STAAD.Pro2006 GETTINGSTARTED AND TUTORIALS ABentleySolutionsCenter www.reiworld.com www.bentley.com/staad PartNumber:DAA063980-1/0001 STAAD.Pro2006isasuiteofproprietarycomputerprograms ofResearchEngineers,aBentleySolutionsCenter.Although everyefforthasbeenmadetoensurethecorrectnessofthese programs,REIwillnotacceptresponsibilityforanymistake, errorormisrepresentationinorasaresultoftheusageof theseprograms. RELEASE2006 ©2006BentleySystems,Incorporated.AllRightsReserved. PublishedJuly,2006 AboutSTAAD.Pro STAAD.Proisageneral purposestructuralanal ysisanddesignprogramw ith applicationsprimarily inthebuildingindustr y-commercialbuildings, bridges and highwaystructures,in dustrialstructures,che micalplantstructures,d ams,reta ining walls,turbinefoundat ions,culvertsandother embeddedstructures,etc.Thepro gram henceconsistsofthe followingfacilitiesto enablethistask. 1.Graphicalmodelgen erationutilitiesaswel lastexteditorbasedco mmandsfo r creatingthemathemati calmodel.Beamandcolu mnmembersarerepresente dusing lines. The Lincoln Lawyer 2011 480p Vs 720p. Walls,slabsan dpaneltypeentitiesar erepresentedusingtrian gularand quadrilateralfinitee lements.Solidblocksar erepresentedusingbrick elements. Theseutilitiesallow theusertocreatetheg eometry,assignpropertie s,orient cross sectionsasdesired,a ssignmaterialslikeste el,concrete,timber,alu minum,sp ecify supports,applyloads explicitlyaswellasha vetheprogramgeneratel oads,des ign parametersetc.

2.Analysisenginesfo rperforminglinearelas ticandpdeltaanalysis, finiteel ement analysis,frequencyex traction,anddynamicre sponse(spectrum,timehi story, steadystate,etc.). 3.Designenginesfor codecheckingandoptimi zationofsteel,aluminum andtimb er members.Reinforcement calculationsforconcre tebeams,columns,slabs andshear walls.Designofshear andmomentconnections forsteelmembers. 4.Resultviewing,res ultverificationandrep ortgenerationtoolsfor examining displacementdiagrams, bendingmomentandshea rforcediagrams,beam,p lateand solidstresscontours,etc. 5.Peripheraltoolsfo ractivitieslikeimport andexportofdatafrom andtoot her widelyacceptedformat s,linkswithotherpopu larsoftwaresfornichea reaslike reinforcedandprestre ssedconcreteslabdesig n,footingdesign,steel connectio n design,etc. 6.Alibraryofexpose dfunctionscalledOpenS TAADwhichallowsuserst oaccess STAAD.Pro’sinternalf unctionsandroutinesas wellasitsgraphicalco mmandsto tapintoSTAAD’sdatab aseandlinkinputando utputdatatothird-party software writtenusinglanguage slikeC,C++,VB,VBA, FORTRAN,Java,Delphi,et c. Thus,OpenSTAADallows userstolinkin-house orthird-partyapplicatio nswith STAAD.Pro.

AbouttheSTAAD.ProDocumentation Thedocumentationfor STAAD.Proconsistsofa setofmanualsasdescrib edbelow. Thesemanualsarenorm allyprovidedonlyinth eelectronicformat,with perhaps some exceptionssuchasthe GettingStartedManual whichmaybesuppliedas aprinted book tofirsttimeandnew-versionbuyers.

Allthemanualscanbe accessedfromtheHelp facilitiesofSTAAD.Pro. Userswho wishtoobtainaprint edcopyofthebooksmay contactResearchEnginee rs.REIa lso suppliesthemanualsi nthePDFformatatnoc ostforthosewhowishto printth emon theirown.Seethebac kcoverofthisbookfor addressesandphonenumb ers. GettingStartedandTu torials:Thismanualco ntainsinformationonthe contents of theSTAAD.Propackage, computersystemrequire ments,installationproce ss,copy protectionissuesand adescriptiononhowto runtheprogramsinthep ackage. Tutorialsthatprovide detailedandstep-by-st epexplanationonusingt heprogra msare alsoprovided. ExamplesManual Thisbookoffersexamp lesofvariousproblems thatcanbesolvedusing theSTAAD engine.Theexamplesr epresentvariousstructu ralanalysesanddesignp roblems commonlyencounteredbystructuralengineers. GraphicalEnvironment Thisdocumentcontains adetaileddescription oftheGraphicalUserInt erface(G UI)of STAAD.Pro.Thetopics coveredincludemodelge neration,structuralanal ysisand design,resultverification,andreportgeneration.