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  • performace based seismic design

    sir i want to konw can i do performance based seismic design in staad pro. and pushover analysis.

  • SIG Tech Talk: Seismic Analysis in STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition based on EC8 Code

    Tech Talk: Seismic Analysis in STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition based on EC8 Code - Response Spectrum Method Presenter: Badreddine Ziane, Senior Technical Manager, Bentley Systems Date/Time: 15 th October, 11:30 AM GST (GMT + 4) Register Now Do you want…

  • SIG Tech Talk: Eigen Solution and Response Spectrum Method in STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition

    Tech Talk: Eigen Solution and Response Spectrum Method in STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition Presenter: Kaushal Aggarwal , Technical Support Engineer, Bentley Systems Date/Time: 2 nd September , 11:30 AM GST (GMT + 4) Register Now Do you want to know about…

  • SIG Tech Talk: Modelling for Seismic Analysis in STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition

    Tech Talk: Modelling for Seismic Analysis in STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition Presenter: Surojit Ghosh, Senior Structural Engineer, Bentley Systems Date/Time: 19 th August, 11:30 AM GST (GMT + 4) Register Now Do you want to know about seismic analysis and…

  • Does STAAD consider 1% Seismic force for SDC A structure?

    for Seismic design category A structure, 10% of story dead load is required to consider (refer 11.7.2 of ASCE7-05). Does STAAD apply 1% of story dead load as Seismic load or it will calculate as per prescribed procedure based on chapter 12~15 of ASCE7…

  • Natural frequency, Mesh element size, Rayleigh damping, vertical force on retaining wall model

    Q1: Is there any way to determine natural frequency of Retaining wall soil numerical model from PLAXIS? Q2: How can we see the exact element mesh size in PLAXIS? Q3: I am using Mohr-Coulomb soil model and want to introduce constant Rayleigh damping…

  • Technical Support via Phone?

    Hi! I'm a plan reviewer with the city of San Jose. I'm reviewing a new hockey arena and I have some questions about how RAM processes automated ELF procedures and seismic drifts for structures that have collector columns. It's a BRB building, but thin…

  • Fundamentals of pseudo-static analysis in PLAXIS

    Application PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D Version CONNECT Edition V20 and later Date created 1 May 2020 Date modified 2 December 2022 Mechanisms developed in pseudo-static analysis General aspects Although time-domain…

  • 25. How are the seismic load is calculated in AutoPIPE Vessel?

    Applies To Product(s): AutoPIPE Vessel Version(s): ALL Area: REport Date Logged & Current Version April 2020 41.04.00.013 Problem: How are the seismic load is calculated in AutoPIPE Vessel? Solution: The…

  • Very Low Base Shear and Sign to be used for Loads

    Dear All, I hope you are all doing well. I am in the middle of a crucial assignment for which I am doing Response Spectrum analysis using custom spectrum. Base Shear and load sign.txt Seismic Spectrum.xlsx Client has provided the Ct and x values…

  • Error no unsupported masses entered - check densities in seismic definition

    Dear all, Error found during the seismic definition analysis. Found the error "no unsupported masses found - check densities" . Kindly help me out from this . COLLEGE PROKECT.STD

  • AISC PARAMETER BHETA FOR SEISMIC DESIGN

    Hi, I have a doubt in STAADP.ro CE about how can I implement the factor Bheta 1 and Bheta 2 in Steel Design (Appendix 8 AISC 360-16). I know that it possible to perform P-Delta Analysis, but for seismic design with modal analysis/response spectra, I…

  • Modeling passive earth pressures on bridge abutments for nonlinear Seismic Soil - Structure interaction using Plaxis

    Application PLAXIS 3D Version 3DFoundation Original Author A. Shamsabadi, S. Nordal Date created 14 November 2011 Date modified 24 October 2016 Seismic design of bridge structures is based on a displacement…

  • PLAXIS 2D and 3D applications in geotechnical earthquake engineering

    Application PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D Version PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D Original Author A. Laera Date created 02 November 2015 Date modified 24 October 2016 In current design practice, geotechnical earthquake engineers…

  • ASME 31E seismic load calculations

    Аs ASME 31E said, I can use two variants for choosing seismic load direction: one is three directional excitations such as plant east-west, north-south and vertical, with the combination of square-root sum of the squares (SRSS) or two directional design…

  • Eurocode with German NA

    Hello, Currently, I am using STAAD pro Connect edition's latest version. Following are question mainly targeting of RCC and Steel structure design in STAAD Pro and in other Bentley tools per Eurocode with German N ational Annex (NA). 1. Can…

  • AMOD

    Hello, everyone! When talking about allowable stress, Safety Factor is introduced. While in offshore engineering, there are allowable stress modifier in API and material factor in NPD. So what is the difference between safety factor and allowable stress…

  • Period for multiple diaphragms in Model

    How does RAM calculate the period for a building that has separated diaphragms. Attached is an image of two towers that are connected on the bottom three floors and then are separate the rest of the way up.

  • 03. How to combine the Wind loads and Seismic loads in an AutoPIPE Vessel combination / analysis?

    Applies To Product(s): AutoPIPE Vessel Version(s): ALL Area: Combination Date Logged & Current Version March 2019 41.00.00.006 Problem: How to combine the Wind loads and Seismic loads.in an AutoPIPE Vessel combination…

  • RC frame seismic analysis using IBC

    hello i am student working on project Rc frame subjected to seismic forces (ibc) and wind also but i couldn't because most of tutorials are on steel frames and i need to work in rc frames can any one provide some examples also i dont understand…

  • Increase Your Digital Productivity with STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition conducted on Dec. 6, 2018 - Recordings Now Available!

    The session “ Increase Your Digital Productivity with STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition ” was conducted on 6th Dec 2018 at the Digital Advancement Academy, Pune, India to demonstrate the improvements to modeling, analysis and post-processing, along with design…

  • Setting the GROUND LEVEL in STAAD Pro

    Hi all, 1) Is there a way to set the ground level in STAAD Pro or is the y=0 level the permanent ground level? This is for the purpose of computing the seismic forces because, from what I know, distribution of the computed base shear per level of a structure…

  • How can i apply seismic loads on portal frame Bridge

    Dear Members, can u please guide me how to do seismic analysis in staad for the portal type structure(Integral). span is for 24.0 portal-model .std m and here am attaching a model for 10.0m

  • When would the seismic multiplication factor be different from 1.0?

    Hello, When would the seismic multiplication factor be different from a default value of 1.0? Thank you,

  • What circumstances would a vertical factor other than the default of 0.5 apply?

    Hello, My team is curious what circumstances would one apply a vertical factor to seismic loading other than the default of 0.5. Are there any code and/or recommended practices that govern? Thank you!
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