D1.F.1 Design Operations

STAAD.Pro has the capabilities for performing concrete design. It will calculate the reinforcement needed for the specified concrete section. All the concrete design calculations are based on the 2014 edition of ACI 318 (unless a previous version is specified).

The design requirements need to be contained within a concrete design block, include the code reference, any modifications to design parameters and instructions as to which objects are to be designed.

START CONCRETE DESIGN
CODE code_ref
parameters values
design_instructions
END CONCRETE DESIGN

The versions of the ACI 318 code implemented can be referred to as follows:

Table 1. Code reference values and supported design elements for each edition of the ACI 318 code included in STAAD.Pro. A value of "X" indicates that design of that element is not supported for a given code edition.
Code Edition	code_ref	Design Beams	Design Columns	Design Slabs
2014	`ACI` or `ACI 2014`	✔	✔	X
2011	`ACI 2011`	✔	✔	X
2008	`ACI 2008`	✔	✔	✔
2005	`ACI 2005`	✔	✔	✔
2002	`ACI 2002`	✔	✔	✔
1999	`ACI 1999`	✔	✔	✔

For a list of the parameters that can be used for design, see D1.F.3 Design Parameters.

Note: Not all parameters apply to all versions of the ACI 318 design code.

design_instructions:

DESIGN BEAM { member_list | ALL }

DESIGN COLUMN { member_list | ALL }

DESIGN PLATE { element_list | ALL }

Example

An partial input with an example of beam design input for ACI 318-14:

UNIT KIP INCH
START CONCRETE DESIGN
CODE ACI 2014
FYMAIN 58 ALL
MAXMAIN 10 ALL
CLB 2.5 ALL
DESIGN BEAM 1 7 10
END CONCRETE DESIGN