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…

I am using STADD Pro V8i, In that I have few doubts, Please clarify. "Indian concrete design" 1) I would like to take detailed step by step design calculations output for beam and column from Interactive design option(STADD Pro RC Designer). But I…

hello, load and release specified together for member number 705. what does it mean? i have used floor load and release command.

Hi, I'm working in STAAD.Pro V8i I need to define a support with the following: FX - multilinear spring FY - fixed FZ - multilinear spring MX - fixed MY - fixed MZ - releazed So far I successfuly used "FIXED BUT" with Linear…

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Hi Q1: I have been struggling to find out why the concrete design only look at the Load Case #1? Please see the attached screen-shots. Q2: How can I assign all my load cases to design the concrete columns and beams (again plese see the attached…

My question is regarding carrying out a response spectrum analysis in STAAD Pro. This is what I have done so far. I have set up the model in kN and METERS units. I have allowed for the joint weights in the form of udl loads on the beams in all three…

There has been a new QA&R posting of STAAD.Pro V8i SELECTSeries 1 (build 20.07.06.35) on the Bentley SELECT server that addresses a number of issues which were not addressed in build 20.07.06.34 released on 18th March 2010. The additional issues addressed…

General format: FLOOR HEIGHT h1; h2; h3;……………;hi - hi+1;…………..;hn How to use the above command. Can any one help me with an example. Thanking you in advance Ambrish

I need help in STAAD PRO. I am trying to get a moving load to go from one node to another. For example, if I have nodes N1, N2 and N3, and member M1 runs from N1 to N2, while member M2 runs from N2 to N3. How do I get a moving load to move from member…