• composite beam

    hello, Does staad automatically takes the self weight command considering the steel & concrete (self weight) itself? waiting for the reply.
  • staad pro: beams on elastic foundation

    HI I'm trying to model a 120"*20"*12" steel beam on foundation with subgrade 0.25k/in2. I divided the beam into 50 elements each of length 2.4". The supports are defined as foundation type with L=2.4", B=12" and k=0.25. The load consists of a distributed…
  • Re: density not provided, self weight ignored

    It worked perfectly THANK YOU !!!!. :-) Hmmmm... now i'm into slab. It keeps failing. first, i made a 0.18m thick slab and assigned it to the most critical slab surface in my structure. then I designed it with the following properties…
  • Single Line Format <-> List format

    I mistakenly converted my input file to single line format. Is there any way to get it back to list format without a lot of keyboard time?
  • API RP2A WSD Tubular Design Check

    Hi all I am checking a tubular member to API-RP2A-WSD and wanted to do the following: 1. Beam 2 ALL Calculate moments at 1/12th points and at each end along the beam and use the maximum Mz locatio for design. 2. TRACK 2 ALL This is for…
  • Elemental stiffness matrix

    Hello, I built a simple truss model in Staad pro V8i. I am wondering whether there is a way to extract elemental stiffness matrix in global coordinate? I can access global stiffness matrix by enter SET PRINT STFFINESS in the basic solver. Is there any…
  • Re: warnings in staad pro

    As per your suggestion i have made changes and i got no warnings. I have also analyze the structure with enforced but with the same condition and it showed no warnings. I want to know what is the real difference between the fixed and enforced but support…