Fistly I would like to tell u STAAD is not a powerful package for finite

element analysis..ANSYS software is a much better software for

FA..!ut this software is not user friendly because of its poor
"#I$graphical user interface% and suited for academic purpose &
Inspite of so much limitation of FA in STAAD industry adopts it
because it is user friendly and speedy&other good FA packages
are 'S DYNA and A!A(#S.
Modelling.
)%Always connect plate in anticlockwise direction and this should be
common to all plates.To see this go to *label+ where u ha,e plate
orientation command..
-%Always check that the connection between members and plates should
be node to node&which is the basic principal of Finite element.
To ensure this after modeling go to pull down menu in STAAD and check
a%Improper connected plate
b%o,erlapping plate
c%(heck beam to plate connecti,ity
.%Dicreti/ation of plate..please mesh element of smaller si/e ..dont use
)m 0)m or - m0-m element si/e
Output
1efer Figure ).)2 of STAAD technical manual..I ha,e attached the
document.This are the output which we get after plate
analysis.Figure ).)34 ).-4 ).-) 4).-- 4).-. 4).-5 6 ).-7 e0plains
these output graphically.
S89 :Shear stress on the local 9 face in the ; direction
S8Y :Shear stress on the local Y face in the ; direction
<9 :<oment per unit width about the local 9 face
<Y :<oment per unit width about the local Y face
<9Y :Torsional <oment per unit width in the local 9=Y plane
S9 :A0ial stress in the local 9 direction
SY :A0ial stress in the local Y direction
S9Y :Shear stress in the local 9Y plane
>?NT :>on <ises stress on the top surface of the element
>?N! :>on <ises stress on the bottom surface of the element
S<A9 :<a0imum in=plane @rincipal stress
S<IN :<inimum in=plane @rincipal stress
T<A9 :<a0imum in=plane Shear stress
"enerally after the analysis u will find that S894S8Y4<9 4<Y and <9Y are
go,erning.In case of plate result interpretation note that <9 is along 9 direction
and <Y is along ; direction..this is opposite to what we ha,e for beam
members&where <9 is about 9 and <Y is about Y&
If you feel that ur structure is going to e0perience good amount of torsion&then
the <9Y becomes ,ery important&
Calculation
)%Area of steel from bending moment criteria
Design the section for <9 and <Y using S@)A.
-%Area of steel from shear criteria.
@lease note here STAAD directly gi,es the shear stress..# can refer S@)A $page
)B2% and pro,ide shear reinforcement..@lease note this are only way shear so u
can take this ,alue at a distance d from face of columnCwall.STAAD does not do
any calculation for two way shear..that u ha,e to do manually.
Now if torsion guides&.area of steel will be calculated based on combination of
moment <9 4<Y and <9Y..This combination is called wood and armer
combination.
Dood and armer combination..
T?@ 1INF?1(<NT (A'(#'ATI?N


<0) : <0 E abs$<0y%

<y) : <y E abs$<0y%

<0- : <0 E abs$<0y
-
C<y%

<y- : <y E abs$<0y
-
C<0%

(?NDITI?NF ) If both <0) and <y) are positi,e4 then design moment
<0d:<0) 6 <yd:<y) - If both <0) and <y) are negati,e4 then design
moment <0d:G 6 <yd:G . If <0) is negati,e <y) is positi,e4 then design
moment <0d:G 6 <yd:<y- 5 If <y) is negati,e <0) is positi,e4
then design moment <0d:<0- 6 <yd:G

!?TT?< 1INF?1(<NT (A'(#'ATI?N

<0) : <0 = abs$<0y%
<y) : <y = abs$<0y%
<0- : <0 = abs$<0y
-
C<y%
<y- : <y = abs$<0y
-
C<0%

(?NDITI?NF ) If both <0) and <y) are positi,e4 then design moment
<0d:G 6 <yd:G - If both <0) and <y) are negati,e4 then design moment
<0d:<0) 6 <yd:<y) . If <0) is negati,e <y) is positi,e4 then design
moment <0d:<0- 6 <yd:G 5 If <y) is negati,e <0) is positi,e4
then design moment <0d:G 6 <yd:<y-