• 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…
  • 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…
  • Floor Loads Applied Perpendicularly to a Sloping Roof

    Hi Sirs, 1) Is there a way to apply floor loads perpendicularly to a sloping roof? 2) What is the use of Inclined Floor check box in the floor load feature of STAAD? Is it to perpendicularly apply the loads on a sloping area? Because I tried switching…
  • 5.32.4.2 Regarding Floor load application

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  • One way distribution floor load on composite deck

    Hi, Hopefully this should be a quick one as I'm new to Staad. I've created a composite deck and defined the span direction. I'm now trying to define a floor load but it won't let me define a direction for one way distribution for the load on the composite…