What is the right way to model and design steel beams with timber floor joists in STAAD Pro? I have a series of 65 ft. long steel beams supporting timber floor joists at approx. 16 in. spacing (Please see picture below). The steel beams have several intermediate nodes between supports to accommodate the floor joists. The problems is the analyses output is generated for thousands of 16 in. long steel beams instead of the expected 65 ft. beams, making it difficult to review. I also realized the bending resistance is based on yield strength instead of buckling (which is most likely to control for the selected beam). The challenges I encountered are summarized in the following questions:
You need to specify the design parameters LY, LZ UNT UNB and set those to 65 ft for all of these segments. Ensure that these parameters are specified ahead of the CHECK CODE command. Else these will have no effect on the design.
Answer Verified By: Joe
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