Gumpad, Guiller M.

CE 526 - 2337

1. Why is self weight factor in STAAD -1 and not positive 1

2. How can I place a one way slab floor load in my structure.
3. Site an instance where the knowledge of knowing the location of the end node and start node of
a beam becomes important
4. If a one way slab load is placed on your structure what will be the shape of the load acting on
the longer beam. How about on the shorter beam.
5. Can we still analyze and design a structure if we did not use reference loads? explain why
6. Why is there no earthquake load in the y direction of staad
7. What does it mean if there is a question mark attached to an item in staad
8. What is the difference between error, warning and notes in staad
9. What type of structural member will you place to act as a shearwall
10. How can we specify different floor load values on different portions of a slab