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Thanks all, what i found in one of the recommendation, it says R=1, however this is his personal suggestion. it seems that this R=1 is too much...to be designed elastic.

Hi there, when you are designing basement structure, how much R (response modification factor) did you use (according to ASCE).?

@retired13, thanks for your references, I will have a look at that further. @IDS, thanks for your suggestions. @KootK, Plaxis has the ability to use LRFD method in its analysis. Link Would you think this will help to reduce the result compared to what they are doing now (using WSD and...

@KootK, at this point, I cant push/negotiate with geo as they seem to have reasons why they are doing like this, eg: bad soil. however, applying 1.6 for the forces given by them is under my impression, as you know the Plaxis model contains not only earth pressure but also some live and dead...

sounds like taking into account the 3D effect into consideration, right? seems I cannot adopt that, as the structure is behaving almost like a continuous long wall.

@retired13, there are changes within projects I'm handling now, which is now using different codes with the previous one (but similar type of construction). using American code seems a bit higher/costly compared to previous projects using BS. I need to seek a method (a good approach) to...

@IDS, geotech team derived the soil strength parameters using statistic approach, while in my opinion, it has an inherent safety factor, especially when they use a 'mean' value. I believe this is a way to capture uncertainty. however, it seems too big if I have to use 1.6 factor for concrete...

hi, currently, we are designing diaphragm wall with help from Plaxis analysis. However, the load factor used for reinforcement design is 1.6 (we multiply Plaxis forces result with 1.6), this one follows ASCE load factor for particular earth pressure. 1.6 seems too high, as the geotechnical...

Hi HouseBoy, The first pier installed is the part with rectangular rebar cage which I called primary piles, and the other with circular rebar cage is secondary one. The term is mentioning which come first rather than the configuration of the rebar itself. It is not easy, but it can be done as...

Hi HousBoy, first they create the primary piles, and then drilled the other piles as called secondary piles. They sometimes delay the development strength of the primary piles (to be more than 28 days) to get more easy drilling. however, my concern is, the primary piles and secondary piles has...

Hi folks, Need some helps, question about bored pile connection. Is the connection between the piles reliable? can it sustain the load that act on the section with no shear connector installed as composite (concrete and steel) does? attached is the concern issue. thanks...

Thank you SethGuthrie !

Hi Seth, Thank you so much for your help, Still this feature (gcff) doesn't match with my expectation. And I noticed, this extension is a kind of XML file. Moreover, there is a case when I need to input hundreds of point springs in RAM, and I'm thinking to have a similar feature in staad...

Dear engineers, does anybody have experience in transferring model from StaadPro to Ram concept? Ram request what is called .CGFF file from Staadpro, but unfortunately I don't know how to create CGFF file from StaadPro. Thank you for your help. Regards, Riky

Dear engineers, i am trying to develop a strip forces from generic moment contour.. do you know how SAFE calculate its strip forces? and, regarding wood armer moment calculation, which text box explains this method? thank you for your help,

simple question. can staad analyse structure with seismic isolation similar to sap2000? regards, Riky

I don't think that your statement is right or realistic. FFT is the method to calculate fourier transform. it is an algorithm to speed up and reduce traditional calc. not a new concept of the transform itself.

Dear All, Does anybody know how to access OpenStaad using Python? I tried to search over the internet, and didn't get much of it. Thank you for your help. rbudiman

Hi Okiryu , Many thanks for your effort. I got the version of English for the first attachment you put, but the problem is they translated it with minimum information. They contains only few pages, much thinner than the one I have attached the cover pages. Will double check the second attached...

Hi Okiryu, thanks for your help.http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=6e0a8b9e-0d6f-4bb6-a974-cb31a683374f&file=DSRSC_SD_SeismicDesign_(1)-final-CH_15.pdf