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To see how the beam column joints of a SMRF are to be designed, you have to refer to chapater 21.5 of the ACI318-99

FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT VERSION OF STAAD YOU ARE USING.... IT WOULD BE VERY USEFUL TO ME IF YOU CAN EMAIL ME THE STD FILE TO TAKE A BETTER LOOK AT IT AND HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS TO YOU MY EMAIL IS barrera@sinfo.net Ernesto Barrera

To 2610 ive just seen a very interesting site: www.zentech-usa.com/index.htm They have a Software called STRUCAD 3d i think this software is what you are looking for....

To 2610 Hi Well, i dont know of any structural analysis software that would specially analyse offshore structures, maybe if you make a more detailed description of the structure you are dealing with,and the kind of analysis you want to do, i could help you. I guess that it has to do with...

TO 2610.... hi 2610, what version of STAAD are you using? STAAD PRO2000 OR 2001?

every time sap runs it stores the input and output info on several files. you should be able to open this information using vba commands.remember that sap2000 is very similar to sap90, that uses a preprocessor to build and input file. if you can create a vba routine to build the sap input file...

where can i find information about the Wood-Armer method?

Well i dont know what excatly you want to do, but apperently you cant launch sap from another program and let the program use the sap data or results... as far as i know sap operates at a close structure. To do what you want you have to be able to modify the sap main code. (that is written in...

You may need to make a computer model of both buildings and run a dynamic analysis to both to make sure that the buildings dont bang into one another...

try ROBOT MILLENIUM, seems to be a very good software...

can you clarify what means FRP?

Hi Lina, ive never used Robot, but i have just reviewed thier website and it seems to be a good software. Apperently it covers steel and concrete design using american codes (ACI, LRFD, ASD,also for timber structures), i didnt see wood there. It seems that it also have some advanced analysis...

once againg JAE is right. keep in mind that RISA will cost you under 3000$ while ETABS can cost you over 7000$. ETABS on the other hand is much more powerful and can handle very large structures, also can perform nonlinear dynamic analisis, pushover and can handle dampers on the analysis. so as...

I AGREE WITH JAE, BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW, RISA ONLY SUPPORTS STEEL DESIGN....YOU SHOULD REVIEW THIER SITE BEFORE BUYING.

All that software is good, but it depends on your design needs.... my first choice would be Sap2000, then prokon, staadpro2001, and finally visual. visual is a good software but it is not suitable for very large structures. If you want a state of the art structural software with steel and...