Staad Foundation

STAAD.
foundation
Comprehensive Foundation Design
STAAD.foundation is a standalone or integrated foundation solution for simple and complex foundation
problems. STAAD.foundation integrates all common footing designs including spread (isolated)
footings, strip (combined) footings, pile cap arrangement and design, octagonal footings and mat
foundations.
Currently, STAAD.foundation supports three concrete codes: ACI2005, BS 8110 and IS-456-2000. These foundations can be on soil or on
piles. Load types can be predetermined or user-defined with a
customizable automatic load combination generator. Wind and zip
code based seismic loads can also be generated through a simple
wizard-based input. STAAD.foundation can calculate footing plan
dimension and thickness automatically. It designs for one way shear,
punching shear, pile punching shear, and corner pile check. It
calculates reinforcement along both axes (X and Z) and both faces
(top and bottom). With its powerful 3D graphics, engineers can
quickly identify and investigate displaced shapes, stress contour, soil

Cutlines can be specified at any location pressure and reinforcement layout.
along mat foundations
Integration with STAAD.Pro
STAAD.foundation is bi-directionally integrated with STAAD.Pro (a

leading product in structural analysis and design). Any analyzed
STAAD.Pro file can be imported into STAAD.foundation with all
column positions (and/or plates), support reactions and loads
brought in automatically. Changes made to the column positions or
loads can be re-imported for further evaluation of the substructure.
To address specific needs of the plant

industry, STAAD.foundation includes
modules for vertical vessel foundations
(octagonal shape) and heat exchanger
foundations
Finite Element Analysis (FEM) for accurate and economical designs

STAAD.foundation has a very unique and innovative technique for
mat design that takes full advantage of 3D FEM analysis, which can
provide for an accurate and economical design. It designs the slab at
thousands of discrete points taking into consideration an unlimited
number of load cases. This unique approach to creating user-defined
reinforcing zones helps the user to visualize and optimize the
reinforcement reinforcement requirement. The program can
automatically detect upliftand redistribute the force. A design along
any user-defined line in the slab can be performed along with checks
for punching shear for all column positions.
Unique, Object based modeling for complex foundations
No matter how complex the foundation is, STAAD.foundation can
design it with its object based modeling environment. Whether it is
rectangular, complex polygonal, circular or includes openings ,
STAAD.foundation has the tools to model, analyze, design and
produce drawings. In addition, both regular and irregular column
lines can be modeled. The sophisticated mesh generation allows for
the creation of holes (cut-outs) and inner regions with different
thicknesses for pedestals.
Boundary/property line loads can be modeled with powerful physical

loading objects such as circular load, quadrilateral load, line load and
point load.
Detailed drawings and Thorough Output including Calculations

STAAD.foundation generates detailed drawings which includes both plan and sectional drawings with
rebar marks.The drawings include all the footings designed in the project to scale with grid lines and
grid marks which help identify interference. Drawings can be exported to DXF or DWG format to
produce site drawings. Thorough output and detailed calculations are also provided listing all relevant
clauses and equations.
STAAD.FOUNDATION At-A-Glance
General footings
Intuitive user-friendly graphical user interface the workflow is

categorized and arranged to flow from top to bottom
Complete foundation project environment which includes
isolated, combined, strip, pile cap, octagonal footing and mat
foundations it connects all the modules through a global layer
Tabbed view, navigator tree and floating toolbar.
Modeling wizard for rectangular mat foundation
Physical mat foundation modeling environment saves time and
reduces errors
Physical loadinglike point load on space, quadrilateral load,
circular load, or line load allows user to simulate tank loading

Mat foundation depicting
and wall loading
stresses
STAAD.foundation is seamlessly integrated with STAAD.Pro to
import loadings, reactions, column positions users can even

import any set of analyzed plates to design program tracks
changes made in STAAD.Pro model and can merge the changes
with STAAD.foundation file
Powerful OpenGL-based graphics helps visualize output like
displacements, stress on displaced shape, combined beam
stress, and entities like plates and beams in 3D for a realistic
rendered view
Automatic transfer of load from top of the pedestal to the base
of the footing
Automatic pile arrangement
Automatic mesh generation considering holes, control regions

Vertical vessel foundation
and column lines option for both triangular and quadrilateral
plates
Physical beam
STAAD FOUNDATION
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Analysis and Design
Processor:
Supports both flexible and rigid method
Pentium II 400mHz
Sophisticated FEM analysis for mat foundation powered by
Operating System:
reliable STAAD analysis engine
Windows 2000 or XP
Supports unlimited number of load cases and load combinations
Professional
Physical tie beam which automatically converts to analytical
Memory:
members for analysis and provides output such as bending
128 MB RAM
moment, shear and combined stresses
Disk Space:
Innovative and unique slab design to take full advantage of
52 MB (100 MB
FEM analysis it produces user-defined reinforcing zones and
recommended)
blocks for optimal reinforcement distribution
Video Graphics Card:
Slab design along any cut line to simulate manual mat design
OpenGL 3D graphics
technique
supported
Automatic pile arrangement using BOCA standard
Proper handling of biaxial moment for all footing types using
finite difference approach
Pedestal design
Output
Step-by-step detailed calculation sheet with code clauses and
equations to verify output
Layout drawing with grid marks and to-scale drawing detects
overlaps and aids in selection of foundation type
Detailed structural drawing of each footing with customizable
arrow marks and labels
DXF export of detailed and layout drawing to produce site
drawing
Base pressure and plate stress color contour
User defined cut lines through mat slabs to view bending
moment and shear diagramps and designs
Design Codes
United States - ACI 318-2005
United Kingdom - BS 8110
India - IS 456-2000
Features Specific for Plant Foundations
Specific modules for the plant industry like vertical vessel foundation and heat exchanger
foundation
Modeling wizard to quickly generate the model (including mats)
Built in load types like empty, operating, test, Bundle pull force
Automatic load combination generation
Automatic wind load and zip code based seismic load generation
Calculation of time period
Vertical vessel foundation can be on soil or on octagonal or square pile cap

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STAAD.

quickly identify and investigate displaced shapes, stress contour, soil

Integration with STAAD.Pro

STAAD.foundation is bi-directionally integrated with STAAD.Pro (a

To address specific needs of the plant

Finite Element Analysis (FEM) for accurate and economical designs

Boundary/property line loads can be modeled with powerful physical

Detailed drawings and Thorough Output including Calculations

Intuitive user-friendly graphical user interface the workflow is

circular load, or line load allows user to simulate tank loading

import loadings, reactions, column positions users can even

Automatic mesh generation considering holes, control regions

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