Plate stresses in STAAD.

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Offline REI Thu, Jan 5 2017 12:38 AM

Dear Support,

What’s difference of Principal Stress / Center Stresses / Corner Stresses?

Can you explain about the result value(Max absolute, SQ,Tau Max etc.) and what are the common values to
be used when designing a plate according to ACI 318 code?

Please help.

Thanks in advance.

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Offline Sye Thu, Jan 5 2017 2:29 PM

The Principal stress lists the maximum principal stress (SMAX) and minimum principal stress
(SMIN) and maximum in-plane shear stress. Detailed explanation on these stresses are provided in
section 1.6.1 of the Technical Reference. Also derivation of these are provided as part of Application
example18. The center stress represents the values of all stresses ( membrane stresses, bending
stresses, out of plane shear stresses, principal stresses etc. ) computed at the center of an element
whereas the corner stress represents these stress values calculated at each corner node of the plate.

The Maximum absolute stress is explained in the wiki below

Max Absolute stress in Plate Contour - RAM | STAAD Wiki - RAM | STAAD - Bentley
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Depending on the stress you are looking at, you need to compare it to the appropriate allowable
stress value mentioned in the code. For example SQX or SQY could be compared to the allowable
shear stress whereas SX or SY could be compared to allowable compressive or tensile stresses as
appropriate.

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Max Absolute stress in Plate Contour

Question:
Applies To In the Plate Stress Contour
tab of the Diagrams window,
Product(s): STAAD.Pro a choice under stress type is
Version(s): All Max Absolute (See the
Environment: N/A following screen shot).
Area: Postprocessing Solutions
Subarea: N/A
Kris Sathia
Original Author:
Bentley Technical Support Group

What is the definition of Max Absolute?

Answer:

The membrane stresses and bending stresses can be combined to form the principal stresses, SMAX and
SMIN, on the top and bottom surfaces of plate elements. The procedure for obtaining these is explained in
example problem 18 of the
Application Examples manual.
 Thus, for each load case, there is an SMAX and an SMIN on the top surface as well as on the bottom surface
of each element - four numbers per element. Let us denote them as SMAX_top, SMIN_top, SMAX_bottom
and SMIN_bottom.

The maximum from among SMAX_top and SMIN_top is termed as "Max Top" in the Plate Contour - stress
type - selection box.

The minimum from among SMAX_top and SMIN_top is termed as "Min Top".

Similarly, the maximum from among SMAX_bottom and SMIN_bottom is termed as "Max Bottom".

The minimum from among SMAX_bottom and SMIN_bottom is termed as "Min Bottom".

The absolute maximum from among "Max Top" and "Max Bottom" is the quantity termed as "Max
Absolute".

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Including pictures in STAAD.Pro Reports

Applies To

Product(s): STAAD.Pro

Version(s): ALL

Environment: ALL

Area: Post Processing

Subarea: Report Generation

Original Author: Sye Chakraborty, Bentley Technical Support Group

How can I include bending moment diagrams, shear force diagrams etc. in my STAAD.Pro
report ?

Plot the appropriate diagram and take a picture of it by clicking the Take Picture icon as shown
in the screenshot below. Take pictures of as many items you need to and each time you will be
prompted to provide a caption for the picture. You can provide appropriate captions for each
and these will be used in the report. Subsequently you may click on the Report Setup to launch
the Report Setup dialog box as shown in the screenshot. Select the Pictures from the Available
list of Pictures and click on the > or the >> icons to include these as part of the report. You can
then do a print preview of the report by clicking on the icon right next to the Report Setup
icon and take a printout.
In STAAD.Pro Connect Edition
To take picture go to :

To include the pictures in reports go to

In older versions like STAAD.Pro v8i