CDLD
Structural
- May 20, 2020
- 226
I've encountered quite a dangerous error using "floor loads" in STAAD pro Connect and would like to see if anyone has had a similar issue.
Below is a snapshot of a ~105 ft stair tower where I've grouped all the landings as a floor group.
I applied a floor live load to this group of 4.79 kPa (100 psf).
You can see from the loading animation that the floor load seems to be correctly applied to all landings.

However, when looking at the support reactions it is obvious that the program is considering the loading from one landing only (instead of 12 landings)!
The total live load for all 12 landings should be approximately ~135 kN.

Below is a snapshot of a ~105 ft stair tower where I've grouped all the landings as a floor group.
I applied a floor live load to this group of 4.79 kPa (100 psf).
You can see from the loading animation that the floor load seems to be correctly applied to all landings.

However, when looking at the support reactions it is obvious that the program is considering the loading from one landing only (instead of 12 landings)!
The total live load for all 12 landings should be approximately ~135 kN.
