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Objective:toanalyzethetrussofDepEdschoolbuildingusingStaad
given:200kphwindspeed,9.5mbuildingheight
reactionsfrompurlins
procedure:
1.)startstaadandcreateanewproject,thistimeusingtruss,
2.)toimportaCADfileintoStaadbygoingtoFILE>>IMPORT
locatethefile"schooltruss.dxf"intheresourcesfolderfromtheusbdisk
note:allcadfilemustbein"dxf"formattobeimportedinSTAAD
selectnochangethenpress"ok",thenmakesurelengthsarein"meters"andforceunitsin
"kilonewton"thetrussshouldappearinStaadwindow
3.)itispossiblethatstaadmayhaverevertedto"space"analysis,thereforeitisimportanttochange
backto"truss"mode.savetheprojectfirstbygoingtofile>save
afterspaceischangedtotruss,savethefile
4.)declarethematerialstobeusedinthetrussby:
5.)assign"L20204"towebmembersandassign"L20204LD"totopandbottomchordsections.
usecursorinassigningmembers,
6.)createandassignpinsupportsonthe3locations
6.)declareloadcases
7.)assignloadstothetrussasfollows
6.)assignthepositivevaluesontherighttopchordofthetruss,assignthenegativevaluesontheleft
topchord
7.)createandassign"4.95"uniformload(Ylocal)underloadcase"wind2"andassignloadstothetop
chord
8.)analyzethetruss(followsteps1214inpreviousactivity)
***loadstransmittedtocolumns