IntroductiontoStaad

investigationofbeam

objective:aftertheactivity,theparticicapantshouldbeableto:
1.)knowthebasicinterfaceofstaad
2.)interpretstaadresults

problem:investigateapurlinofdeped2storey,4classroomschoolbuildingroof
heightofbuilding=9.25m
spacingofpurlin=0.75 purlinsize=LC-120x40x20x2.0 PURLINS
lengthofpurlin=4.5m

procedure

1.)startStaadprogramandselect"NEWPROJECT"

2.)selectplane,makesure"lengthunits"arein"meters"and"Forceunits"in"KiloNewton"
selectappropriatelocationtostorethefile,nametheprojectas"PURLINS"theclickNEXT,then
"Finish"

note:selecting"Plane"willconfigureStaadtoanalyzetwodimensionalobjectsonly
3.)thisscreenshouldappear,fornowclosethe"snapnode/beamwindow",clickontheencircled
button

3.)inputthecoordinatesoftheendpoints(nodes)ofthebeam,followthesetotheappropriatearea

4.)wewillnowthenconnectthetwopointscreatedtoformabeamusingtheaddbeambutton .
addbeambyclickingonthepointontheleftthenclickonthepointontheright,thisshoulddrawa
linebetweenthetwopoints.afterthispressthe"esckey"onkeyboardtostopdrawingbeams.
bythistimeitwouldbeeasiertoviewthebeamfromthefrontascurrentlythebeamisviewedin

isometric(3d)view ,clickonthebutton
pointedtochangeviewtothefront.notethatthesebuttonschangeyourviewonyourproject.the
windowshouldlooklikebelow


5.)after,thebeamisdrawn,sectionproperties,loadsandsupports,aretobeassigned,thisisdone
underthe"general"tab

6.)wearetouseLCchannel,however,thereisnoLCchannelinstaadsowewilluseanequivalent.(cold
formedsteelamericanzee)clickonviewtabletodeterminethesectionproperties

wewilluse"4ZU1.25x075asitisnearesttoLC120x40x20inshapeandproperties
clickonselect

7.) clickonthehighlighteditemandclickonadd,thenclickclose

8.) wearenowreadytoassignthesectiontothebeam,makesure is
checkedthenclickonassign.thecursorshouldchangetothatofanIbeam,thenclickonthebeamto
assignthesection


9.)afterassigningmembersections,wearenowgoingtoassignreactions.itisassumedthepurlinispin
connectedtothetruss

press"esc"keyonkeyboardtostopassigning


10.)wewillnowdeclaretheloadsandloadcombinationactingonbeam


11.)wearenowtoassignloads


12.)wewillnowinstructonhowtoanalyzethegeometryoftheproject,fornow,wewillusesimple
analysis

13.)wewillnowinstructstaadtoinvestigateourmembersizingbasedondesigncodes

14.)StartStaadanalysisEngineby

15.)afteranalysisengineisdone,selectgotopostprocessingandclickon"Done"

onthiswindow,pressok,

Togenerateaprintout

output