Lateral Load Software?

[Stress02]

Anuone suggest reasonable and reliable software for generating lateral loads for buildings based on ASCE 7-02?

 

[Lutfi]

Are you talking about wind or seismic?





Regards,
Lutfi

 

[Stress02]

Yes.

Atleast wind but seismic will help too.

Not looking forward to implimenting ASCE guidelines when IBC comes in effect on Dec 31 around here.

BOCA was familuar and comfortable.

 

[fleisher]

I think the seismic for ASCE 7-02 just points back to IBC. For wind, we use the ASCE 7 wind load generator STAAD provides. Generating the pressure distribution (profile) is done fairly well on many software, but many of them don't apply it correctly to odd-shaped buildings or structures like towers.

 

[Stress02]

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