STAAD PRO V8i

Syllabus:Chapter- 1:
1. Introduction To Structural Engineering 2. What is a Structure? 3. About
STAAD.Pro V8i 4. Getting Started
Chapter- 2:
1. Starting STAAD.Pro V8i 2. Methods Of Model Generation 3. Translational
Repeat 4. Circular Repeat 5. Insert Node 6. Add Beam
Chapter- 3:
1. Run Structure Wizard 2. Generation Structure Models 3. Merging the Generated
Model in STAAD.Pro 4. Importing CAD Models
Chapter- 4:
1. Support Specification 2. Support Page 3. Member Property

4. Member Offset
Chapter- 5:
1. Loading
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1 2. Loading
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2 3. Wind Load Generation 4. Assigning Wind Loads
Chapter- 5:
1. Analysis 2. Concrete Design 3. Time History Analysis
Chapter- 6:
1. Introduction to FEM 2. Plate 3. Surface 4. Meshing
Chapter- 7: (Slabs)
1. Desgin Of Slab 2. Design Of One Way Slab 3. Design Of Two Way Slab 4.
Design Of Staircase 5. Design of Bridge using STAAD .Beava
Chapter- 8: (Bridge Deck Preprocessor Worked Example)
1. Bridge Deck Preprocessing Using STAAD.Beava
Chapter- 9: (Steel)
1. Design Of Steel Structures 2. Member Specification Table Member Property
Chapter- 10: (Seismic Loads Worked Examples)
1. Calculate Natural Frequency of a Building By Response Spectrum Analysis 2.
Calculate Natural Frequency of a Building By Rayleigh Method 3. Calculate
Natural Frequency of a Building By Modal Shape
Chapter- 11: (Wind Load Intensity Worked Examples)
Calculate Wind Load Intensity In a Building
Chapter- 1:

1. Introduction To Structural Engineering 2. What is a Structure? 3. About

STAAD.Pro V8i 4. Getting Started
1.

Introduction to Structural Engineering

Structural Engineering is a field of civil engineering dealing with analysis and design
ofstructures that support or resist loads. Structural engineering is usually considered
aspeciality within civil engineering, but it can also be studied inits own right.
Structuralengineering are most commonly involved in the design of buildings and
large non-building structures but they can also be involved in the design of buildings
and largenon-building structures but they can also be involved in the design of
machinery,medical equipment, vehicles or any item where structural int
egrity affects the item‟s
function or safety. Structural engineers must ensure their design satisfy given
designcriteria, predicated on safety or serviceability and performance. Buildings are
made toendure massive loads as well as changing climate and natural
disasters.Structural engineers are responsible for engineering design and analysis.
Entry-levelstructural engineers may design the individual structural elements of a
structure, forexample the beams, columns and floor of the building. More
experienced engineerswould be responsible for the structural design and integrity of
an entire system, such asbuilding.Structural engineering depends upon a detailed
knowledge of loads. To apply theknowledge successfully a structural engineer will
need a detailed knowledge ofmathematics and of relevant empirical and theoretical
design codes.
2.What is a Structure?
A Structure can be defined as an interrelated or independent parts forming a
morecomplex, unified whole and serving a common purpose. For instance, a
building can bedefined as a structural system designed and constructed to support
and transmitapplied lateral and gravity loads safely to the ground without exceeding
the allowablestresses in its members. The super structure is the vertical extension of
the buildingabove the foundation. Columns, beams and load bearing wall support
floors and roofstructures. The substructure is the underlying structure forming the
foundation of thebuilding.

Types of Structures:1. Space Structure:

Suitable for any arrangement of model geometry and loading.

Allows three dimensional Structures.

Allows loading in any direction.

Allows deformations in all three global axes.

Coordinate system tracks right hand rule.

2. Plane Structure:

Suitable only for two dimensional modes in x y plane with no loading ordistortions
upright to this plane.

All loads and distortions are in the plane of the structure.

3. Truss Structure:

Allows loading in any direction, but members only deliver axial

resistance.Members dismiss resist bending or shear loads.

Allows three dimensional structures.

Allows distortions in all three global directions.

Coordinate system tracks right hand rule.4. Floor Structure:

Suitable for two dimensional models in x z plane with loading and

distortionsperpendicular to this plane.

All loads and distortions are corresponding to the global y axis.

3. About STAAD.Pro V8i
STAAD.Pro V8i is the leading Structural Analysis and Design Software from
Bentley. The
Letter “i” stands for intutive
, interactive, incredible and interoperable. STAAD.Pro is the
professional‟s choice for steel, concrete, timber, aluminium and cold formed steel
design of virtually any structures including culverts, pertrochemical plants,
tunnels,bridges, piles and much more. Bentley sounds V8i is the most complete and
noteworthyrelease in its history, which took a total investment of over a billion
dollars and extentsacross the vast array disciplines with fundamental subject and
assignment endures tobe Sustaining Infrastructure
.
STAAD.Pro is a overall resolution program for execution of analysis and design
of aextensive variation of types of structures. The simple three activities which are
to becarried out to accomplish that goal
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a)
model generation,
b)
the calculations to obtain the analytical results and
c)
result verification
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are all simplified by tools enclosed in the program‟s graphical

environment.This guidebook comprises three sample tutorials which guide the user
to execute those3 activities.1. Graphical model generation services as well as text
editor based commands forgenerating the calculated model. Beam and column
members are characterized usinglines. Walls, slabs and panel type objects are
characterized by means of triangular andquadrilateral finite elements. Solid blocks
are characterized by means of brick elements.These functions allow the user to
generate the geometry, assign properties, orient crosssections as wanted, assign
materials like steel, concrete, timber, aluminium,specify supports, apply loads
obviously as well as have the program produce loads,design parameters etc.
2. Analysis engines for executing linear elastic and p delta analysis, finite
elementanalysis, regularity in extraction, and response spectrum analysis & time
historyanalysis.

3. Design engines for code inspection and optimization of steel, aluminium and
timbermembers. Reinforcement designs for concrete beams, columns, slabs and
shear walls.Design of shear and moment acquaintances for steel members.4. Result
inspecting, result confirmation and report preparation tools for
Inspectingdisplacement diagrams, bending moment and shear force diagrams, beam,
plate andsolid stress contours, etc.5. Exterior tools for actions like import and export
of data from and to other broadlyrecognized formats, links with other general
softwares for Place areas like reinforcedand pre stressed concrete slab design,
footing design, steel connection design, etc.6. A library of visible utilities called
Open STAAD which permits users to Right of entry
STAAD.Pro‟s internal tasks and practises as well as its
graphical instructions to tap into
STAAD‟s catalogue and link input and
output data to third-party software inscribedusing languages like C, C++, VBA,
FORTRAN, Java, etc. Thus, Open STAAD allowsusers to relation in-house or third-
party presentations with STAAD.Pro.

4.0 Getting StartedSTAAD.Pro V8i Application Window:

STAAD.Pro V8i screen is shown below. The screen has five major elements as
shownbelow.

1. Menu bar.
2. Tool bar.
3. Page control.
4. Main Window.
5. Data Window.In STAAD.Pro V8i:Geometry is the
“Elements of your Structure”
. The Elements are given below:

Nodes
Members (beams and columns)

Plates (Slab, Walls and Raft Foundations)

Surfaces (Slab, Walls and Raft Foundations)

Nodes:
Stiffed Joint with 6 reactions. It is located at each end of the Beam and each corner
ofthe Plate Nodes considered the essence of the geometry of any structure in
STAAD.Pro.Each node holds the following informations:

Node Number.

Node Coordinates in XYZ space.

Beam:
Any member in the structure, that can be beam, column, bracing member or
trussmember. Beams are actually defined based on the Nodes at their ends. Each
beamholds the following information:

Beam Number.

The Node numbers at its ends.

Plates:
A thin shell with 4 node shaped element. It can be slab or wall element. Each plate
willholds the following information:

Plate Number.

Node Number at each corner of it.

Surface:
A thin shell in green color with mutli-nodded shape starting from 3 nodes and more.
Itcan be anything of slabs, walls and raft foundations. It holds the following
information:

Surface Number.

Node Numbers at each corner of it.

Hardware Requirements:
The following requirements are suggested minimums. Systems with increased
capacityprovide enhanced performance.

PC with Intel-Pentium or equivalent.

Graphics card and monitor with 1024×768 resolution, 256 color display (16 bithigh
color recommended).

128 MB RAM or higher.

Windows NT 4.0 or higher operating system. Running it on Windows 95 &Windows

98 systems is not recommended as performance may be degraded.The program
works best on Windows 2000 and XP operating systems.

Sufficient free space on the hard disk to hold the program and data files. Thedisk
space requirement will vary depending on the modules you are installing. Atypical
minimum is 500MB free space.

A multi-media ready system with sound card and speakers is needed to run
thetutorial movies and slide shows.
Chapter- 2:
1. Starting STAAD.Pro V8i
2. Methods Of Model Generation
3. Translational Repeat
4. Circular Repeat
5. Insert Node
6. Add Beam

1.Starting STAAD.Pro V8i

Creating a Project:
Once you stared the STAAD.Pro application follow the instructions:1. In the Project
Tasks box, click New Project.2. A New Project dialog box appears is shown below:
3.
Before starting a project, you must be aware of the type of structure. The
structuretype can be defined as Space, Plane, Floor, or Truss.

Space:
A SPACE structure, which is a three-dimensional framed structure withloads
applied in any plane, is the most general. The loading causes the structureto deform
in all 3 global axes.
Plane:
The type of geometry, loading and deformation are restricted to theglobal X-Y plane
only.

Floor:
The geometry of structure is kept at the X-Z plane.

Truss:
The structure transmits loading by pure axial action. Truss members areconsidered
to be in capable of carrying shear, bending and torsion.
4. Set the length units and loading units and click Next button.
Note:
The units can be altered later if needed, at any point of the model creation.
5. Now Where do you want to go? dialog box appears. You have specify the method
forbuilding
 Add Beam:
Sets the program in the Snap Node/Beam dialog and snap grid toconstruct your
model by creating new joints and beams using the construction grid,drawing tools
and spreadsheets.

Add Plate:
Sets the program up with the Snap Node/Plate dialog to construct yourmodel by
creating new joints and 3-noded and 4-noded plate elements using theconstruction
grid, drawing tools and spreadsheets.

Add Solid:
 Sets the program up with the Snap Node/Plate dialog toconstruct your model by
creating new joints and 8-noded solid/brick elements usingthe construction grid,
drawing tools and spreadsheets.

Open Structure Wizard:

Opens the library of readymade structure templateswhich can be extracted and
modified parametric model standard, parametricstructural templates for trusses,
surfaces, bay frames and much more.

Open STAAD.Editor:
Allows you to build your model using STAAD syntaxcommands (non-graphical
interface) through the STAAD editor.

Edit Job Information:

Automatically opens the Job Information dialog box which
provide information about the job (i.e. client‟s name, job title, engineers involved,
etc.) before building your model.
2.

Methods Of Model Generation

STAAD.Pro V8i consists of three parts:

Pre Processor: Generates the model with all the data needed for the analysis.

Analysis Engine: Calculates displacements, member forces, reactions, stresses,etc.

Post Processing: Displays the results of the analysis and design.

Creating Nodes:
When you select the Nodes command in geometry menu, it shows a dialog box
whereyou can enter the joint coordinates.
After creating the joint i.e. entering the coordinates, you can able to see the joint in
themodelling area.

JOINT COORDINATESi1, x1, y1, z1, (i2, x2, y2, z2, i3)
REPEAT n, xi,yi1, zi1, (xi1, yi2, . . . . xin, yin, zin)
REPEAT ALL n,xi1, yi1, zi1, (xi2, yi2, zi2, . . . . xin, yin, zin)

Enhanced Grid Tool:

The options in Snap/Grid Node tools in the geometry menu have been improved to
1. Allow multiple grids to be created.
2. Import a DXF file and use it as be created.
3. Import grid files created in different STAAD.Pro model.
Beams,
plates and 8 nodes solid element can be created using the suitable Snap/Gridtool.
When this function is propelled, the following dialog is opened which includes a
Default Grid. This grid will be of type „linear‟, there are also options to create
Radial,
and Irregular grids.

As new grids are added or modified, the information is stored in the STAAD.Pro
datafolder with a GRD allowance that permits other STAAD.Pro file to re-use these
definedgrids. To alter the starting of this grid, click on the
Edit
button to show the existing gridproperties.
The current plane of the grid is set by selecting the required option. This can
rotatedabout one of the global planes by selecting the axis of rotation and setting the
angle.

The origin of the grid is marked on the graphics, with a small circle. The location of
theorigin, specified in global coordinates, can either be defined explicitly in the
given X.Yand Z coordinates, or it can be set to the coordinates of an existing node
by clicking onthe icon and then on the node itself in the graphical window. Note that
at this point theorigin coordinate is updated.

The construction lines are used to specify how many gridlines are created either side
ofthe origin, the spacing between the gridlines and if there should be a skew in
degreesalong either axis.

Click on the OK button to accept these settings.

 Additional grids can be defined by clicking in the Create button. Three different
types ofstandard grid can be created:
 Linear

 Radial

 Irregular