Product Data Sheet
STAAD.FOUNDATION®
Cutlines can be specified at any location
along mat foundations
To address specific needs of the plant in-
dustry, STAAD.foundation includes modules
for vertical vessel foundations (octagonal
shape) and heat exchanger foundations
Vertical vessel foundation
Comprehensive Foundation Design
STAAD.foundation is a standalone or integrated foundation solution for simple and complex
foundation problems.
STAAD.foundation integrates all common footing designs including spread (isolated) footings, strip
(combined) footings, pile cap arrangement and design, octagonal footings and mat foundations.
Currently, STAAD.foundation supports three concrete codes:
ACI-2005, BS 8110 and IS-456-2000. These foundations can
be on soil or on piles. Load types can be predetermined or
user-defined with a customizable automatic load combina-
tion generator. Wind and zip code based seismic loads can
also be generated through a simple wizard-based input.
STAAD.foundation can calculate footing plan dimension
and thickness automatically. It designs for one way shear,
punching shear, pile punching shear, and corner pile check.
It calculates reinforcement along both axes (X and Z) and
both faces (top and bottom).
With its powerful 3D graphics, engineers can quickly
identify and investigate displaced shapes, stress contour,
soil pressure and reinforcement layout.
Integration with STAAD.Pro®
STAAD.foundation is bi-directionally integrated with
STAAD.Pro (a leading product in structural analysis and
design). Any analyzed STAAD.Pro file can be imported into
STAAD.foundation with all column positions (and/or plates),
support reactions and loads brought in automatically.
Changes made to the column positions or loads can be
re-imported for further evaluation of the substructure.
Finite Element Analysis (FEM) for
accurate and economical designs
STAAD.foundation has a very unique and innovative tech-
nique for mat design that takes full advantage of 3D FEM
analysis, which can provide for an accurate and economical
design. It designs the slab at thousands of discrete points
taking into consideration an unlimited number of load
cases. This unique approach to creating user-defined rein-
forcing zones helps the user to visualize and optimize the
reinforcement requirement. The program can automatically
detect upliftand redistribute the force. A design along any
user-defined line in the slab can be performed along with
checks for punching shear for all column positions.
Unique, Object based modeling
for complex foundations
No matter how complex the foundation is, STAAD.
foundation can design it with its object based modeling
environment. Whether it is rectangular, complex polygonal,
circular or includes openings , STAAD.foundation has the
tools to model, analyze, design and produce drawings. In
addition, both regular and irregular column lines can be
modeled. The sophisticated mesh generation allows for the
creation of holes (cut-outs) and inner regions with different
thicknesses for pedestals.
STAAD.foundation generates
detailed drawings which
includes both plan and sectional
drawings with rebar marks.
Boundary/property line loads can be modeled with
powerful physical loading objects such as circular load,
quadrilateral load, line load and point load.
Detailed drawings and Thorough
Output including Calculations
STAAD.foundation generates detailed drawings which
includes both plan and sectional drawings with rebar
marks.The drawings include all the footings designed in the
project to scale with grid lines and grid marks which help
identify interference. Drawings can be exported to DXF or
DWG format to produce site drawings. Thorough output and
detailed calculations are also provided listing all relevant
clauses and equations.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Processor:
Intel Pentium or AMD Athlon
Operating System:
Windows Vista, XP, and 2000
RAM:
128MB recommended
Hard Disk:
52MB free disk space
(100MB recommended)
Display:
OpenGL 3D graphics supported
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STAAD.Foundation AT-A-GLANCE
General Footings
• Intuitive user-friendly graphical
user interface; the workflow is
categorized and arranged to flow
from top to bottom
• Complete foundation project envi-
ronment which includes isolated,
combined, strip, pile cap, octagonal
footing and mat foundations; it
connects all the modules through a
global layer
• Tabbed view, navigator tree and
floating toolbar.
• Modeling wizard for rectangular
mat foundation
• Physical mat foundation model-
ing environment saves time and
reduces errors
• Physical loading—like point load
on space, quadrilateral load,
circular load, or line load allows
user to simulate tank loading and
wall loading
• STAAD.foundation is seamlessly
integrated with STAAD.Pro to
import loadings, reactions, column
positions; users can even import
any set of analyzed plates to
design; program tracks changes
made in STAAD.Pro model and can
merge the changes with STAAD.
foundation file
• Powerful OpenGL-based graphics
helps visualize output like displace-
ments, stress on displaced shape,
combined beam stress, and entities
like plates and beams in 3D for a
realistic rendered view
• Automatic transfer of load from
top of the pedestal to the base
of the footing
Mat foundation depicting stresses
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• Automatic pile arrangement
• Automatic mesh generation
considering holes, control regions
and column lines; option for both
triangular and quadrilateral plates
• Physical beam
Analysis and Design
• Supports both flexible and rigid
method
• Sophisticated FEM analysis for mat
foundation powered by reliable
STAAD analysis engine
• Supports unlimited number of load
cases and load combinations
• Physical tie beam which auto-
matically converts to analytical
members for analysis and provides
output such as bending moment,
shear and combined stresses
• Innovative and unique slab design
to take full advantage of FEM
analysis; it produces user-defined
reinforcing zones and blocks for
optimal reinforcement distribution
• Slab design along any cut line
to simulate manual mat design
technique
• Automatic pile arrangement using
BOCA standard
• Proper handling of biaxial moment
for all footing types using finite
difference approach
• Pedestal design
Output
• Step-by-step detailed calculation
sheet with code clauses and equa-
tions to verify output
• Layout drawing with grid marks
and to-scale drawing detects
Reinforcement details are provided for designs as
shown in this slab.
overlaps and aids in selection of
foundation type
• Detailed structural drawing of
each footing with customizable
arrow marks and labels
• DXF export of detailed and layout
drawing to produce site drawing
• Base pressure and plate stress
color contour
• User defined cut lines through
mat slabs to view bending
moment and shear diagramps
and designs
Design Codes
• United States - ACI 318-2005
• United Kingdom - BS 8110
• India - IS 456-2000
Features Specific for
Plant Foundations
• Specific modules for the plant
industry like vertical vessel
foundation and heat exchanger
foundation
• Modeling wizard to quickly gener-
ate the model (including mats)
• Built in load types like “empty”,
“operating”, “test”, Bundle
pull force”
• Automatic load combination
generation
• Automatic wind load and
zip code based seismic
load generation
• Calculation of time period
• Vertical vessel foundation can
be on soil or on octagonal or
square pile cap