STRUCTURE DESIGN ON STAAD
STRUCTURE DESIGN ON STAAD
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HELLO
I M DESIGNING A STRUCTURE. I MADE THE WHOLE SYSTEM OF BEAMS/COLUMNS/NODES ACCORDING TO MY NEEDS. THEN I ASSIGNED THEM PROPERTY ACCORD TO AISC. AFTER APPLYING LOADS NOW I WANT TO ANALYSE THE STRUCTURE. BUT THE PROBLEM I M FACING IS:
1. I DONT KNOW HOW TO ASSIGN VALUES OF FACTORS DEPENDING ON END CONNECTIONS LIKE KZ(FOR COLUMNS ETC) FOR FAILURE CRITERIA.
2. I M NOT SURE THAT W/O GIVING THE VALUES OF THESE FACTORS MY STRUCTURE CAN SAVE FAILURE CRITERIA.
WAITING FOR REPLY.
THANKS
I M DESIGNING A STRUCTURE. I MADE THE WHOLE SYSTEM OF BEAMS/COLUMNS/NODES ACCORDING TO MY NEEDS. THEN I ASSIGNED THEM PROPERTY ACCORD TO AISC. AFTER APPLYING LOADS NOW I WANT TO ANALYSE THE STRUCTURE. BUT THE PROBLEM I M FACING IS:
1. I DONT KNOW HOW TO ASSIGN VALUES OF FACTORS DEPENDING ON END CONNECTIONS LIKE KZ(FOR COLUMNS ETC) FOR FAILURE CRITERIA.
2. I M NOT SURE THAT W/O GIVING THE VALUES OF THESE FACTORS MY STRUCTURE CAN SAVE FAILURE CRITERIA.
WAITING FOR REPLY.
THANKS





RE: STRUCTURE DESIGN ON STAAD
RE: STRUCTURE DESIGN ON STAAD
There's a figure called an alignment chart in AISC that enables you to compute K factors. Before using it you need to understand the concept of sway, i.e.; can the joint translate?
It sounds like you need to have a professional structural engineer look at this.