• Slab design

    For creating a slab what should i use for designing the slab, Surface meshing or Plate and why ? Thank You !
  • Mirrored slab - unable to edit after one manipulation

    Can anyone verify if this is also a problem or is it only us experiencing this issue: draw a slab using the PLACE FLOOR SLAB TOOL or PLACE SLAB FORM; mirror it using the MIRROR command (Manipulate tool box); select it, the manipulation handles…
  • Help with Slab design report

    I don't understand the report, there is 3 type of bar. Which one i select for my design !
  • RE: final displacement

    Long term deflection is not calculated. You can account for cracking of concrete. Please refer to the last paragraph in the wiki below
  • RE: how can i design a slab and getting it's reinforcement details from staad pro.

    The following post should be useful http://communities.bentley.com/products/structural/structural_analysis___design/f/5932/p/99695/294596#294596 In addition, the page below contains lot of useful wikis on slab design and concrete design in general…
  • RE: Slab design for Bending Moment and Torsion combined

    As Seth mentioned, RAM Concept is Bentley’s Slab Design solution and it would handle all that you mentioned. The added advantage here is that STAAD.Pro is fully integrated with RAM Concept and so it will make life so much easier for you. In other words…
  • Modelling different slab levels for a RC Canopy in Staad.PRO v8i

    Hi, Is there anybody to advise how to model a RC slab with different levels in Staad.PRO v8i, similar to a RC canopy & internal slab to asses the effects of torsion. Browsed through previous posts but couldn't find a way to idealize two different…
  • RE: use of generate wall/ slab connection

    Generate Slab/Wall connection is a quick tool to generate a properly connected slab and wall. For example if a slab is already meshed you can use this tool to quickly generate the wall mesh which would automatically ensure connectivity with the slab and…
  • RE: Monolithic Concrete Slab/Beam Connection Modeling

    Typically this does not affect the analysis in a significant manner. The weight of the portion of the slab that is accounted for twice, is not much and if you want to, you can apply a uniformly distributed load in the upward direction on the beam and…
  • RAM Elements - Reinforcing Design for Shell Elements

    I am looking for an explanation for the As/ft design output for shell elements. It looks like the design is giving areas of steel that are off the charts. For example, every area of the concrete panel I am analyzing is giving areas on the order of 1.0E300…
  • RE: RAM Concept - Beam Torsion

    "As Shear" is appropriate for situations where the torsion is primarily caused by vertical shear eccentric from the "shear core" of the cross section (for a typical cross section with a beam, the "shear core" is the beam cross section). "As Shear" will…
  • STAAD Pro Analysis of a RC Slab

    I am modelling a concrete tank's base as a slab using plate elements. I am looking for the maximum positive and negative bending moments in the slab at the edges, and their locations and at the slab's centre. Can I get these values from STAAD? Should…
  • Modeling beam and slab connectivity in STAAD Pro

    I am modeling a very wide slab (120' x 30') simply supported on two long opposite edges. It would have been a simple one way slab but it has two edge beams on the shorter (30') edges. The slab is 20" deep and the edge beams are 29" deep x 18" wide. I…