A POWER POINT

PRESENTATION ON STAAD.PRO

PRECENTED By – UMESH SINGH

Research engineer. (Robo Edutech India Pvt. Ltd.)
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, IIT
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CONTENTS
 INTRODUCTION TO STAAD.Pro
 HISTORY OF STAAD.Pro
 STRUCTURE
 TYPES OF STRUCTURE
 STAAD WINDOW
 TOOLS USED
 VARIOUS TYPES OF CURSORS
 PAGE CONTROL IN VARIOUS MODES
 MODEL GENERATION
 WIZARD
 ASSIGNING PROPERTY
 SUPPORTS
 ASSIGNING LOADS
 ANALYSIS
 DESIGN
 ADVANTAGES OF STAAD.Pro
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INTRODUCTION TO STAAD.Pro
 STAAD.Pro is a structural analysis design program
software.
 It includes a state of the art user interface, visualization
tools and international design codes.
 It is used for 3D model generation, analysis and multi-
material design.
 The commercial version of STAAD.Pro supports several
steel , concrete and timber design codes.
 It is one of the software applications created to help
structural engineers to automate their tasks and to remove
the tedious and long procedures of the manual methods.

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HISTORY OF STAAD.Pro
 STAAD.Pro was originally developed by Research Engineers
International in Yorba Linda, CA.
 In late 2005, Research Engineer International was bought
by Bentley Systems.

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 STRUCTURE
 A STRUCTURE can be defined as an assemblage of elements.
STAAD is capable of analyzing and designing structures consisting
of both frame, and Finite elements. Almost any type of structure
can be analyzed by STAAD.
Frame elements – Beam elements – 2 nodes
Finite elements – 1.) Plate – 3 or 4 nodes
2.) Solid – 4 to 8 nodes
 In case of STAAD
Node becomes Joint it has a number and xyz coordinates
Beam becomes Member it has a number and nodes at its ends
Plate becomes Element it has a number and node at its corners
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 TYPES OF STRUCTURE

A TRUSS structure consists of truss members which can have only axial
member forces and no bending in the members

A PLANE structure is bound by a global X-Y coordinate system with

loads in the same plane

A SPACE structure, which is a three dimensional framed structure with

loads applied in any plane, is the most general.

A FLOOR structure is a two or three dimensional structure having no

horizontal (global X or Z) movement of the structure [FX, FZ & MY are
restrained at every joint]. The floor framing (in global X-Z plane) of a
building is an ideal example of a FLOOR structure. Columns can also
be modelled with the floor in a FLOOR structure as long as the
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any horizontal load, it
must be analyzed as a SPACE structure.
Main windows of Staad pro.

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GETTING STARTED
STAAD WINDOW

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TOOLS USED

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VARIOUS TYPES OF CURSORS

Nodes cursor
Beam cursor
Plates cursor
Surface cursor
Solids cursor
Geometry cursor

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PAGE CONTROL IN VARIOUS MODES

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MODEL GENERATION
 There are basically 3 methods of generating a model
1. Snap node method
2. Coordinate method
3. Copy paste method
 Out of these three methods most commonly used is copy
paste method
 By using these three methods a structure of any geometry
can be created
 STAAD.Pro also contains a command wizard which is its
library of structures such as frames , trusses are present
which can be merged with the STAAD.Pro model
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Model generation and analysis

Input Geometry –Nodes, Beams,

Plates

Input Properties

Input Specs, Constant, Supports

Input Loading System

Specify Analysis Type

Run Analysis

View and Verify Results

Design

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Verify
WIZARD

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 ASSIGNING PROPERTY
Assigning a property means to provide dimensions such as width,
thickness etc to beams columns slabs etc

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SUPPORTS
1. There are three types of
supports provided to a structure
• Fixed support
• Pinned support
• Roller support

2. There are options provided in

Staad for pinned and fixed supports
while roller support has to be
created by releasing the Fx and Mz
components using fixed but.

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ASSIGNING LOADS
 Any structure is subjected to basically these types of loads-
1. Dead load
2. Live Load
 Dead load includes the self weight of the structure while
live load consists of superimposed load.
 In addition to a structure is also subjected to wind and
seismic or earthquake forces
 While designing a structure subjected to wind and
earthquake forces we also have to provide definitions along
with various load cases

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 

•After creating various load cases we have to assign them to the

structure . For this we have to first select that part of the
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 Continued…
 In case of structures subjected to wind and earthquake forces wind
and seismic definitions need to be provided.

 After providing these definitions only the load cases should be

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 ANALYSIS
 After all the above stated steps a structure has to be analyzed.
 Analysis of a structure means to find out the reactions and
displacements and deflections at various nodes of a structure.
 After analysis we are able to see shear moment and deflection for
each member.

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After performing analysis another window which contains a report of
analysis gets opened . This window shows the warnings and errors which
might have occurred.

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Continued…
 In the post processing mode we are able to see the
reactions, displacements, deflections, shear force and
bending moments for various members

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DESIGN
 After analysis a structure has to be designed to carry loads
acting on it considering a certain factor of safety .
 In India structures are designed by using various Indian
codes for both concrete and steel structures.
 The design in STAAD.Pro supports over 70 international
codes and over 20 U.S. codes in 7 languages.
 After designing the structure it is again analyzed and
results of analysis for each beam and column is shown in
the output file

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ADVANTAGES OF STAAD.Pro
Following are the advantages of STAAD.Pro
1. Covers all aspects of structural engineering
2. Broad spectra of design codes
3. International codes
4. Quality assurance
5. Reports and documentation

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CONCLUSION
 Staad pro is widely used by most of the organization for
their construction needs.
 Unfortunately, well skilled staad pro engineers are very
hard to search.
 If we believe in the prediction of the industry experts then
those students who will be getting trained on staad pro in
the current and upcoming two years will have bright and
successful career ahead in the real estate and construction
domain
 By attending this training in STAAD.Pro we were able to
learn various features of STAAD.Pro which will be very
helpful in the near future
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Feel free to contact:

Mobile No. +917566538994

Arch.umeshsingh@gmail.com
Thank You

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