• 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…
  • STAAD V8i series 4 (20.07.09.31) ( slenderness check)

    Hi, Currently I am using AISC 360-10, I assigned slenderness value 200 ( main 200) to members. some of the members are fail in slenderness but STAAD result shows "pass" could you please tell me why it happens ? please see attached snap below. …
  • STAAD shear calculation error for AISC 360-10

    Hi All, I have noticed that STAAD incorrectly calculates the shear capacity for a member. Specifically, it uses a VERY large shear area (overstated by a factor of 2!). Here is the output for an Australian 250UC72.9: INTERMEDIATE: Aw: Cv: Kv: h/tw: Vn…
  • Re: staad pro v8i (20.07.09.31) issue

    dear Shany. thank you for answering question 1. for question 3. i can't share the staad file due to company regulation. i'm so sorry. but i can show you my study staad for stair tower. this staad represent my problems. i check using AISC…