction loading plan, which plan designs for strength of this? or is it just accounted for in the overall strength design and is based off the worst of the...
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STAAD(X).Tower Connect edition (x64) Orientation and Failure to Initialise...
I am a first time user of STAAD(X).Tower and I can't seem to create a simple tower using the wizard without getting the following errors:1. "0 degrees is not a valid orientation", followed by2. "Failed...
View ArticleHow can Staad Foundation Advanced design the pile cap with only one pile...
Hi I am trying to design a pile cap with only one pile underneath. When I run the program, it doesn't allow me to select single pile but I have to select minimum 2 piles. How can I design with only one...
View Article"**WARNING: IF THIS UBC/IBC ANALYSIS HAS TENSION/COMPRESSION OR REPEAT LOAD...
for UBC/IBC ANALYSIS errorLOAD 1 LOADTYPE Seismic TITLE EQX1893 LOAD X 1PERFORM ANALYSISLOAD 2 LOADTYPE Seismic TITLE EQZ1893 LOAD Z 1PERFORM ANALYSISLOAD 3 LOADTYPE Dead TITLE DEAD LOADSELFWEIGHT Y -1...
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error- tendon is out of cross-section of strip
Hi, my tendons are inside the strip and slab both yet, suddenly this error arrived when i saved file by renaming it, earlier it was fine.
View ArticleRAM Frame Crashes During Analysis
My RSS model crashes during the analysis at Updating Nodes and Elements. It will run for dead and live cases, but not wind or seismic. Is there any solution to get the model to run through?
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Wall group forces and Building story shear
Hello,I have a single story structure with gravity beams, columns and with concrete walls. My lateral force resisting systems are shear walls. I am trying to do the lateral analysis and found my wall...
View ArticleBuckling in staad FEM
Staad FEM not supporting for buckling analysis.Is there any other software where we can design special Steel connections as Plates and bolts and do buckling analysis ?I would expect failure mode shapes...
View ArticleBeam design in staad rcdc
Hello,I am now trying to learn staad rcdc. when i select the attached staad file for column design I do get all the columns and their level but for beam design it does not work and I do receive the...
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Are there any "rules of thumb" when setting up wall design groups?
Especially for stair/elevator core walls. It appears to have an effect on reinforcing in the walls, locations that need special boundary elements, and the extents of the special boundary element. I...
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Regarding to Column Placement
Here I have Modelled 9" X 24" Column. I am a little confused about on which node in Staad this particular column should be placed ?If I place the Column on the Corner node ( 1st one in the Vertical...
View ArticleMono-Symmetric I Beam Design in STAAD.PRO to AISC-360-10
Hi,I want to design a mono-symmetrical I beam, with the section being an I section, but with the bottom flange wider than the top flange. I am using AISC-360-10.I noticed that when I define the...
View Articleproblem with Stress ratio that showing great values
Please solve the problems. I am in a great trouble with this problem. STAAD SPACESTART JOB INFORMATIONENGINEER DATE 08-July-18END JOB INFORMATIONINPUT WIDTH 79SET NL 100UNIT METER KNJOINT COORDINATES1...
View ArticleDEFLECTION CHECK PARAMETERS FOR IN-PLACE AND LIFTING CASE ANALYSIS
I have a base frame with piping components. I am analysing the frame for in-place operating condition and for lifting condition. I am using the same DF1, DF2, LY LZ UNT UNB parameters for both as the...
View ArticleStaad Pro to Staad Foundation Issue
I have a building that was analysed and designed in Staad Pro with Z being the vertical axis. Now I need to design the foundations for this building based on the reactions derived from analysis. When...
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