Sohail Mirza's Activities

RAM Connection - Base plate design

Nik — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 18:28:54 GMT

Does RAM always consider the Base plate to be subjected to moment (uniaxial or biaxial)? Is there no option to specify that the Base plate is subjected to only concentric compressive axial loads? The design thickness seems to consistently fail for a Column base plate with no moments, just the compressive load!

Patch Load on Plate Element

Sohail Mirza — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 14:47:36 GMT

Hi, I am trying to use plate elements to design a suspended concrete floor to support two 6000ltr tanks. I have modelled patch load to represent the tank load. I am trying to find out maximum moment in slab (Plate element) . Results I am getting don't look right especially when compared with hand calculations. I think I am using the plate elements incorrectly. could somebody check my attached file and advise whether I have modelled the plates correctly, and also advise how to apply patch load on a meshed plate. Thanks

communities.bentley.com/.../Slab-Patch-Load.std

STAAD Offshore V8i - Example

Sohail Mirza — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 12:00:41 GMT

Hi, I am trying to learn STAAD offshore and use its example problem as a starting point. However I can't find theSTAAD.Pro input file, Tower1.STD, I wonder if somebody could provide a copy of input file. Thanks