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STAAD Foundation
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Currently, STAAD.foundation supports three concrete codes: ACI-2005, BS 8110 and IS- 456-2000. These foundations can be on soil or on piles. Load types can be predetermined or user-defined with a customizable automatic load combination generator. Wind and zip code based seismic loads can also be generated through a simple wizard-based input.STAAD.foundation can calculate footing plan dimension and thickness automatically. It designs for one way shear, punching shear, pile punching shear, and corner pile check. It calcu- lates reinforcement along both axes (X and Z) and both faces (top and bottom).With its powerful 3D graphics, engineers can quickly identify and investigate displaced shapes, stress contour, soil pressure and rein- forcement layout. > No matter how complex the foundation is, STAAD.foundation can design it with its object based modeling environment. Whether it is rectangular, complex polygonal, circular or includes openings , STAAD.foundation has the tools to model, analyze, design and produce drawings. In addition, both regular and irregular column lines can be modeled. The sophisticated mesh generation allows for the creation of holes (cut-outs) and inner regions with different thicknesses for pedestals.Boundary/property line loads can be modeled with powerful physical loading objects such as circular load, quadrilateral load, line load and point load. > Cutlines can be specified at any location along mat foundations STAAD.foundation is bi-directionally integrated with STAAD.Pro (a leading product in structural analysis and design). Any analyzed STAAD.Pro file can be imported into STAAD.foundation with all column positions (and/or plates), sup- port reactions and loads brought in automati- cally. Changes made to the column positions or loads can be re-imported for further evaluation of the substructure. > STAAD.foundation generates detailed drawings which includes both plan and sectional draw- ings with rebar marks.The drawings include all the footings designed in the project to scale with grid lines and grid marks which help iden- tify interference. Drawings can be exported to DXF or DWG format to produce site drawings. Thorough output and detailed calculations are also provided listing all relevant clauses and equations. > To address specific needs of the plant industry,STAAD.foundation includes modules for vertical vessel foundations (octagonal shape) and heat exchanger foundations STAAD.foundation has a very unique and in-novative technique for mat design that takes full advantage of 3D FEM analysis, which can provide for an accurate and economical design. It designs the slab at thousands of discrete points taking into consideration an unlimited number of load cases. This unique approach to creating user-defined reinforcing zones helps the user to visualize and optimize the reinforce- ment requirement. The program can automati-cally detect upliftand redistribute the force. A design along any user-defined line in the slab can be performed along with checks for punch- ing shear for all column positions. Visit us on the Web for more information about Bentley solutions and services. www.bentley.com >

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Innovative and unique slab design to take full advantage of FEM analysis; it produces user-defined reinforcing zones and blocks for optimal reinforcement distribution Slab design along any cut line to simulate manual mat design technique Automatic pile arrangement using BOCA standard Proper handling of biaxial moment for all footing types using finite difference approach Pedestal design > Intuitive user-friendly graphical user interface; the workflow is categorized and arranged to flow from top to bottom Complete foundation project environment which includes isolated, combined, strip, pile...

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