Efficient Analysis and Design for Structures

Table of Contents

Introduction............................................................. 3

Civil Structures........................................................ 4

Stations and Airports............................................. 5

Tunnels..................................................................... 6

Culverts.................................................................... 7

Tanks and Basins................................................... 8

Bridges...................................................................... 9

Buildings.................................................................10

Plants......................................................................11

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 Civil Structures
Analyze transportation elements such as signage structures
and retaining walls for roads and highways using STAAD.

Roads and highways often have adjacent features that require

structural engineering. Examples include retaining structures,
signs, walkways, and culverts. These structures can be
subjected to widely varying loads, including soil weight and
lateral pressure, impact, snow, ice, and earthquakes. The
models for these structures can be part of an information
model with which the structural design can be integrated.

With STAAD you can:

• Build models and make revisions efficiently using
physical-based modeling.
• Model complex geometries quickly using macros and
easy-to-use wizards.
• Automate the application of loads such as hydrostatic,
seismic, soil pressure, vibration, and more.
• Design structural components such as trusses, retaining walls,
masonry walls, and foundations.
• Model the support that soil provides using nonlinear springs.
• Streamline multi-discipline workflows with Bentley’s unique
interoperability across the broadest range of applications.

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 Stations and Airports
Analyze and design metro stations or airports with STAAD.

Designing and constructing metro stations or airports

requires careful integration with the surrounding
environment, including adjacent roads and buildings,
utilities, and tunnels.

Engineers like you need to consider moving loads imposed

by trains, traffic, and pedestrians. You also need to
incorporate the architectural vision, which often includes
curved and sweeping forms in the structure.

With STAAD you can:

• Model complex geometries quickly using macros and easy-to-use wizards.
• Perform analysis through various stages of construction.
• Capture the behavior of walls and foundations using shell elements
as well as the effects of soil on the structure using nonlinear springs.
• Solve large models quickly with advanced, high-speed solvers.
• Automate application of hydrostatic and soil pressure loads with
purpose-built capabilities.
• Streamline multi-discipline workflows with Bentley’s unique
interoperability across the broadest range of applications.
• Take advantage of over 90 international design codes with no
additional fee.

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 Tunnels
Analyze and design metro, highway and railway tunnels using STAAD.

Tunnels require careful coordination across many disciplines

and sectors of infrastructure, including geotechnical, structural,
underground utilities, roads and highways, and drainage.

Engineers like you need to account for several different categories

of loads including soil weight and lateral pressure, hydrostatic, moving
and vibratory loads from vehicles and trains, and earthquakes. The
variation of soil properties and ground profile along the length of the
tunnel make the problem inherently three-dimensional. Further, varying
construction methods and construction sequencing require careful
analysis of many different structural conditions and loading states.

With STAAD you can:

• Model and analyze tunnel structures, including concrete linings, using
plates and solid entities.
• Use nonlinear springs to model the soil support accounting for nonlinear
soil properties.
• Automate the application of hydrostatic and soil pressure loads with
purpose-built capabilities.
• Model the interface between the tunnel and structures, such as stations,
buildings, and more.
• Streamline multi-discipline workflows with Bentley’s unique interoperability
across the broadest range of applications.

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 Culverts
Analyze and design culverts using STAAD.

When designing culverts, you need to account for various

types of loads, including soil weight and lateral pressure,
hydrostatic, moving loads from traffic, and earthquakes.

Tapered geometries as well as the variation of soil properties

and ground profile along the length of the culvert can make
the problem inherently three-dimensional.

With STAAD you can:

• Analyze for various loads such as vehicle, seismic, soil pressure,
hydrostatic, vibration, and more.
• Accurately capture 3D effects using shell elements and the
effects of soil using nonlinear springs.
• Streamline multi-discipline workflows with Bentley’s unique
interoperability across the broadest range of applications.
• Take advantage of over 90 international design codes with no
additional fee.

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 Tanks and Basins
Analyze water storage tanks or basins using STAAD.

Storage tanks and structures, whether for water distribution,

water treatment, chemicals, or hazardous materials, require
a top-to-bottom structural design.

The stability of the tank in resisting gravity, wind, earthquake,

and fluid loads must be assured. Stress distributions in the
tank under the combined effects of these loads must be
assessed. Structural connections between elements and
between the superstructure and foundation must be designed.

With Structural Enterprise you can:

• Establish geometry in a physical model quickly and then
automatically convert to an analytical model.
• Automate the application of loads such as hydrostatic,
seismic, soil pressure, vibration, and more.
• Design foundations for all loadings determined in the
structural analysis.
• Seamlessly integrate foundation and connection design
through enhanced interoperability.
• Capture the effects of soil using nonlinear springs.

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 Bridges
Analyze and design bridges of various types including
pedestrian, steel truss, and more.

There are many things to account for when designing

and analyzing your bridge project. You need to account
for seismic, wind, vibration, traffic loading, and more as
well as plan for construction sequencing.

Many bridges involve irregular shapes, curves, and other

complex geometries. 3D models are helpful in gaining
stakeholder buy-in.

With STAAD you can:

• Model complex shapes easily using OpenSTAAD macros,
eliminating massive amounts of manual work.
• Perform advanced analysis such as load-rating and non-linear
analysis.
• Streamline multi-discipline workflows with Bentley’s unique
interoperability across the broadest range of applications,
including ProStructures for detailing.
• Perform analysis through various stages of construction.
• Take advantage of over 90 international design codes with no
additional fee.

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 Buildings
Analyze and design buildings using Structural Enterprise.

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most comprehensive, value-packed software bundle
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With Structural Enterprise, you can design in any

infrastructure sector with multiple materials, using
any analysis method that is appropriate for the job –
including buildings.

With Structural Enterprise you can:

• Analyze and design buildings of all types using new physical
modeling for simplified BIM workflows.
• Capture the behavior of walls and slabs using shell elements.
• Solve large models quickly with advanced, high-speed solvers.
• Create and apply loads with purpose-built capabilities.
• Streamline multi-discipline workflows with Bentley’s unique
interoperability across the broadest range of applications
including AECOsim, Revit and Tekla.
• Take advantage of over 90 international design codes with no
additional fee.

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 Plants
Analyze and design plants using STAAD.

A broad range of powerful structural applications are

bundled into Structural Enterprise, the industry’s most
comprehensive, value-packed software package.

With Structural Enterprise, you can design in any infrastructure

sector with multiple materials, using any analysis method
that is appropriate for the job – including plants.

With Structural Enterprise you can:

• Analyze and design plants of all types using new physical
modeling for simplified BIM workflows.
• Capture the behavior of walls and foundations using shell
elements as well as the effects of soil on the structure using
nonlinear springs.
• Solve large models quickly with advanced, high-speed solvers.
• Automate application of hydrostatic loads with purpose-built
capabilities.
• Streamline multi-discipline workflows with Bentley’s unique
interoperability across the broadest range of applications
including AutoPIPE, Revit and Tekla.
• Analyze machine vibration and settlement.
• Take advantage of over 90 international design codes with no
additional fee.

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