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Points to be remember while designing:

First draw the structure to be designed using nodes, beams, plates, surfaces.

While drawing important thing to be considered is first complete the small element of the
portion then repeat that for a whole structure.

Then assume the material, properties, dimensions of the elements.

Then define various loading conditions.

At Last analyze the structure.

Now we can see the simple design of water tank.

First open new file.
If there is no grid, click Snap node / Beam

Create a single node by clicking at the center of the grid.

Then click Snap node / Beam to remove the grid.

By using Translational Repeat

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create another one node at a distance.

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By using Circular Repeat

create another one node at an angle of 20.

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Again using Translational Repeat, create two steps above the two nodes with height inclusive
of free board.

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Using add 4-Noded Plates

create the plates in between these nodes.

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Now select the plates using Plates Cursor.

Now again using Circular Repeat give repetition along the vertical axis.
Give 18 steps. i.e., (360 / 20) =18 steps.

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Then using the command Add Surface, create the surface at the bottom of the tank by clicking
the cursor adjacently.
Using 3D Rendered View we can clearly view the surface generated.

Now, we may assume the thickness of plates and surfaces.

General Properties Thickness
First, Plate Element Thickness.
Enter the thickness of plate at each node.
Also, here we may assume the material also.
Then click Add.

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Next click Surface Thickness. Then enter the thickness value.

Then click Add and Close the window.

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Now the added thickness will be displayed in a screen.

Select the section. Then Use Cursor To Assign plates. Similarly select the surface thickness and
assign it.
Now we can check the thickness of plates by viewing through 3D Rendered View.

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Next applying load conditions.

General Loads & Definitions Load Case Details Add
Load Case 1 Add Plate Load Trapezoidal Load <loads are plotted> Enter
Then Close it.
(Water pressure acting on the plate will be in trapezoidal shape with uniformly varying load)
In our case we have 2 steps of plates. Hence for the top plate if we give load limits as 0, 20 then
for the bottom plate it should start with 20.
Similarly for surface load,
Load Case 1 Add Surface Load Pressures On Full Surface <loads are plotted> Enter
Then Close it.
In the bottom surface the load acting will be uniform and hence if load acting on the side plate
end with 40, the load on the surface also should be taken as 40.
After assuming all the loads, the loads added will be shown in a tab.
Select that loads and Use Cursor To Assign view.
Now, the loading conditions in a tank are over. If necessary wind load can also be considered
depending upon the height of tank.
The next step of design is analysis.
Analysis/Print Commands No Print Add Close

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Select the Perform Analysis

Then Analyze Run Analysis
Now the analysis report will be generated.
If there is any error it should be considered and to be rectify.
Thus the Water tank can be designed.

Shear force and Bending Moment

Let us take a sample structure.
Curved member

Shear Force along Y axis can be derived from this figure. The Shear Force and Bending Moment
can also be exported to MS Excel.

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Similarly S.F. along Z axis:

Torsion in the members:

Bending Moment about Y axis

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Bending Moment about Z axis:

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We may also design a frame (having 2 bedroom apartment with 4 houses) in another kind of
methodology in practice.
First Close the tab Snap Node/Beam
There is 2 another tabs such as

In this tab first node to assigned as 0, 0, 0

Then enter the distance along the axis where the node should be placed.

For the next floor it may be copied.

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Now if want to make the same nodes at other side, it is Copied by selecting it near the node
number.

Then it is Pasted.

Then some of the distance along the axis may be changed and new nodes are created.

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Using the command Add Beam all are connected.

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Same steps are repeated for creating the structure.

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Plates are assigned at the slabs.

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3D Rendered View of plates.

Materials and size of beams are assigned.

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Thickness of slabs are assigned.

Supports are provided at the bottom base.

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Loads are assigned for both beams and plates.

Analyzed and output is shown below.

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OUT PUT:
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1. STAAD SPACE
INPUT FILE: danesh ad.STD
2. START JOB INFORMATION
3. ENGINEER DATE 15-SEP-12
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4. END JOB INFORMATION

5. INPUT WIDTH 79
6. UNIT METER KN
7. JOINT COORDINATES
8. 1 0 0 0; 2 3.00001 0 0; 3 0 0 3.00001; 4 3.00001 0 3.00001
9. 5 3.00001 0 1; 6 5.00001 0 1; 7 5.00001 0 0; 8 5.00001 0 3.00001
10. 9 8.00002 0 0; 10 8.00002 0 3.00001; 11 0 0 3.00001
11. 12 3.00001 0 3.00001; 13 0 0 3.00001; 14 3.00001 0 3.00001
12. 15 3.00001 0 5.00001; 16 5.00001 0 6.00001; 17 5.00001 0 3.00001
13. 18 3.00001 0 6.00001; 19 8.00002 0 3.00001; 20 8.00002 0 3.00001
14. 21 0 0 6.00001; 22 8.00002 0 6.00001; 23 5.00001 0 5.00001
15. 24 0 3.00001 0; 25 3.00001 3.00001 0; 26 0 3.00001 3.00001
16. 27 3.00001 3.00001 3.00001; 28 3.00001 3.00001 1; 29 5.00001 3.00001 1
17. 30 5.00001 3.00001 0; 31 5.00001 3.00001 3.00001; 32 8.00002 3.00001 0
18. 33 8.00002 3.00001 3.00001; 34 0 3.00001 3.00001
19. 35 3.00001 3.00001 3.00001; 36 0 3.00001 3.00001
20. 37 3.00001 3.00001 3.00001; 38 3.00001 3.00001 5.00001
21. 39 5.00001 3.00001 6.00001; 40 5.00001 3.00001 3.00001
22. 41 3.00001 3.00001 6.00001; 42 8.00002 6.00001 3.00001
23. 43 8.00002 3.00001 3.00001; 44 0 3.00001 6.00001
24. 45 8.00002 3.00001 6.00001; 46 5.00001 3.00001 5.00001; 47 0 6.00001 0
25. 48 3.00001 6.00001 0; 49 0 6.00001 3.00001; 50 3.00001 6.00001 3.00001
26. 51 3.00001 6.00001 1; 52 5.00001 6.00001 1; 53 5.00001 6.00001 0
27. 54 5.00001 6.00001 3.00001; 55 8.00002 6.00001 0
28. 56 8.00002 6.00001 3.00001; 57 0 6.00001 3.00001
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29. 58 3.00001 6.00001 3.00001; 59 0 6.00001 3.00001

30. 60 3.00001 6.00001 3.00001; 61 3.00001 6.00001 5.00001
31. 62 5.00001 6.00001 6.00001; 63 5.00001 6.00001 3.00001
32. 64 3.00001 6.00001 6.00001; 65 8.00002 6.00001 3.00001
33. 66 8.00002 6.00001 3.00001; 67 0 6.00001 6.00001
34. 68 8.00002 6.00001 6.00001; 69 5.00001 3.00001 5.00001
35. 70 5.00001 6.00001 5.00001; 71 11 0 0; 72 11 0 3.00001; 73 11 0 1
36. 74 13 0 1; 75 13 0 0; 76 13 0 3.00001; 77 16 0 0; 78 16 0 3.00001
37. 79 11 0 5.00001; 80 13 0 6.00001; 81 11 0 6.00001; 82 16 0 6.00001
38. 83 13 0 5.00001; 84 11 3.00001 0; 85 11 3.00001 3.00001
39. 86 11 3.00001 1; 87 13 3.00001 1; 88 13 3.00001 0
40. 89 13 3.00001 3.00001; 90 16 3.00001 0; 91 16 3.00001 3.00001
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41. 92 11 3.00001 5.00001; 93 13 3.00001 6.00001; 94 11 3.00001 6.00001

42. 95 16 6.00001 3.00001; 96 16 3.00001 6.00001; 97 13 3.00001 5.00001
43. 98 11 6.00001 0; 99 11 6.00001 3.00001; 100 11 6.00001 1
44. 101 13 6.00001 1; 102 13 6.00001 0; 103 13 6.00001 3.00001
45. 104 16 6.00001 0; 105 11 6.00001 5.00001; 106 13 6.00001 6.00001
46. 107 11 6.00001 6.00001; 108 16 6.00001 6.00001; 109 13 6.00001 5.00001
47. 111 0 7.00001 0; 112 3.00001 7.00001 0; 113 0 7.00001 3.00001
48. 115 3.00001 7.00001 1; 116 5.00001 7.00001 1; 117 5.00001 7.00001 0
49. 119 8.00002 7.00001 0; 120 3.00001 7.00001 5.00001
50. 121 5.00001 7.00001 6.00001; 122 3.00001 7.00001 6.00001
51. 123 0 7.00001 6.00001; 124 8.00002 7.00001 6.00001
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52. 125 5.00001 7.00001 5.00001; 126 16 7.00001 3.00001; 127 11 7.00001 0
53. 129 11 7.00001 1; 130 13 7.00001 1; 131 13 7.00001 0; 133 16 7.00001 0
54. 134 11 7.00001 5.00001; 135 13 7.00001 6.00001; 136 11 7.00001 6.00001
55. 137 16 7.00001 6.00001; 138 13 7.00001 5.00001
56. MEMBER INCIDENCES
57. 1 1 2; 2 2 5; 3 5 6; 4 6 7; 5 7 9; 6 9 10; 7 10 22; 8 22 16; 9 16 23
58. 10 23 15; 11 15 18; 12 18 21; 13 21 3; 14 3 1; 15 3 4; 16 4 8; 17 8 10
59. 18 6 8; 19 8 23; 20 5 4; 21 4 15; 22 24 26; 23 26 44; 24 44 41
60. 25 41 38; 26 38 46; 27 46 39; 28 39 45; 29 45 33; 30 33 32; 31 32 30
61. 32 30 29; 33 29 28; 34 28 25; 35 25 24; 36 33 31; 37 31 27; 38 27 26
62. 39 29 31; 40 31 46; 41 38 27; 42 27 28; 43 24 1; 44 25 2; 45 28 5
63. 46 29 6; 47 30 7; 48 32 9; 49 44 21; 50 26 3; 51 27 4; 52 31 8
64. 53 33 10; 54 45 22; 55 39 16; 56 41 18; 57 38 15; 58 46 23; 59 55 53
65. 60 53 52; 61 52 51; 62 51 48; 63 48 47; 64 47 49; 65 49 67; 66 67 64
66. 67 64 61; 68 61 70; 69 70 62; 70 62 68; 71 68 42; 72 42 55; 73 42 54
67. 74 54 50; 75 50 49; 76 61 50; 77 51 50; 78 52 54; 79 54 70; 80 47 24
68. 81 48 25; 82 51 28; 83 52 29; 84 53 30; 85 55 32; 86 49 26; 87 67 44
69. 88 64 41; 89 61 38; 90 70 46; 91 62 39; 92 68 45; 93 50 27; 94 54 31
70. 95 42 33; 96 9 71; 97 71 73; 98 73 74; 99 74 75; 100 77 75; 101 77 78
71. 102 78 82; 103 82 80; 104 80 83; 105 83 79; 106 79 81; 107 81 22
72. 108 74 76; 109 76 83; 110 73 72; 111 72 79; 112 32 84; 113 84 86
73. 114 86 87; 115 87 88; 116 88 90; 117 90 91; 118 91 96; 119 96 93
74. 120 97 92; 121 94 92; 122 93 97; 123 94 45; 124 33 85; 125 85 89
75. 126 89 91; 127 87 89; 128 97 89; 129 92 85; 130 85 86; 131 72 76
76. 132 76 78; 133 72 10; 134 55 98; 135 98 100; 136 100 101; 137 102 104
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77. 138 102 101; 139 104 95; 140 95 108; 141 108 106; 142 109 105
78. 143 105 107; 144 107 68; 145 109 106; 146 101 103; 147 103 109
79. 148 100 99; 149 99 105; 150 42 99; 151 99 103; 152 103 95; 153 107 94
80. 154 94 81; 155 105 92; 156 92 79; 157 99 85; 158 85 72; 159 100 86
81. 160 86 73; 161 98 84; 162 84 71; 163 106 93; 164 93 80; 165 109 97
82. 166 97 83; 167 103 89; 168 89 76; 169 101 87; 170 87 74; 171 102 88
83. 172 88 75; 173 108 96; 174 96 82; 175 95 91; 176 91 78; 177 77 90
84. 178 104 90; 215 123 67; 216 111 47; 217 111 113; 218 113 123
85. 219 123 122; 220 122 120; 221 120 125; 222 125 121; 223 121 124
86. 224 124 136; 225 136 134; 226 134 138; 227 138 135; 228 135 137
87. 229 137 126; 230 126 133; 231 133 131; 232 131 130; 233 130 129
88. 234 129 127; 235 127 119; 236 119 117; 237 117 116; 238 116 115
89. 239 115 112; 240 112 111; 241 113 49; 242 122 64; 243 120 61
90. 244 125 70; 245 121 62; 246 116 52; 247 117 53; 248 115 51; 249 112 48
91. 250 124 68; 251 119 55; 252 136 107; 253 134 105; 254 129 100
92. 255 127 98; 256 135 106; 257 138 109; 258 130 101; 259 131 102
93. 260 133 104; 261 126 95; 262 137 108
94. ELEMENT INCIDENCES SHELL
95. 179 24 26 27 25; 180 26 44 41 27; 181 28 29 31 27; 182 27 31 46 38
96. 183 30 32 33 31; 184 31 33 45 39; 185 32 84 85 33; 186 33 85 94 45
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97. 187 86 87 89 85; 188 85 89 97 92; 189 88 90 91 89; 190 89 91 96 93

98. 191 47 48 50 49; 192 49 50 64 67; 193 51 52 54 50; 194 50 54 70 61
99. 195 53 55 42 54; 196 54 42 68 62; 197 55 98 99 42; 198 42 99 107 68
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100. 199 100 101 103 99; 200 99 103 109 105; 201 102 104 95 103
101. 202 103 95 108 106; 203 1 2 4 3; 204 3 4 18 21; 205 5 6 8 4
102. 206 4 8 23 15; 207 7 9 10 8; 208 8 10 22 16; 209 9 71 72 10
103. 210 10 72 81 22; 211 73 74 76 72; 212 72 79 83 76; 213 75 77 78 76
104. 214 76 80 82 78
105. ELEMENT PROPERTY
106. 179 TO 214 THICKNESS 0.3
107. DEFINE MATERIAL START
108. ISOTROPIC CONCRETE
109. E 2.17184E+007
110. POISSON 0.17
111. DENSITY 23.5615
112. ALPHA 5.5E-006
113. DAMP 0.05
114. END DEFINE MATERIAL
115. MEMBER PROPERTY
116. 1 TO 42 59 TO 79 96 TO 152 PRIS YD 0.45 ZD 0.3
117. 43 TO 58 80 TO 95 153 TO 178 215 216 241 TO 262 PRIS YD 0.3 ZD 0.3
118. CONSTANTS
119. MATERIAL CONCRETE MEMB 1 TO 216 241 TO 262
120. SUPPORTS
121. 1 TO 10 15 16 18 21 TO 23 71 TO 83 FIXED
122. LOAD 1 LOADTYPE NONE TITLE LOAD CASE 1
123. MEMBER LOAD
124. 1 TO 42 59 TO 79 96 TO 152 UNI GY 25 0 3 0.01
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125. ELEMENT LOAD

126. 179 TO 214 PR LY 10
127. LOAD 2 LOADTYPE WIND TITLE LOAD CASE 2
128. PERFORM ANALYSIS

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