UNIVERSITY of TECHNOLOGY

(Building & Construction Engineering Department)

Structural Engineering Branch
Staad-Pro V8i Examples 2016 - 2017 by: Prof. Dr. Nabeel Al-Bayati
Example 1 (Reinforced Concrete Building)

(MODELING)

Using concept of auto-generation method by STAAD-Pro V8i software,

sketch and construct the idealization numbering of joints and members
concrete structure shown below (All dimensions unit in meters). Edit
the commands for the modeling of the reinforced concrete structure
shown below:
( x- 3bays @ 4m, y- 2story @ 3m, z- 3bay @ 5m)
Note: Ec = 3200 kip/in2, Density = 2500kg/m3 circular column section
(Radius = 20cm), interior beam size (T-section) [flange bf = 80cm,
tf=15cm], [web H = 60cm, bw = 30cm], edge beam size (30*50), roof
and floor slab thickness = 15cm. external and internal support (fixed),
corner support hinge.

3m

(0,0,0)

3m
15m (3bays @ 5m)

12m (3bays @ 4m)

0.8m

0.15m
0.6m 0.6m
R=0.2
m

0.3m 0.3m
Interior Beam section Edge Beam section Column section

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(Building & Construction Engineering Department)
Structural Engineering Branch
Staad-Pro V8i Examples 2016 - 2017 by: Prof. Dr. Nabeel Al-Bayati
SOLUTION:
Frame Idealizations (Beams and Columns)

[4] (10) [5] (11) [6] (12)

(9)

[11] [12] [13] [14]

[1] (6) [2] (7) [3] (8)

(5)
[7] [8] [9] [10]

(1) (2) (3) (4)

At Z = 0

[18] (22) [19] (23) [20] (24)

(21)

[25] [26] [27] [28]

[15] (18) [16] (19) [17] (20)

(17)
[21] [22] [23] [24]

(13) (14) (15) (16)

At Z = 5m

[32] (34) [33] (35) [34] (36)

(33)

[39] [40] [41] [42]

[29] (30) [30] (31) [31] (32)

(29)
[35] [36] [37] [38]

(25) (26) (27) (28)

At Z = 10m

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(Building & Construction Engineering Department)
Structural Engineering Branch
Staad-Pro V8i Examples 2016 - 2017 by: Prof. Dr. Nabeel Al-Bayati

[46] (46) [47] (47) [48] (48)

(45)

[53] [54] [55] [56]

[43] (42) [44] (43) [45] (44)

(41)
[49] [50] [51] [52]

(37) (38) (39) (40)

At Z = 15m

(9)
[60] (21) (10)
[66] (22)
[11] [61] (33)
[62] [12] [67] (34)
[25] (45) [68]
[26] (46)
(5) [39]
[57] (17) (5) [40]
[7] [53] [63] (18)
[58](29) [8] [54]
[64](30)
(1) [21] [59]
(41)
[35] (2) [22] [65]
(42)
[49] [36]
(13) [50]
(14)
(25) (37)
At x = 0 (26) (38)
At x = 4m
(11) (12)
[72] (23) [78] (24)
[13] [73] (35) [14] [79] (36)
[27] [74] [80]
(47) [28] (48)
(6) [41] (7) [42]
[69] (19) [55] [75] (20)
[9] [10] [56]
[70](31) [76](32)
(3) [23] [71]
(43) (4) [24] [77]
(44)
[37] [38]
(15) [51] (16) [52]
(27) (39) (28) (40)
At x = 8m At x = 12m
Frame Idealizations (Slabs)

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Structural Engineering Branch
Staad-Pro V8i Examples 2016 - 2017 by: Prof. Dr. Nabeel Al-Bayati

At y = 3m

At y = 9m

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Structural Engineering Branch
Staad-Pro V8i Examples 2016 - 2017 by: Prof. Dr. Nabeel Al-Bayati

STAAD-Pro Solution Editor

STAAD SPACE Example (1) concrete building modeling

UNIT METER KN
************************************************
JOINT COORDINATES
1 0 0 0 4 12 0 0
REP 2 0 3 0
REP ALL 3 0 0 5
************************************************
MEMBER INCIDENCES
*Beams Numbering in x-direction at z = 0
1563
REPEAT 1 3 4
*Columns Numbering in y-direction at z = 0
7 1 5 10
REPEAT 1 4 4
*Copy Frame in xy-plane at x = 0 to z = 5m, z = 10m and z = 15m
REPEAT ALL 3 14 12
*Transverse Beams Numbering in z-direction at x = 0 and y = 3m
57 5 17 59 1 12
*Copy Transverse Beams in z-direction from y = 3m to y = 6m
REP 1 3 4
*Copy Transverse Beams in z-direction to x = 4m, x = 8m and x = 12m
REP ALL 3 6 1
***********************************************
DEL MEM 44 47
***********************************************
ELEMENT INCIDENCES
*Floor Slab Numbering at y = 3m from x = 0 to x = 12m and z = 0 to z = 5m
81 5 6 18 17 TO 83
*Copy Previous Slab at y = 3m from x = 0 to x = 12m and z = 5 to z = 10m
REP 1 3 12
87 29 30 42 41 TO 88 1 2
REP ALL 1 8 4
************************************************
MEMBER PROPERTY AMERICAN
*Define Beam Section Dimensions Edge
1 TO 6 30 33 43 45 46 48 57 TO 62 65 68 71 74 TO 80 PRIS YD 0.6 ZD 0.3

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(Building & Construction Engineering Department)
Structural Engineering Branch
Staad-Pro V8i Examples 2016 - 2017 by: Prof. Dr. Nabeel Al-Bayati
*Define Interior Beam Section Dimensions
15 TO 20 29 31 32 34 63 64 66 67 69 70 72 73 PRIS YD 0.6 ZD 0.8 YB 0.45
ZB 0.3
*Define Columns Section Dimensions
7 TO 14 21 TO 28 35 TO 42 49 TO 56 PRIS YD 0.4
************************************************
ELEMENT PROPERTY
*Define Floor and Roof Slab Section
81 TO 96 THICKNESSES 0.15
************************************************
*Define Materials Properties
CONSTANTS
POI CONCRETE ALL
ALPHA CONCRETE ALL
UNIT KIP INCHES
CONSTANTS
E 3200 ALL
UNIT KG METER
CONSTANTS
DEN 2500 ALL
UNIT METER KNS
************************************************
*Define Support Type
SUPPORTS
1 4 37 40 PIN
2 3 13 TO 16 25 TO 28 38 39 FIX
FINISH

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