• Mat analyzed in STAAD.Pro and designed in STAAD.Foundation Advanced

    Dear Colleagues, (i take back what i've posted earlier) The method as per the link ( Mat analyzed in STAAD.Pro and designed in STAAD.Foundation Advanced ) would have been useful for structures such as Buildings with Basements, Underground Tanks / Pits…
  • STAAD Foundation Pedestal Reinforcement Main Steel Error

    Dear Colleagues, In STAAD Foundation Advanced Connect Edition v9.7.0.87 (which i presently use) noticed that the summary table displays 20-T20 instead of 20-T8 (i.e.) instead of the bar diameter it repeats the bar count again. Have attached the .SFA…
  • Version of STAAD.Pro with BS8110 & EC2 Batch Mode !

    What was the final version of STAAD.Pro - which performed the 'Batch Mode' design of RC Structures using both BS8110 & EC2; before it was discontinued / moved to RC Design mode?
  • RE: RAM - Crack width and shrinkage

    Regretfully we don't have a plot available for the expected crack widths after load history analysis, those are only available in section-analysis style plots for rule sets with detailed section analysis turned on. I'm not familiar with the CIRIA C660…
  • RE: RAM Punching - Calculation of Beta

    I have an example from a prior exchange that might help. In this case the program was calculating Beta = 1.264 for a 1100 x 250 mm edge column. ************ Our reported beta in the audit is the ratio of the maximum absolute stress to the direct absolute…
  • RE: RAM Concept Concrete stress Diagrams

    Please check the program manual, section, "63.5.12 TR-43 5.8.1 PT Service Stresses (UK National Annex only)" for details on how this is performed in Ram Concept. Here's a brief excerpt: For two way slabs, for members with tension stresses supplemental…
  • RE: RAM - Cancel tying system

    The program manual, section 63.5.10 "Section 9.10 Tying Systems for Accidental Design Situations", has some details on how 9.10 is implemented in the program. Section 63.4.9 confirms that 9.10 is part of the Accident design of EC2, so as to the original…
  • RE: Ram Concept: Capacity differences between two the same beams due to strip defined - not consider as PT vs consider as PT

    I'm less familiar with that code, but according to the Ram Concept manual, section 63.4.7 these are the code sections for beams: It looks like TR-43 5.8.5 is making the difference in flexural capacity and TR-43 5.9 is affecting shear.
  • RAM Concrete and EC2 Notional Inclination of a Structure

    Hello, Eurocode 2 requires the designer to consider the performance of the frame through the application of a notional inclination of the frame under gravity actions. This is not dissimilar to the notional horizontal force principal in BS8110. RAM…
  • Concrete design parameter FC for EC2 code. Characteristic or design value to enter?

    Hello, I need help with concrete design parameter FC for EC2 code. It's not clear - is it characteristic or design value? Is it characteristic cube strength Fck,cube from EN 1992-1-1?