• Getting errors in tapered design

    Hi everyone, It is very weird that I am getting different utilization factors every time I run the analysis (The software picks different forces values at the tapered element) and for some reason, all sections have the same utilization value. Could…
  • I am attaching a simple g+2 building which I have analysed in Staad. Have few queries about the same.

    I have given the clear cover to be 25mm in beams and 40mm for columns as per Indian Code. Further, I can see from the design output I can see from the design report that the clear cover is 35mm even though I have given 25mm in the input for the beams…