• SOFT STORY

    My structure keeps on getting EXTREME SOFT STOREY even if i already reduced the storey heights and increased the beam and column sections. Please help me. Thank you.
  • Staad Reference loads definition for soft storey checking as per indian code is 1893 2016

    Hi all the staad reference load is necessary for checking the soft stories. But I have a doubt while defining reference loads the live load has to reduce as per the specified code or we have to assign full live load in the reference loads? Because the…
  • RE: 'How to solve the WARNING : EXTREME SOFT STOREY DETECTED ?

    I looked further into this and it is the combined effect of the following that is causing the extreme soft story. Absence of a floor diaphragm at 10 ft level. Increased floor to floor height of that floor ( 12 ft as opposed to 10 ft for the other floors…
  • RE: Printing Story shear and story stiffness in STAAD pro

    To print the shears at each level, use the command PRINT LOAD DATA with the analysis command as shown next PERFORM ANALYSIS PRINT LOAD DATA The analysis output file will list the shears at each node and also by floor. To get the story stiffness, first…