Structural Analysis with STAAD.

Pro - An Introduction

Contents

1. Introduction to Structural Analysis ................................................................................. - 3 2. What is STAAD.Pro ? ....................................................................................................... - 4 3. Getting Started with STAAD ........................................................................................... -

4. Drawing regular geo!etry with "un Structure Wi#ard .............................................. - $ 5. De%ining Section Pro&erties............................................................................................ - '( 6. Assigning Su&&orts ........................................................................................................... - '2 7. Assigning )oad *ases ...................................................................................................... - '3 8. Per%or!ing Analysis ......................................................................................................... - '4 -

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Introduction to Structural Analysis

Any *i+il engineering structure is concei+ed ,ee&ing in !ind its intended use- the !aterials a+aila.le- cost and aesthetic considerations. The analysis o% structure in+ol+es a great +ariety o% structures li,e- .ea!s- colu!ns- %ra!es- shells- &lates- arches etc. This is a .roader classi%ication. In a .road sense- the design o% structure consists o% two &arts/ the %irst &art deals with the deter!ination o% %orces at any &oint or !e!.er o% the gi+e structure and the second &art deals with the selection and design o% suita.le sections to resist these %orces. The %irst &art can .e ter!ed as 0structural analysis1 and the second &art as 0&ro&ortioning10di!ensioning1 or si!&ly 0designing1 o% !e!.ers. 2e%ore starting the analysis- we shall re3uire the entire details o% the structure- its geo!etry- constraints- loading and sectional &ro&erties. 4%ten- a%ter analysis- the designers ha+e to read5ust their initial di!ensions in order to get the desired res&onse %ro! the structure. The &ur&ose o% structural analysis is to deter!ine the reactions- internal %orces- such as a6ial- shear .ending and torsional- and de%or!ations at any &oint o% a gi+en structure caused .y the a&&lied loads and %orces.

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What is STAAD.Pro ?
STAAD.Pro is a general &ur&ose &rogra! %or &er%or!ing the analysis and design o% a wide +ariety o% ty&es o% structures. The .asic three acti+ities which are to .e carried out to achie+e that goal - a7 !odel generation .7 the calculations to o.tain the analytical results c7 result +eri%ication - are all %acilitated .y tools contained in the &rogra!8s gra&hical en+iron!ent. STAAD.Pro %eatures a user inter%ace- +isuali#ation tools- analysis and design engines with ad+anced %inite ele!ent and dyna!ic analysis ca&a.ilities. In STAAD.Pro there are two !ethods %or .uilding a !odel and assigning the structure data which are using the co!!and %iles and using the gra&hical !odel generation !ode or gra&hical user inter%ace 9G:I7. STAAD.Pro also su&&orts o+er $( internation codes o% Structural design including the Indian Standard *odes. The designing o% sections are carried out using di%%erent codes de&ending on the location and &ractice STAAD.Pro &ro+ides .oth static as well as dyna!ic or ti!e history anlaysis load co!.inations and en+elo&es to &er%or! the re3uired analysis. 4ne a&&lication o% Dyna!ic analysis is the Seis!ic analysis o% Structural !e!.ers. The Indian Standard codes IS-';<3 &ro+ides %ull s&eci%ication o% Seis!ic Analysis including )oad *ases*o!.ination etc. This code is already &ro+ided in STAAD.Pro 4n the whole STAAD.Pro in+ol+es Design- =odeling- Pre Analysis- Post AnalysisGra&hical In&ut and 4ut&ut Syste!- Design > "e&ort Generation o% Structural Details.

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Getting Started with STAAD

4n Starting STAAD.Pro- clic, on ?ew Pro5ect. In the dialogue .o6 select either Plane- S&ace- @loor- Truss as the condition re3uire- gi+e na!e o% %ile- s&eci%y units and clic, ne6t and *lic, %inish

A window as shown .elow will .e o&ened. As seen- STAAD &ro+ided de%ault grid &atterns. Grids &ro+ides drawing geo!etry o% Structure. To create your own gridclic, on *reate 2utton in Sna& ?ode 2ea! .o6 then gi+e s&eci%ications %or grids

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- 4n the le%t o% screen can .e seen tool.ars and doc,ed windows. The %irst two tools on e6tre!e le%t tool.ar are node cursor 9to select nodes7 and .ea! cursor 9to select .ea!s7. - The ne6t tool.ar contains +arious ta.s li,e Setu&Geo!etry- general- AnalysisBPrint- Design. These ta.s ha+e their se&arate su. ta.s which contain res&ecti+e tools. @or e6a!&le as shown in Geo!etry is hown 2ea!- PlateStructure- Solid- Para!eter - 4ur %irst ste& is to draw the geo!etry. @or this- Add 2ea! tool will .e used. The add .ea! co!!and can .e used .y tool at to& le%t as highlighted in here.

- "ight on to& o% Add .ea! co!!and is +iews co!!and- clic, on these tools to change +iew li,e %ront .ac,- side- to& or iso!etric

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Drawing regular geometry with Run Structure Wizard

STAAD.Pro also &ro+ide an easy way to design the regular sha&ed geo!etry with "un Structure wi#ard. In this e6a!&le we will .e using "un Structure wi#ard to draw a 2ay Portal @ra!e o% '( ! with 3 .ays at each orientation A%ter o&ening a Pro5ect 9S&ace7- 4&en Geo!etry =enu.ar and *lic, on 0"un Structure Wi#ard1 located at last in !enu.ar.

Select the @ra!e =odel

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Select 2ay @ra!e- s&eci%y length .readth- height- no o% .ays along these. *lic, a&&ly

Screen will loo, li,e this .elow

?ow go to %ile !enu clic, on =erge !odel with STAAD.Pro

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De ining Section Pro!erties

The %ra!e is created- the ne6t ste& is to assign section &ro&erties this will .e done .y General Ta. located on screen. *lic, on General Ta. and then 0Pro&erty1 4n the right will .e shown a &ro&erty .o6. To De%ine the &ro&erties clic, on De%ine

In the &ro&erty dialog .o6- s&eci%y the section geo!etry- circle- rectangle- Tee etc. whiche+er re3uired- and gi+e di!ensions 9length- .readth- dia!eter etc.7

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*lic, on Add- the section is added- clic, on close now

?ow %irst select the Section in Pro&erties dialogue .o6. To assign this section- we need to select the .ea!s using .ea! cursor. ?ote that in STAAD colu!ns are also considered as .ea!7. In this e6a!&le all .ea!s are selected. *hec, the Assign to selected .ea!s in &ro&erty ta.s. And *lic, Assign

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Assigning Su!!orts
In the sa!e way Su&&orts are assigned using Su&&ort su.-ta. in General Ta.. *lic, on Su&&ort C *lic, *reate C Select ty&e o% Su&&ort 9@i6ed- Pinned- etc.7

To assign the su&&orts- %irst clic, on su&&ort- then select the nodes 9nodes cursor is auto!atically acti+ated and clic, on Assign

Su&&ort Assign!ent is done-

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Assigning "oad Cases

The ne6t ste& is )oad De%inition 9Assigning )oad *ases7. Dust go in )oad > De%inition Ta. 9ne6t to Su&&ort Ta.7. *lic, on )oad *ase Details C Add. *hoose the ty&e o% )oads i.e. Dead- )i+eSeis!ic- Wind- Snow etc. *lic, Add. In this load case add )oad ite!s .y clic,ing add. Select the re3uired load ty&e and s&eci%y !agnitude o% load. Also gi+e a !inus sign i% load is to act o&&osite to the direction o% ucs.

Assign to the .ea!s .y selection the .ea! on which load is to .e a&&lied- as e6&lained a.o+e. ?ow its ti!e to &er%or! analysis. @or this %irst clic, on analysisBPrint Ta.. In the dialogue .o6 select all in Print 4&tion to include all Analysis data. *lic, Add.

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Per orming Analysis

To &er%or! analysis - 5ust go to Analy#e !enu .ar and clic, run analysis. *hec, i% there is any error.

*lic, on 0Go to Post Processing !ode1 then Done. A window li,e .elow will .e o&ened - '4 -

Eere we can ha+e access o% all the calculated data o% structure li,e reactionsDis&lace!ent. In the .ea! ta.- @orces 9A6ial- Shear- 2ending =o!ent7- Stresses on di%%erent !e!.ers are shown.

There are two !ore ta.s i.e. Ani!ation > "e&orts. Ani!ation &ro+ides the ani!ated +iew o% de%lection or dis&lace!ents o% +arious sections o% structure. "e&orts Ta. generates a re&ort %ile o% the gi+en structures ---------------' -