Analysis and Design of Reinforced Concrete Structure Creating member Start the Staad Pro.

Choose Space, set the unit to kN and meter. Click Next. Choose Open Structure Wizard and click Finish.

Tick to Prototype model, choose Frame Models as Model Type, double click on Bay Frame and fill in the blank as shown below. Length 6m (19.685 ft), Height 3m(9.843 ft), and Width 6m(19.685 ft). Some of the features in StaadPro are not following the units setup by user. Then user needs to convert the values. For example, meter to foot. Then click Apply.

Next, click File, Merge Model with StaadPro model, click Yes (transfer/merge the model.) , click OK to the Paste Prototype Model window (X,Y,Z = 0, 0, 0).

Now the structure is displayed on the screen.

Click Geometry menu (top), select Run Structure Wizard, click Prototype Models, choose Surface/Plate Models and double click on Quad Plate.

Fill in the blank as shown below. For Corners, X-B = 6m, X-C=6m, Z-C=6m and Z-D= 6m. Since the unit is in ft, then user has to convert the unit to ft. For Bias and Division, just put the number without convert, as shown below. Click Apply.

Next, click File, Merge Model with StaadPro model, and click Yes (transfer/merge the model.) , next for the Paste Prototype Model window, set Y to 1.5 meter. Click OK.

Properties Click General, Property (left side). Click Define (right side-properties window), choose Circle and insert 0.35 meter for YD. Click Add and Close.

Highlight the circle properties, select all columns and click Assign. Click Yes.

Again, click Define and select Rectangle. Insert 0.4 meter for YD and 0.25 meter for ZD. Add and Close.

Highlight the rectangle properties, and assign to all beam members. Other method, you can highlight the properties, then click Select (top-menu), select Beams parallel to X, then repeat again to select Beam Parallel to Z. Click Assign and Yes.

Next, click to Thickness and insert 0.175 meters for all the nodes. Click Add and Close.

Next, to assign the thickness properties, highlight the thickness properties, use Plate Cursor, select all slab and Assign, Yes. Now all the properties (circle,rectangle and thickness) have been assigned to all the members as shown below.

Supports Create Fixed support, and assign to all bases as shown in the figure.

To see the 3D diagram of structure, right-click mouse, select Structure Diagrams, and tick the blank as shown.

Loading Create a Dead Load, click Selfweight, click Y and -1 as factor. Click Add and Close.

Add new load under Dead Load case. Click Floor Load, and fill in the blanks as follow. Click Add. StaadPro will automatically assign the floor loads to the beams.

You can adjust the load scales by clicking the right-mouse, Labels, Scales.

Next, add another new load under Dead Load case. Click to Plate Loads, choose Pressure on Full Plate and insert 10 kN/m2 for W1. Click Add and Close.

Select all plates using Plate Cursor icon, and assign the pressure loads.

Next, we want to create new load case. Click Load Cases Details, Add, Primary, and name the title as Live 1. Click Add and Close.

Select Live 1, Add and select Floor Load, Floor. Fill in the blank as shown. Add and Close.

Under Load Cases Details, create the third load cases and name as Live 2. Add and Close. Then, select Live 2, Add and select Floor Load, Floor. Fill in the blank as shown. Add and Close.

Under Load Cases Details, create the fourth load cases and name as Additional Live. Add and Close. Then, select Additional Live, Add and select Nodal Load, Node. Fill -150 kN on FY. Add and Close.

To assign the nodal load, click to the Node Cursor icon, click on the first floor level of the column at the left of the structure. Click Assign to Selected Entities, Assign and Yes.

Next, we want to create new load combination. Click Load Cases Details,Add , Define Combinations, and name as ULS. Select Live 1, Live 2 and Additional Live by click to the load name and click > . Insert 1.6 as load factor. Add and Close.

Analysis Run the analysis like previous exercise. Analysis/Print, Perform Analysis (No Print), Add and Close. Click Analyze and Run Analysis. You can see the result of displacement and moment bending Z of the structure.

Slab Design Click to Post-Processing icon, Click to Advanced Slab Design. Click to Slab Design (left side), Results (top menu), select Slab Reinforcement and a dialogue box will appear.

Then, go to Loading select 5 ULS, then select General and fill in the blanks as shown.

Click OK. Then you will see the plate contour is displayed.