Base Plate Modeling in
STAAD PRO V8i
By
Eng. Ali Albess
22 March 2015
Introduction:
In normal situations Base plates are designed using codebase procedures (e.g. AISC-ASD). But most of the times Structural Engineers often run into situations where there are no codes available to design a particular type of a base plate.
In these situations, an engineer may opt to do a finite element analysis on the base plate. STAAD.Pro V8i is equipped with a lot of mesh generation and loading tools.
The purpose of this document is to demonstrate how engineers can analyze base plates using STAAD.Pro V8i.
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| Fig. (1): Base Plate Isometric |
Exercise Problem:
Create the following base plate geometry in STAAD.Pro.
Base plate size: 400mmX400mmX14mm
Pipe: Ø100, Wall thickness= 10mm
Stiffener: 150mmX100mm X10mm
Work Procedure:
Open a new STAAD.Pro file using the space option and the units of mm and KN.
Name your File
Click on the Next button and then click on the Finish button on the following screen
1 Create a new grid. Click on the Create button in the data area. The Linear input box will appear as shown in Fig. (6)
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