STAAD Pro Course Contents

 Introduction of Staad.Pro

 Starting Staad.Pro

 Creating New file

 Opening Existing File

 Closing a file

 Saving & Saving As

 Module Review

 Salient Features

 Hardware Requirements

 Staad.Pro Screen information

 Overview of Structural Analysis and Design

Types of Structures

 Idealization of Structures

 Various Unit Systems

 Coordinate Systems

 Global Coordinate System

 Local Coordinate System

 Staad Commands and Input Instructions

 Command Formats

 Free Formatting Input

 Commenting Input

 Meaning of Underlining in the Manual

 Problem Initiation and Title

STRUCTURAL MODELING

 What are Nodes, Beams, and Plates

 How things are done in the Input File

 Geometry Creation Methods

 Using Structure Wizard

 Things you can do in Structure

Wizard

 Drafting the Geometry using a Snap / Grid

 Viewing

 Selecting

 Using Selecting While viewing 3D

Geometry

 Joint Coordinate Specification

 Graphical User Interface

 Member Incidence Specification

 Graphical User Interface

OTHER USEFUL FUNCTION TO COMPLETE THE GEOMETRY

 Introduction

 Translation Repeat

 Circular Repeat

 Insert Node

 Add Beams between midpoints

 Add beams by perpendicular intersection

 Connect beams along an Axis

 Cut Section

Undo / Redo

 Dimensioning

PROPERTY DETAILS

 Material Specification

 Material Constants

 Constant Specifications

 Member Property Specifications

 Prismatic Property Specifications

 Tapered Member Specifications

 Specifying Properties from Steeltable

 User Table Specifications

 Member Orientation Specifications

 Beta Angle

MEMBER

 Inactive / Delete Specifications

 Listing of Members / Joints by Specifications of Groups

 Member Offset

 Member Release Specifications

 Member Truss Specifications

 Member Tension / Member Compression Specifications

 Global Support Specifications

 Fixed / Pinned / Fixed but Release / Spring Supports

 Inclined Supports

 Curved Member Specifications

 Member Cable Specifications

LOADING PARTICULARS

 Loading Specifications

 Self weight Loading Specifications

 Member Load Specifications

 Area Load / Floor Load Specifications

 Area Load

 Floor Load

 Load Combination Specifications

ANALYSIS

 Analysis Specifications

 Print Specifications

 Pre Analysis Print Commands

 Post Analysis Print Commands

Load List Specifications

 Report Generation

 Output file

POST PROCESSING

 Introduction

 First Steps

 Node Displacement

 Node Reactions

 Beam forces

 Beam Stresses

 Beam Graphs

 Plate Contour

 Plate Results Along line

 Animation

 Reports

R.C. DESIGN

 Concrete Design As per IS 456

 Design Parameters

 Design of Beams

 Design for Flexure

 Design for Shear

 Design of Columns

 Concrete Design Specifications

 Concrete Design Parameter Specification

 Concrete Design Command

 Concrete Take of

 Concrete Design Terminator

 Interactive Design

 Beam Brief

 Column Brief

STEEL DESIGN

 Steel Design As per IS 800

 Allowable Stresses

 Axial Stresses

 Bending Stresses

 Shear Stress

 Combined Stress

 Parameter Specifications

 Code Checking Specifications

 Member Selection Specifications

 Tabulated Results Of Steel Design

 Interactive Designs

SEISMIC ANALYSIS

 Introduction to Seismic analysis

 Earthquake loading in high rise buildings

 Implementation of various load combinations of Earthquake analysis using IS 1893

 Analysis and Design of building considering Earthquake loading

WIND LOAD ANALYSYS

 Introduction to Wind load analysis

 Calculation of wind forces in High rise building

 Analysis and Design of building for Wind loading

DESIGN OF ELEVATED WATER TANKS

 Modeling of Intz tank, circular tank, rectangular tank

 Hydro Static loading in these tanks

 Analysis and Design of these tanks

DESIGN OF SLABS

 Introduction to Slabs

 Design of Slabs using IS 456

 Modeling of 1 way , 2 way and Cantilever Slab using Staad.Pro

 Analysis and Design of these Slabs using Staad.Pro