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STAAD – Structural Analysis and Design


Instruction Manual



Problem 5-7 page 123 Third Edition


Problem 5-7 page 129 Fourth Edition



Applied Statics and Strength of Materials Textbook


Leonard Spiegel and George F. Limbrunner


















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Table of Contents



|1 |Introduction…………………………………………….. |2 |
|2 |Creating A New Structure……………………………… |3 |
|3 |Generating the Model Geometry………………………..|4 |
|4 |Saving the Structure……………………………………. |6 |
|5 |Specifying Supports…………………………………….. |7 |
|6 |Specifying Loads………………………………………...|11 |
|7 |Command File…………………………………………… |15 |
|8 |Specifying Materials…………………………………….. |17 |
|9 |Printing Member Information……………………………|18 |
|10 |Performing Analysis…………………………………….. |20 |
|11 |Generating Post Analysis Report………………………... |21 |
|12 |Running Analysis………………………………………..|23 |
|13 |Viewing the Output File and Interpreting Results…….. |24 |
|14 |Viewing Animated Deflected Shape of the Truss……... |26 |
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1. Introduction:

STAAD.Pro is software for STructuralAnalysis and Design from Research Engineers International (www.reiworld.com)

STAAD.Pro is used to generate a model of a truss, which can be analyzed using the same software. After modeling and analysis is completed, the Graphical User Interface (GUI) can also be used to view the results graphically.

In this manual, example 5-7 from Applied Statics and Strength of Materials book (3rd/4thEdition- Leonard Spiegel and George F. Limbrunner) is solved using STAAD.Pro. The first section of this manual explains how to model the truss shown below.




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In the second section, after analyzing the model, support reaction and member forces are printed. Using the animation capabilities of STAAD.Pro, a visualization of the deflected shape of the truss is obtained....