• RAM concept IS 3370

    1: while analyse and design raft foundation in RAM concept, does RAM concept check the stability of raft foundation against sliding, overturning, floatation, max. base pressure etc? 2: Does RAM concept checks raft foundation against crack width?? …
  • Rectangular Concrete Tank with inclined base

    Dear Forum. I'd like to check if is possible to design in STAAD a concrete Tank with inclined slab at the base, please refer to the image below for reference. I also have not much experience in mesh modeling, can you please recommend links and…
  • I am designing rectangular tank for water storage and the value which i am getting from staad. pro is not digestible because of the location of maximum horizontal stresses in wall.

    I am attaching file please help me with value of horizontal stresses at corner I am not able to attach the file so i have uploaded it in dropbox please download and help me with this tank design www.dropbox.com/.../tank for sample without soil pressure…
  • RE: Water Tank Tutorial

    Although I don’t have a video tutorial available, here are some forum posts related to this topic that should help http://communities.bentley.com/products/structural/structural_analysis___design/f/5932/p/96614/282708#282708 http://communities.bentley…
  • RE: Concrete Tank in Staad

    You can use the Hydrostatic option within plate loads to generate the soil pressure. Please refer to the screenshot below I have attached the example10 mentioned in the post. I have actually added a load case 2 to the example which is a lateral soil…
  • Concrete Tank in Staad

    A few questions regarding concrete tank design in staad 1. Is it possible to place varying surface loads (triangular) representing the lateral soil pressure on the tank walls? 2. Is there an example of this? This post LINK states that the example…
  • STAAD Pro Analysis of a RC Slab

    I am modelling a concrete tank's base as a slab using plate elements. I am looking for the maximum positive and negative bending moments in the slab at the edges, and their locations and at the slab's centre. Can I get these values from STAAD? Should…