composite beam

hello, Does staad automatically takes the self weight command considering the steel & concrete (self weight) itself? waiting for the reply.

  • In general, in any load case, if you use the command SELFWEIGHT Y -1, you can use it to specify the selfweight command. The Y indicates global Y direction and -1 factor is used since typically Y up is taken as +Y... In recent versions, you assign the selfweight command to a list of all members whereas in earlier versions, the command in itself automatically included all members in selfweight calculations.

     

    With respect to composite sections, I havent used it, so I cannot say for sure how it works... You can try by modelling a simple section and apply only selfweight and see the reactions...

    Arunkumar