• Design of Solid slab (Conventional slabs)

    Hello Everyone For a while, I was using an Advanced Concrete Design (RCDC) for the design of a solid slab. Today I tried to learn the RAM concept for the slab designs but I saw a design of strips that had never seen before (When I was using RCDC and…
  • Tension members in Staad

    Good Day, I have attempted the direct analysis method on a steel structure I have to design, however I have the following queries as it relates to the effect tension only members will have on the analysis (the structure has tension rods in the form…
  • direct analysis with tension members

    Good day I have modeled a structural steel frame building and analyzed it using the direct analysis method, however I have received a few warnings and I would like to know the relevant of these as well as their potential effect on my analysis results…
  • Web Tapered Members - Plate wise estimate

    Dear Sir/Madam, I have designed a Frame using web tapered members in STAAD Pro. The frame weight shows the weight of different beams members used. For example, the frame is having a member whose dimensions are Web- 250 to 750 mm Web thickness…
  • Design of composite (Steel beam+deck slab) as per AISC, BS & Eurocode

    Dear bentley & friends, I had modeled the floor beams as composite and gave design parameter for Eurocode but design not performed and I had changed the code to BS and AISC, in this two codes composite design is done but not in eurocode. Why? How…