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History of STAAD
STAAD or (STAAD.Pro) is a structural analysis and design computer program originally
developed by Research Engineers International at orba !inda" #A in year $%%&. In late '"
Research Engineers International *as bought by +entley Systems.
An older version called Staad,III -or *indo*s is used by Io*a State niversity -or
educational purposes -or civil and structural engineers. Initially it *as used -or D/S,0indo*
system. The commercial version STAAD.Pro is one o- the most *idely used structural analysis
and design so-t*are. It supports several steel" concrete and timber design codes. It can ma1e use
o- various -orms o- analysis -rom the traditional $st order static analysis" 'nd order p,
delta analysis" geometric nonlinear analysis or a buc1ling analysis. It can also ma1e use o-
various -orms o- dynamic analysis -rom modal e2traction to time history and response spectrum
analysis. In recent years it has become part o- integrated structural analysis and design solutions
mainly using an e2posed API called /penSTAAD to access and drive the program using a 3+
macro system included in the application or other by including /penSTAAD -unctionality inapplications that themselves include suitable programmable macro systems. Additionally
STAAD.Pro has added direct lin1s to applications such as RA4 #onnection and
STAAD.5oundation to provide engineers *or1ing *ith those applications *hich handle design
post processing not handled by STAAD.Pro itsel-. Another -orm o- integration supported by
STAAD.Pro is the analysis schema o- the #I4steel Integration Standard" version ' commonly
1no*n as #IS6' and used by a number modelling and analysis applications.
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What is STAAD?
STAAD.Pro is the pro-essional7s choice -or steel" concrete" timber" aluminum and cold,
-ormed steel design o- lo* and high,rise buildings" culverts" petrochemical plants" tunnels"
bridges" piles and much more. STAAD.Pro is the premier 5E4 analysis and design tool -or any
type o- pro8ect including to*ers" culverts" plants" bridges" stadiums" and marine structures. 0ith
an array o- advanced analysis capabilities including linear static" response spectra" time history"
cable" and pushover and non,linear analyses" STAAD.Pro provides your engineering team *ith a
scalable solution that *ill meet the demands o- your pro8ect every time. STAAD.Pro *ill
eliminate the countless man,hours re9uired to properly load your structure by automating the
-orces caused by *ind" earth9ua1es" sno*" or vehicles. In addition" no matter *hat material you
are using or *hat country you are designing your structure in" STAAD.Pro can easily
accommodate your design and loading re9uirements" including S" European (including the
Eurocodes)" :ordic" Indian" and Asian codes; even special codes li1e AAS
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develop" maintain" and support STAAD. Pro in their respective local regions.
STAAD. Pro supports sevena languages (English" Spanish" 5rench" Berman" #hinese" apanese
and Russian) through an engineering sta-- o- over ? engineers (4asters" PhDs" PEs). :o other
company has nearly hal- the sta-- supporting their products.
"nteroperability and #pen Arhitet$re
nli1e most structural so-t*are" STAAD. Pro can be customi=ed by you to e2actly -it your design
needs. STAAD. Pro is developed on an open architecture called /penSTAAD. All o- the
-unctions related to input or output are available to you" such as Bet4a2imum+ending4oment
or Addni-orm!oad. 0e also include a parametric library o- pre,built commonly used structures
li1e trusses" buildings" mats" etc. that can be customi=ed by your company -or modeling
repetitive structures. ou can even add your o*n templatesF 0ith /penSTAAD" you can
automatically lin1 output -rom your model to E2cel or 4ath#AD. 0hen the model changes"
your E2cel routine does as *ellF In addition" STAAD. Pro has an embedded 3+A (3isual +asic
-or Applications) editor *hich enables you to *rite your o*n design" loading" or post,processing
routines directly in the STAAD environment. sers have *ritten routines that per-ormed
alternate span loading" renumbered members" created sub,structures that *ere highly repetitive"
and have even designed an octagonal base plate.
!overing All Aspets of Str$t$ral Engineering
STAAD. Pro
is a solution -or all types o- structure and includes tools designed to aid speci-icstructural engineering tas1s. 5or e2ample" -or the bridge engineer" STAAD.beava incorporates a
po*er-ul in-luence sur-ace generator to assist in locating vehicles -or ma2imum e--ects. The
Section 0i=ard can be used to calculate properties -or non,standard sections. 5inite element
modeling is an art *hich re9uires care-ul consideration" including the 9uality o- meshes being
created. The Advanced 4esher provides this -unctionality and allo*s visual chec1s on the
9uality. In addition" STAAD. Pro *or1s in con8unction *ith programs such as
STAAD.-oundation" *hich allo*s -oundations to be designed" STAAD.o--shore" *hich allo*s
-or design o- o--shore structures" RA4 #oncept" -or concrete slab design including post,
tensioning" +entley RE+AR -or rein-orcing detailing" +entley AutoPIPE" -or calculation o- pipe
stresses" +entley Structural -or dra*ing production and +I4 Solution" and RA4 #onnection" -or steel connection design. 0hether you7re engineering bridges" plants" or pipes" STAAD. Pro *ill
streamline your e--orts" ensuring success.
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%$ality Ass$rane
STAAD. Pro is the only so-t*are that has gone through IS/ %$ certi-ication and has passed the
stringent so-t*are validation re9uirements o- the nuclear industry ($#5R Part " $#5R '$
and AS4E :GA,$,'). Every year" *e are audited by companies li1e Entergy" +echtel Po*er"
ProtoPo*er" Altran #orporation" *ho e2haustively revie* our bug reporting procedures and our
Guality Assurance (GA) process.
Extremely Salable
STAAD. Pro is best 1no*n -or its accurate D linear static and P,delta analysis o- multi,material
structures. +ut did you 1no* that the most po*er-ul and *idely used -acets o- STAAD. Pro are
its soil,structure interaction" push,over and dynamic analyses> 4ore engineers today are -acing
challenging structural problems including blast analysis" plastic pushover" -ire propagation"
earth9ua1es and even tsunamis. Seismic codes around the *orld (I+#" :+##" IS$?%" :T#"
E#?) are re9uiring more accurate modeling o- -le2ible diaphragms and identi-ication o- plastic
hinges (per 5E4A H6@@). 0ith STAAD. Pro" there is no need to use multiple so-t*are
programs to chec1 the integrity o- your structure under di--erent conditions. In one run" you can
sub8ect your structure to linear" dynamic" and non,linear conditions. STAAD. Pro can handle the
smallest o- truss structures to any si=e model. Element types include second and third beam6truss"
, and @,nodes plates" ?,noded solid6bric1s" physical members" curvilinear beams" sur-ace
ob8ects -or shear *alls and much more.
In addition" *ith the ac9uisition o- STARD:E line o- products (used on the Apollo space
mission as *ell as companies li1e Roc1etdyne" +oeing" Siemens) and incorporated its nonlinear
static" dynamic" buc1ling" and steady,state routines into STAAD. /ur solution times have been
benchmar1ed by universities all over the *orld against our competitors and year a-ter year" *e
-ind that STAAD. Proconsistently posts the -astest time. STAAD. Pro is *ell e9uipped to handle
comple2 solutions. ou *ant to -eel con-ident that the product you are using today *ill -it your
needs in the -uture so you don7t have to reinvest and retrain on a ne* plat-orm do*n the line.
&eports and Do$mentation
STAAD. Pro has one o- the most po*er-ul" and customi=able" and high 9uality reports available
so that you are able to provide your clients and engineers *ith e2actly the in-ormation that is
re9uired" *hether it is a t*o page summary o- pictures e2actly as seen onscreen or complete"
-ully detailed reports. I- these need to be enhanced -urther then they can be e2ported directly into
4icroso-t 0ord. E2tracting data -rom the model such as the largest node displacement at a
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speci-ic node becomes easy using an inbuilt Advanced Guery" SG! tool. 5or those that *ish to
create contract dra*ings" this becomes possible as STAAD. Pro models can be lin1ed to +entley
Structural.
Tehnial S$pport by Str$t$ral Engineers
0e *ant our users to -ind the easiest *ay to get their problems solved. STAAD. Pro o--ers a
dynamic *ebsite *ith ne* tips and tric1s and a discussion board -or STAAD users around the
*orld. /ur 5AG (5re9uently As1ed Guestions) page has over $ 9uestions ranging -rom ho*
to model a laterally loaded pile to the di--erences bet*een plate and solid elements. 0e update
the 5AG site consistently and all ne* postings are automatically e,mailed to all subscribers. /ur
discussion board is -re9uented by over $ engineers every month and monitored by
+entley6REI sta-- on a daily basis. 0ith over $@ -ull,time support personnel" +entley can provide
'@6& support no matter *here you are in the *orld.
Training
STAAD. Pro is -ully compliant *ith industry standards -or interoperability li1e #IS6' *hich
enables companies to easily send our data upstream or do*nstream to other applications in their
design *or1-lo* that support this -ormat. 5or e2ample" this allo*s -or integration *ith steel
detailing so-t*are such as Jsteel and SDS'. In addition" STAAD. Pro is integrated *ith other
industry leading products li1e ProSteel" 5rame0or1s Plus" !ARSA @D" and Structural Des1top.
/ther -ormats li1e 3R4! help engineers to *al1 through a STAAD. Pro
model *ithin InternetE2plorer *ithout having STAAD. Pro loaded on their computer.
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STAAD #vervie'
A STR#TRE can be de-ined as an assemblage o- elements. STAAD is capable o- analy=ing and designing structures consisting o- both -rame" and 5inite elements. Almost any
type o- structure can be analy=ed by STAAD.
5rame elements K +eam elements K ' nodes
5inite elements K $.) Plate K or @ nodes
'.) Solid K @ to ? nodes
In case o- STAAD
:ode becomes oint it has a number and 2y= coordinates
+eam becomes 4ember it has a number and nodes at its ends
Plate becomes Element it has a number and node at its corners
TPES /5 STR#TRE
A TRSS structure consists o- truss members *hich can have only a2ial member -orces
and no bending in the members. A P!A:E structure is bound by a global J, coordinate system
*ith loads in the same plane. A SPA#E structure" *hich is a three dimensional -ramed structure
*ith loads applied in any plane" is the most general. A 5!//R structure is a t*o or three
dimensional structure having no hori=ontal (global J or L) movement o- the structure M5J" 5L C
4 are restrained at every 8ointN. The -loor -raming (in global J,L plane) o- a building is an
ideal e2ample o- a 5!//R structure. #olumns can also be modelled *ith the -loor in a 5!//R
structure as long as the structure has no hori=ontal loading. I- there is any hori=ontal load" it must be analy=ed as a SPA#E structure.
4/DE! BE:ERATI/:
There are basically methods o- generating a modelO Snap node method" #oordinate
method and #opy paste method. /ut o- these three methods most commonly used is copy paste
method. +y using these three methods a structure o- any geometry can be created STAAD.Pro
also contains a command *i=ard *hich is its library o- structures such as -rames " trusses are
present *hich can be merged *ith the STAAD.Pro model
ASSIB:I:B !/ADSAny structure is sub8ected to basically these types o- loads,
$. Dead load
'. !ive !oad
Dead load includes the sel-,*eight o- the structure *hile live load consists o-
superimposed load. In addition to a structure is also sub8ected to *ind and seismic or earth9ua1e
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-orces. 0hile designing a structure sub8ected to *ind and earth9ua1e -orces *e also have to
provide de-initions along *ith various load cases.
Maros and #pen STAAD
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Fo$ndation
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B$(ling Analysis
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STAAD Feat$res
Model )eneration
• Interactive 4enu,driven 4odel Beneration *ith simultaneous D display.
• 'Dand D Braphic Beneration using rectangular or polar coordinate systems.
• Segments o- repetitive geometry may be used to generate comple2 structural
models.
• Benerate" #opy" Repeat" 4irror" Pivot" etc. or 9uic1 and easy geometry
generation.
•
Guic16easy mesh generation.
• #omprehensive graphics editing.
• Braphical Speci-ication and Display o- Properties" !oadings" Supports"
/rientations.
• Import Auto#AD DJ5 -iles.
• Access to Te2t Editor.
Model *erifiation
• 'D6D dra*ings on screen as *ell as on plotter6printer.
• 5ull D shapes -or 5rames" Elements.
• Sectional vie*s or vie*s *ith listed members only.
• Isometric or any rotations -or -ull D vie*ing.
• Display o- Properties" !oadings" Supports" /rientations" oint64ember
numbering" Dimensions"
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• 'D6D Analysis based on state,o-,the,art 4atri2 method to handle e2tremely
large 8ob.
• +eam" Truss" Tapered +eam" Shell6Plate +ending6Plane Stress.
• 5ull6Partial 4oment Releases.
• 4ember /--set Speci-ication.
• 5i2ed" Pinned and Spring Supports *ith Releases. Also inclined Supports.
• Automatic Spring Support Benerator.
• !inear" P,Delta Analysis" :on,!inear Analysis *ith automatic load and
sti--ness correction. 4ultiple Analyses *ithin same run.
• Active6Inactive 4embers -or !oad,Dependent structures.
• Tension,only members and compression,only members" 4ulti,linear spring
supports.
• #I4STEE! Inter-ace.
Dynami + Sesmi Analysis
• 4ass modeling" E2traction o- 5re9uency and 4ode shapes.
• Response Spectrum" Time
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,oad Types and ,oad )eneration
• !oading -or oints" 4embers6Elements including #oncentrated" ni-orm" !inear"
Trape=oidal" Temperature" Strain" Support Displacement" Prestressed and 5i2ed,end
!oads.
• Blobal" !ocal and Pro8ected !oading Directions.
• ni-orm or varying Element Pressure !oading on entire or selected portion o-
elements.
• 5loor6Area !oad converts load,per,area to member loads based on one,*ay or t*o,
*ay actions.
•
Automatic 4oving !oad Beneration as per standard AAS
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• Design codes include AIS# (ASD and !R5D)" AAS
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• Animation o- De-lected64ode shapes" Stress #ontours.