Post Graduate Program in STAAD.Pro for RCC, Industrial buildings and Metro Viaducts

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52 Weeks

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Medium of instructions English
Mode of learning Self study
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Analysis and Design of Industrial Structures using STAAD.Pro

Week 01 - Introduction to Industrial Structures

  • Steel structures in the industry
  • The stress-strain behaviour of structural steel
  • The properties of steel & shapes
  • Types of industrial structures
  • The key design factors
  • Types of structural systems in steel building
  • The general loads on industrial structures
  • Basic structural steel elements
  • Gravity and lateral load path
  • Structural redundancy
  • General design procedure
  • Iterative design process

Week 02 - Design of Tension Member

  • The types of tension members
  • The behaviour of tension member
  • Failure mode possibilities
  • The design strength of tension members
  • Factors affecting member strength
  • Shear Lag
  • Sections used for the tension member
  • Design of tension member

Week 03 - Design of Compression Member

  • The types of compression member
  • The behaviour of compression member
  • Failure mode possibilities
  • Sections used for compression member
  • The effective length of compression member
  • Design of compression member
  • Design of Built-up compression member

Week 04 - Design of Beams

  • Types of beam
  • The loads on Beam
  • Section classification
  • Lateral stability of beams
  • The effective length of beams
  • The design of laterally restrained beams
  • The design of laterally supported and unsupported beams
  • Design of purlins (Hot rolled)

Week 05 - Design of Plate Girder

  • The types of sections
  • Elements of plate girder
  • General considerations
  • The proportioning of section
  • Preliminary sizing
  • Design of plate girder using IS 800:2007

Week 06 - Structural System of Industrial Structure

  • Lateral load resisting system
  • Vertical load resisting system
  • Flooring system (Plating grating & Deck Beam)
  • Grating & chequered plate
  • Composite floor deck

Week 07 - Modelling of Structure in STAAD.Pro

  • Introduction to STAAD.Pro
  • Modelling nodes and beam element
  • Generating model geometry
  • Viewing geometry
  • Creating groups
  • Assigning properties
  • Assigning specification
  • Modelling tapered members
  • Assigning custom sections using user table
  • Member material specification
  • Modelling Finite elements
  • Modelling in physical modeller

Week 08 - Loading, Analysis and Design Procedure in STAAD.Pro

  • To create load cases
  • To apply self-weight
  • Modelling member loads and Floor loads
  • Application of load (vertical/lateral)
  • Modelling reference loads
  • Modelling of moving loads
  • Seismic load generation
  • Wind load generation
  • Application of design parameters
  • Performing simple analysis
  • Post-processing result interpretation

Week 09 - Analysis & design of Typical Steel Frame structure using STAAD. Pro

  • Input preparation
  • General modelling
  • Load & load calculations
  • Analysis of structure
  • The application of design parameters
  • Design of structure
  • The interpretation of post-processing results

Week 10 - Modelling , Analysis & Design of Industrial building (PEB) in STAAD.Pro.

  • Introduction to Pre-engineered building
  • the comparison of PEB over conventional building
  • Various components of PEB
  • General loads on PEB
  • Load combination as per IS 800: 2007 & AISC ASD
  • Input preparation
  • Load & Load calculations
  • Analysis of structure
  • The application of design parameters
  • Design of structure

Week 11 - Analysis & design of Pipe Rack structures using STAAD.Pro

  • Introduction to pipe racks
  • The components of pipe racks
  • The types of pipe racks
  • Loads on pipe racks
  • Load combination as per AISC, LRFD, ASD
  • Design criteria of structure
  • Case Study of pipe rack structure

Week 12 - Design of Foundation using STAAD.Foundation

  • Introduction to STAAD.Foundation
  • Modelling supports
  • Modelling support loading
  • Importing information from STAAD.Pro
  • To design isolated footing
  • To design eccentric isolated footing
  • To design continuous footing
  • To design pile cap
  • To design soil supported mat foundation
  • To design pile-supported mat foundation

Structural steel connection design

Week 01 - Introduction to Connection Design, Bolted Connection Theory

  • Introduction to Connection Design
  • Types of connections
  • Bolted Connections
  • Introduction
  • Types of bolts
  • Load Transfer Mechanism

Week 02 - Bolted Connection Theory

  • Bolted Connection
  • Failure Mechanism of Bolted Connection
  • Edge Distances and Spacing of Bolts
  • Bearing Type Connection
  • Slip Critical Connection

Week 03 - Welded connection Theory

  • Welded Connection
  • Introduction
  • Types of Weld
  • Weld Symbols

Week 04 - Welded Connection Theory (Continued)

  • Welded Connection
  • Welding Procedure
  • Weld Quality
  • Specifications of Weld
  • Welded Joints vs Bolted Joints

Week 05 - Design of Connections for Shear, Moment & Axial Forces

  • Design of Connections
  • Introduction
  • The general procedure of Connection Design
  • Types of Connections

Week 06 - Design of Connections for Shear, Moment & Axial Forces (Continued)

  • Shear Connections
  • Introduction
  • Single Angle Shear Connection
  • Double Angle Shear Connection

Week 07 - Design of Connections for Shear, Moment & Axial Forces (Continued)

  • Shear Connections
  • Fin Plate Connection
  • Extended End Plate Connection
  • Beam to Beam Shear Connection

Week 08 - Design of Connections for Shear, Moment & Axial Forces (Continued)

  • Moment Connections
  • Introduction
  • Bolted Flange Plate Connection
  • Welded Flange Plate Connection

Week 09 - Design of Connections for Shear, Moment & Axial Forces (Continued)

  • Moment Connections
  • End Plate Moment Connection
  • Beam Splice Connection

Week 10 - Design of Connections for Shear, Moment & Axial Forces (Continued)

  • Axial Force Connections
  • Pinned & Fixed Baseplates
  • Column Splice Connection
  • Truss Connections (Gusset plate Connections)
  • Introduction to Tubular Connection

Week 11 - RAM Connection

  • This session will include practical software demonstration

Structural steel connections using RAM Connections

Week 1 - Concept of Steel Connections and Types of Connections

  • Steel member joints like rigid joints, flexible joints, semi-rigid joints
  • Force flow through connections and concept of force distribution
  • Types of connections 
  • Difference between shear and axial connection
  • Analysis and design of bolted connection & welded connection

Week 2 - Concept of Moment connection & Base Plate

  • Force flow in moment connections and rigid joints
  • Analysis and design of a moment joint
  • Concept of force flow in base plate connection
  • Types of base plate connections 
  • Analysis and design of pinned type base plate

Week 3 - RAM Connection – Shear Connection Design (Part 1)

  • Shear connections
  • Bent plate beam column flange connection
  • Bent plate beam girder connection

Week 4 - RAM Connection – Shear Connection Design (Part 2)

  • Clip angle beam column connection
  • Clip angle beam girder connection 
  • Welded beam column connection

Week 5 - RAM Connection – Moment Connection Design (Part 1)

  • Moment connections 
  • Moment connection angle at beam column junction

Week 6 - RAM Connection – Moment Connection Design (Part 2)

  • Moment connections of end plate at the beam column junction
  • Moment connection with haunch

Week 7 - RAM Connection – Base Plate Connections

  • Base plates
  • Pinned type base plate connection
  • Fixed type uniaxial base plate connection
  • Fixed type biaxial base plate connection

Week 8 - RAM Connection – Splice Plate Connections

  • Bolted splice flange plate connection for beam splice
  • Bolted splice flange plate connection for columns splice
  • Bolted splice web plate connection for beam splice
  • Bolted splice web plate connection for columns splice

Week 9 - STAAD.Pro Connection Module (Part 1)

  • Connections module in STAAD.Pro
  • Method of design for welded connections
  • Method of design for moment connections

Week 10 - STAAD.Pro Connection Module (Part 2)

  • Method of design for end plate connections 
  • Design of base plates
  • Design of splice joints


Reinforced Cement Concrete Design

Week 01 - Structural systems, Properties of concrete & Properties of reinforcing steel

  • Objectives of structural design
  • Example of structural systems (different types of floor systems, vertical and lateral framing systems etc.)
  • Design codes
  • Basics of concrete mix proportions and unit weight.
  • Unconfined compressive strength of concrete (cylinder & cube)
  • Stress-strain curve for concrete and its characteristics modified Hognestad parabola)
  • Concrete stress-strain curve per IS 456:2000
  • Confined strength of concrete (overview)
  • Characteristic strength of concrete, the tensile strength of concrete
  • Shrinkage & creep
  • Properties of steel (stress v/s strain, Fe250/Fe415/Fe500)

Week 02 - Design Philosophies & Beam in Flexure (analysis)

  • Preview into WSM, Strength Design (ULM) and Limit State Design (LSD)
  • Two Limit States (serviceability & strength)
  • Characteristic loads and load safety factor
  • Design material strength
  • Building frame example [Load distribution from slab – beam-column – foundation]
  • Slabs in building
  • One-way slabs (behaviour and structural analysis)
  • Theory of flexure
  • Concept of the neutral axis
  • Failure modes of RC section (under-reinforced, over-reinforced & balanced section)
  • Moment of resistance

Week 03 - One-way slabs & Two-way slabs

  • Structural analysis and design of one-way slab
  • Reinforcement detailing for one-way slabs
  • Introduction to two-way slabs
  • Difference between one-way & two-way slabs
  • Analysis of two-way slabs
  • Effective span for two-way slabs
  • Design example (two-way slabs)
  • Reinforcement detailing in two-way slabs

Week 04 - Beams in Flexure

  • Introduction to reinforced concrete beams
  • Moment of resistance
  • Concept of flanged beams in buildings
  • Analysis of under-reinforced rectangular beams
  • Analysis of over-reinforced rectangular beams
  • Flanged beams (effective width and other
  • characteristics)
  • Analysis of flanged beams in flexure
  • Limiting percentage of steel in beams

Week 05 - Beams in Flexure

  • Analysis of T-Beam (design example)
  • Concept of doubly reinforced rectangular beam
  • Analysis of doubly reinforced beam

Week 06 - Beams in Flexure, Bond, development length and anchorage length

  • Structural analysis of beam in the building frame
  • Design of singly reinforced beam in the building frame
  • Reinforcement detailing of beams
  • Bond strength of concrete
  • Development length and anchorage length

Week 07 - Shear

  • Principal stress in beams
  • Modes of cracking
  • Shear transfer mechanism
  • Effect of reinforcement on shear failure
  • Nominal shear stress in the beam
  • Critical section for one-way shear
  • Shear strength without shear reinforcement
  • Shear strength of the slab
  • Shear strength with shear reinforcement
  • Reinforcement detailing of shear reinforcement
  • Design example

Week 08 - Torsion & Deep Beams

  • Torsion in structural members (compatibility torsion and equilibrium torsion)
  • Torsional reinforcement provisions per IS code
  • Torsional reinforcement detailing
  • Design example
  • Introduction to deep beams and design example

Week 09 - Columns

  • Tied columns and spiral column
  • Loading on columns
  • The effective length of the column (braced & unbraced length)
  • Effective length per IS 456
  • Slender and short columns, slenderness limits
  • Reinforcement detailing of columns
  • The design strength of short column under pure axial load

Week 10 - Columns

  • Short column subjected to axial load and uniaxial moment
  • Strain profile under axial load and varying eccentricities
  • Introduction to P-M interaction curve
  • Possible modes of failure of column
  • Generating P-M interaction curve (equations and design example)
  • Design of column subjected to axial load and uniaxial moment
  • Design of column subjected to axial load and biaxial moment
  • Use of design aids (SP 16) for column design

Week 11 - Foundations

  • Types of foundation (isolated, raft, combined, wall)
  • Bearing pressure under footing (due to axial load, axial load and uniaxial moment)
  • Design considerations (Bearing pressure, one-way shear, two-way shear and flexure)
  • Transfer of forces at column base: Bearing of concrete
  • Reinforcement detailing
  • Design example: Isolated, concentrically loaded footing
  • Design example: Isolated, eccentrically loaded footing

Week 12 - Foundations

  • Combined foundation (introduction and need for combined foundation)
  • Analysis of combined foundation
  • Design example: Combined foundation

Analysis and Design of Buildings using STAAD.Pro - A Professional Approach

Week 1 - Introduction to Basics

  • User interface (UI) of the software
  • Types of structures
  • Material specifications
  • Support conditions 
  • Design parameters
  • Analysis and post processing options available in STAAD.Pro

Week 2 - Modeling of RC Building

  • Steps involved in modelling, designing, and analysing RC structures
  • Structure’s framework
  • Structural elements

Week 3 - Input Generation

  • Material specifications
  • Assigning supports and constants
  • Design parameters of the model under study. 
  • Analysis of buildings according to requirements

Week 4 - Load Generation

  • Load cases and load combinations 
  • Load calculations 
  • Dead load 
  • Live load 
  • Wind load 
  • Applying calculated load to software models

Week 5 - Analysis of the Model

  • Complete analysis of the structure
  • Post-processing results 
  • Interpretation of results 
  • Extracting shear force diagram (SFD), bending moment diagram (BMD), reactions, and displacements for design purposes

Week 6 - Output Interpretation

  • Design of structural elements (slab, beam, column, and foundation) using STAAD.Pro
  • Verifying results with manual calculation sheets

Week 7 - Introduction to Steel Structures

  • Types of steel structures 
  • Components in a steel building 
  • Rafters 
  • Purlins 
  • Side wall and end wall girts
  • Column 
  • Bay spacing 
  • Cladding

Week 8 - Modelling of Steel Building

  • Study of a steel structure 
  • Modelling the structure using the coordinate method

Week 9 - Input Generation

  • Input parameters according to specifications and standards. 
  • Calculation of loads in a steel building using Microsoft Excel 
  • Applying the calculated load on a model

Week 10 - Analysis of the Model

  • Input parameters 
  • Design specifications 
  • Analysis of structures

Week 11 - Result Interpretation

  • Interpretation of the output file generated
  • Extraction of results for each element in the building 
  • BMD 
  • SFD
  • Serviceability check

Week 12 - Documentation & Verification of the Output

  • Representing analysis in the form of documents and drawings 
  • Factors to be considered when representing the design (Detailing drawing with cross section (C/S) and longitudinal section (L/S))
  • Cross-checking extracted results from software with manual calculations

Design of Elevated Metro Viaducts using STAAD.Pro

Week 01- Introduction and Planning of Metro Viaducts

  • An introductory lecture on the present and future prospects of metro projects in India
  • Discussion on elevated and underground metro projects.
  • Design Basis Report
  • Planning of the metro viaduct
  • Challenges faced in design and at construction sites
  • Proposed solutions

Week 02 -Overview of Structural Components

  • An overview of all the structural components of the bridge – both the superstructure and the substructure.

Week 03 - Design of Prestressed Open Web Structures (Superstructure)

  • Design of Superstructure Components-Prestressed open web structures such as U-girders
  • Longitudinal analysis of prestressed open web structures such as U girders
  • Transverse analysis of prestressed open web structures such as U girders

Week 04 - Design of Prestressed I-Girders (Superstructure)

  • Design of superstructure components-prestressed I-girders
  • Longitudinal analysis of prestressed I-girders

Week 05 - Design of Prestressed I-Girders (Superstructure)

  • Transverse analysis of prestressed I-girders and design of slabs
  • Design of cross girders/diaphragms

Week 06 - Design of Bearings (Superstructure)

  • Design of superstructure component - bearings

Week 07 - Design of Prestressed Pier Caps (Substructure)

  • Design of substructure component – prestressed pier cap
  • Longitudinal analysis and design of prestressed pier caps
  • Comparison of RCC vs PSC

Week 08 - Design of RCC Pier Caps (Substructure)

  • Design of substructure component-  RCC pier cap

Week 09 - Design of Pier (Substructure)

  • Design of substructure component - RCC pier

Week 10 - Design of Pile Cap

  • Design of pile cap

Week 11 - Design of Pile Foundation

  • Design of pile foundation

Week 12 - Design of Open Foundation & Design of Well Foundation

  • Design of open foundation
  • Design of well foundation

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