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Lateral Load Software?

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Stress02

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Anuone suggest reasonable and reliable software for generating lateral loads for buildings based on ASCE 7-02?
 
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Are you talking about wind or seismic?





Regards,
Lutfi
 
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Yes.

Atleast wind but seismic will help too.

Not looking forward to implimenting ASCE guidelines when IBC comes in effect on Dec 31 around here.

BOCA was familuar and comfortable.
 
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I think the seismic for ASCE 7-02 just points back to IBC. For wind, we use the ASCE 7 wind load generator STAAD provides. Generating the pressure distribution (profile) is done fairly well on many software, but many of them don't apply it correctly to odd-shaped buildings or structures like towers.
 
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