• MOMENT DISTRIBUTION IN STAAD Pro FOR PARTIALLY RELEASED BEAMS

    How does Moment distribution and release for beams work in STAAD Pro ? While designing Secondary Beams, I’m generally releasing the moments MX, MY, MZ to a 100% at their ends. If I keep the ends fixed, I get a hogging moment say ‘ X ’ kN-m at the…
  • stresses in a steel plate

    Dear sir, Why staad pro showing the stresses value for steel plate too low?LOad is applied at the middle of the centre of the plate.so yielding will be more at centre point.I also did not understand the stress distribution for boh plates it is not same…
  • Mton/Cm to Kn/m

    How do I change Mton/Cm to Kn/m
  • How to Model complex Concrete building projects ?

    What is the easiest and accurate way to modeling complex and huge Concrete building projects, Including irregular elements and the shear wall? Can I model staad building planner?
  • STAAD Pro_Mass Assignment

    How to assign mass to a model other than self weight? To calculate the system natural frequency. Regards.. Hazim
  • EXCEL VBA FOR PLATE CORNER FORCES

    Hello, I wanted an excel VBA programme by which i can get the plate corner moments/stresses for a particular group of plates. If anyone could share an excel with VBA code then it will be helpful as it saves lot of time.
  • Gantry crane moving load along Z axis

    Dear All, Currently i'm designing a gantry crane. 1. I have assigned the loading from Crab to the gantry beam as moving load (Shows in Red color), But i have no idea how to assign the loading (Shows in Green color) when gantry crane is moving along…
  • RC designer beam fail

    Hello , I have done analysis and tried RC designer . the columns are safe. Beam summary show fails. please help me into this . cross section of beam is large i assume. 8284.COLLEGE PROKECT.STD
  • Gantry crane design

    Does anybody designed Gantry crane using STAAD.Pro? Can anybody explain how can i assign whole surface of the rail on the ground as fixed? do i need to divide the rail in to small parts and assigned those nodes as fixed? or do i need to design Gantry…
  • ACCERLERATION SCALE FACTOR IN RESPONCE SPECTRUM ANALYSIS

    N. SUBRAMANIAM BOOK OF RCC DESIGN GAVE THIS SYNTEX *SCALE FACTOR = (0.16/2) × (1.5 / 5) = 0.024 SPECTRUM CQC 1893 X 2.078 ACC SCALE 0.024 DAMP 0.05 MIS SOIL TYPE 2 IN THIS CASE ACC SCALE VALUE IS CALCULATED USING Z/2*I/R BUT IN STAAD HELP CONTENT…
  • Problem modelling plates on top of beams for elevated steel water tank

    I am trying to model a Elevated steel water tank with bracing for analysis in STAAD.Pro. While modelling the structure I've encountered a problem and would like your help. The problem is: While the beam offset works perfectly for modelling a beam…
  • STAAD runtime error

    Hello, I was doing an FEM modelling for steel plate analysis for some temporary works loading and I am getting an error "SProStaad MFC Application has stopped working" while doing the analysis? Can STAAD support team look into this and suggest? …
  • Model not running in SS5 or SS6

    Hi we cant seem to run the model even if we set MEMORY to 200 and SET STAR 4 using advance analysis also. It displays not enough memory for displacements. Can this be resolved by updating to STAAD SS10 or Connect edition? STAAD model is in the link since…
  • STAAD error message: Exception [Access violation] Raised! Aborting analysis...

    Hi, I have a large STAAD model file for a linear analysis of a space frame. I have used the INACTIVE MEMBER/PERFORM ANALYSIS/CHANGE commands to sequence the framing as the loading is applied. When I run the analysis I get an error message stating…
  • Can you add a concentrated moment to a plate in STAAD Connect?

    Hello, I am new Civil Engineering graduate that is working on the design of electrical substations. I am currently modelling a structure simple structure where I have two horizontal beams that are connected to each other by a plate. On top of the plate…
  • differences in design results of staad pro connect and older version staad.

    I modelled analyze and designed a project using staad pro select series 5 version and noted the required area of steel for columns but when I reanalyze the same std file in new staad pro connect edition I got different area of steel. for a particular…
  • Fatigue Analysis

    Hello, Is there any way that i can perform Fatigue analysis for steel member in STAAD.Pro? Thank you in advance
  • UC Ratio problem

    warehouse.zip wind calculation also in that folder.... try to fix this probem guys
  • Print Section forces of members

    Hello, I have done a beam analysis and the shear at the middle is excactly 0. When i use " SECTION 0.5 MEMB 1" the results are okay. That means in the output file "shear y" is 0 at position 0.5. But when i use SECTION command with 2 or 3 positions…
  • Como obtener periodo de vibración para cada dirección X, Y y Z

    Saludos a todos, en México se ha modificado el análisis por sismo, me piden realizar la comprobación del cortante basal en cada dirección ortogonal, mínimo en 2 direcciones (X y Z), así como la verificación del estado límite de servicio para sismos frecuentes…
  • Error while importing dxf to section wizard in Staad Pro from AutoCAD

    I am analysing an RCC box girder for which some peculiar tapered sections have to be created. I created a tapered rectangular section in AutoCAD 2014. I used polyline to create the 2D and then extruded it to make it a solid 3D section. Now when I import…
  • Simply Supported Truss

    Was wondering, if i put a 0.07457 kip/foot dead load and a 0.02514kip/foot live load, it would sum up to 0.09971kip/foot total vertical uniform load. If i analyze it manually using wl/2 for my reaction, its going to be 4.935645kip-foot. and my analysis…
  • Parameters Check for Truss

    Dear Altruists, I am trying to design an Arched truss roof for an indoor stadium. Please observe my assigned specifications, parameters and other necessary aspects to give me proper suggestions to design it correctly. Also, I will be delighted if…
  • how to get the loadings details in report????

    I have got my report, but there is no loading details like dead load, Wind loads and all... In report settings i have added Loadings, but its not showing.... Wt to do???? i want to see other load details. How to get that details?
  • Moment Releases in Staad

    Hello, I want to understand member releases in staad better. The attached figure has 2 beams in x and z-direction. At the joint, it has a short column going down then another beam and a knee brace. Finally, it has a bottom column fixed to the base.…