Dear sir, I want to design a composite beam in staad pro and consider the weight of concrete slab manually ? is there any option to stop the staad to consider the weight automatically as per CW and concrete slab thickness? Kindly give some suggestions…

Dear sir, In My attached fil,I am creating a deck slab to make my steel beams as a composite beams.But I notice deck slab somewhere missing the steel beams .some beams are not composite?Why it is happening?do I have to add that beams manually in stad…

Hi, Why the member is designed for Primary Load case no 1. where as design command provided for Strength load case. Pl suggest the solution . Model is also uploaded for clarity Design prob.std

Dear sir, In attached stad file. I am applying the dead load 2kn/m2 as floor load. 1.somewhere I am attaching two secondary beams with primary beams with the same node.is this load distributed all over the area same as 2kn/m2 or where I am having…

Dear sir, In attached stad file .I am applying the dead load 2kn/m2 as floor load. 1.somewhere i am attaching two secondary beams with primary beams with the same node.is this load distributed all over the area same as 2kn/m2 or where i am having…

Dear sir, I designed a structure by using both method.in first method i deaigned it by composite beam method.and in second method i do it with composite deck.but by using composite beams giving lower utilization ratio than composite deck method.can…

I am analysing an RCC box girder for which some peculiar tapered sections have to be created. I created a tapered rectangular section in AutoCAD 2014. I used polyline to create the 2D and then extruded it to make it a solid 3D section. Now when I import…

I have got my report, but there is no loading details like dead load, Wind loads and all... In report settings i have added Loadings, but its not showing.... Wt to do???? i want to see other load details. How to get that details?

Hi! I am trying to import SmartPlant 3D Structural model to STAAD.Pro through CIS/2 translator. I am able to import steel sections of Indian Section library. But I am unable to import Rectangular Section (Prismatic member not available in STAAD Section…

Hello to all, In reality horizontal braces (or vertical brace, beam, etc) that is design for tension only resist "some" axial compression capacity. Is there a way that this axial compression capacity can be input in STAAD? For example, a horizontal…

Join us for our Free seminar this Friday July 19th. Click Here for login information and a full description of Insider Skills. This weeks Topics: Wind Load Generation Floor Loading Options Seismic Load Generation Custom Section User…

Hello! I am new to ISM, and am experimenting with it as a central repository for Prostructures design and STAAD Engineering data. It seems to work at first attempt, but I am having an issue with materials. It seems that the mapping of materials from…

I have modelled a rectangular concrete tank in STAAD using plate elements and need to do some additional calculations to check the crack widths do not exceed a given value. I can get a contour plot of the bending moments in the walls but when the tank…

Can someone kindly tell me the difference between these two commands CODE AISC UNIFIED 2010 METHOD LRFD & CODE LRFD Why I get different utilization values? What version of the code the program would be using if i just specifies CODE…

Hi Three questions regarding the response spectrum analysis. Q1 : I am not quite sure why I got zero on the Y and Z directions? Please advise. LOAD 4 LOADTYPE Seismic TITLE RESP. SPECTRUM LOADS X MEMBER LOAD 15 TO 20 35 TO 40 UNI GX 10…

I am doing dynamic analysis for the first time and I hope someone can give me answers to the following questions 1. In Time History Definitions, Where can i find the parameters for Arrival Time and Damping dialog box. I only input it in STAAD editor…

Question: How to get a shear force per unit length for plate element in STAAD.Pro? Answer : Shear Stresses of the plate are reported in [Force/ unit length/ thickness] units in STAAD.Pro. In order to get shear force per unit length, one has to multiply…

dear friends, we are facing big combatibilty issues between STAAD PRO & STAAD OFFSHORE. some of the use facilities available in staad pro is not at all regonized by STAAD OFFSHORE. Because of this combatibility issues we are facing lots of problem…

I have a steel structure Modeled, Analysed & Designed in STAAD.Pro V8i SS4 and Connections designed in RAM Connection plugin for STAAD. However, when I'm creating a repository for exporting the data to Pro Steel for detailing, RAM Connection data is not…

I have a model for which I am using parameter command to carry out seperate Strength & Deflection check. However when I check the utilisation it shows it being critical for deflection, however the utilisation for strength is more critical but has been…