STAAD FOUNDATION ADVANCED CONNECT EDITION ENGR.

JOHN PAUL DELA ROSA

 

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Introduction to STAAD Foundation Advanced CONNECT Edition

STAAD Foundation Advanced CONNECT Edition is a one-stop solution foundation analysis and
design application. It addresses the building, plant and tower industries by combining common
foundations like isolated, combined, pile cap, mat and industry-specific foundations like vessel
foundation, drilled pier, tank foundation and guyed tower foundation. It provides a stand-alone or
integrated solution for simple and complex foundations.

STAAD Foundation Advanced integrates all common footing designs including spread (isolated)
footings, strip (combined) footings, pile-cap arrangement and design, octagonal footings, mat
foundations, drilled pier foundations, and deadman anchor guy foundations.

Plant foundation mode contains vertical vessel and horizontal vessel foundations with different
shapes and configurations. These accurate design capabilities are powered with wizard-based
input, automatic load (wind and seismic) generation and configurable load combinations tools.
Vertical vessel module supports for both octagonal and square shapes.

A wizard-based foundation solution mode called “foundation toolkit” is available for spread
(isolated) footings, strip (combined) footings, pile cap arrangement, drilled pier foundations, and
guyed tower foundations.

This software seamlessly integrates with STAAD.Pro to either import or export loadings, reactions,
and column positions. Users can import any set of analyzed plates to design, track changes made
in STAAD.Pro model and can merge the changes with STAAD Foundation Advanced file.

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CONTENTS
Introduction to STAAD Foundation Advanced CONNECT Edition 02
About the Author 08
About the Book 09

GENERAL FOUNDATION MODE

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Introduction to the General Foundation Mode 12

STAAD Foundation Advanced Interface 13
Unit Setup 15
View Controls 16
Global and Local Inputs 16
Loads and Factors 17
Job Setup 18
Design Codes

DESIGNING FOUNDATIONS UTILIZING STAAD.PRO MODEL

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Analyzing the STAAD.Pro Model for Multiple Foundation Design 20

Setting up Load Cases and Load Types 24
Setting up Pile/Soil Bearing Capacity Factors 25
Job Setup 26

Designing Isolated Footing 27

Creating Isolated Footing Job 27
Setting up Design Parameters 29
Concrete and Reinforcement 29
Cover and Soil 29
Footing Geometry 30
Sliding & Overturning 30
Design 31
Notes on Isolated Footing Design 32

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Isolated Footing Design Results 33
Pile Cap Footing Design 35
Creating Pile Cap Footing Job 35
Setting up Design Parameters 36
Design Parameters and Pile Layout (Predefined) 36
Pile Cap Design 37
Notes on Pile Cap Footing Design 38
Pile Cap Footing Design Results 39

Combined Footing Design 41

Creating Combined Footing Job 41
Setting up Design Parameters 43
Concrete and Reinforcement 43
Cover and Soil 43
Footing Geometry 44
Sliding & Overturning 44
Design 45
Notes on Combined Footing Design 46
Combined Footing Design Results 47
Displaying General Arrangement Drawings
in the General Foundation Mode 51

Mat Foundation Design 52

Mat Foundation Design Workflow 52
Creating Mat Foundation Job 53
Defining the Mat Boundary 54
Create the Mat Foundation Mesh 57
Specifying the Slab/Mat Thickness 60
Defining the Soil Properties
and Spring Support (Subgrade Modulus, Ks) 60
Analyzing Mat Foundations 62
Reviewing the Analysis Results 63
Designing Mat Foundations 64
Reinforcement Zoning 67

Piled-Raft Foundation Design 71

Creating Mat Foundation Job 71
Defining Pile Layout 72
Defining the Mat Boundary 74
Create the Mat Foundation Mesh 75
Specifying the Slab/Mat Thickness 77
Defining Pile Spring properties 77
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Defining the Soil Properties
and Spring Support (Subgrade Modulus, Ks) 78
Analyzing Mat Foundations 79
Reviewing the Analysis Results 80
Designing Mat Foundations 83
Reinforcement Zoning 86

PLANT FOUNDATION MODE

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Introduction to the Plant Foundation Mode 91

Modeling 92
Loads and Load Combinations 92
Global Coordinate System 93
Global Options 93

Vertical Vessel Foundations 95

Vertical Vessel Foundation Wizard 95
Vertical Vessel Geometry 96
Anchor Geometry 97
Primary Load Cases 98
Wind Load Generation 98
Time Period Calculation 99
Seismic Load Generation 100
Design Parameters 102
Vertical Vessel Foundation Design 102
Detail and Schedule Drawings 103

Heat Exchanger/Horizontal Vessel Foundation 104

Heat Exchanger/Horizontal Vessel Foundation Wizard 104
Exchanger Geometry 106
Footing Geometry 107
Primary Load Cases 107
Wind Load Generation 108
Seismic Load Generation 108
Load Combinations 109
Design Parameters 109
Heat Exchanger Foundation Design 110
Detail and Schedule Drawings 110

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Tank Foundation 112
Tank Foundation Wizard 113
Tank Foundation Geometry 113
Tank and Fluid Properties 114
Primary Load Cases 115
Wind Load Generation 115
Seismic Load Generation 115
Load Combinations 116
Design Parameters 116
Tank Foundation Design 117
Detail and Schedule Drawings 118

Drilled/Driven Foundations 119

Drilled/Driven Foundations Wizard 120
Pier Section 120
Soil Section 121
Loads 121
Design Parameters 122
Pier Design and Results 123
Graph Results 124

FOUNDATION TOOLKIT MODE

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Introduction to the Foundation Toolkit Mode 129

Modeling 130
Global Coordinate System 131
Global Options 131

Dead Man Anchor / Guyed Tower Foundation 133

Dead Man Anchor Wizard Wizard 134
Dead Man Anchor Geometry 134
Design Parameters 135
Load 136
Footing Geometry 137
Soil Profile 137
Design and Results 138
Detail and Schedule Drawings 138

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REFERENCES
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References 138

APPENDICES
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Appendices 140
Design Calculations 140

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About the Author

ENGR. JOHN PAUL DELA ROSA is the principal structural engineer and director of XSTRUCTURES,
a company he built in the Philippines in August 2018. XSTRUCTURES is today's leading company in
the Philippines for delivering trainings on some of the most widely used engineering and
architecture computer-based design software from renowned developers like Bentley, Autodesk,
Seismosoft, Microsoft, Oracle, etc. XSTRUCTURES is also involved in designing offshore brownfield
projects in the Middle East as its additional function as an engineering company. Engr. Dela Rosa
is a graduate of Bulacan State University in Malolos, Bulacan with a BS Civil Engineering degree.
He worked as an Offshore Structural Engineer in AMEC Foster Wheeler and was involved in
offshore brownfield projects, mainly doing offshore platform retrofitting, modifications, and
extensions. Prior to forming his own company, he worked with Bentley Systems Middle East as a
Structural Applications Engineer and then as a Regional Account Manager for a span of almost
eight years. During his tenure in Bentley, he was able to deliver hundreds of trainings, seminars,
and webinars for STAAD, RAM, Prostructures, and SACS product lines.

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About the Book

This book endeavors to provide fundamental knowledge on using STAAD Foundation Advanced
CONNECT Edition in designing various foundation types such as isolated footing, combined
footing, pile cap footing, mat footing and industry-specific foundations like vessel foundation,
drilled pier, tank foundation and guyed tower foundation. This is highly useful to civil engineering
students, civil engineers, and structural engineers who want to develop computer-aided
foundation design skills by using the software. This book is recommended to Civil and Structural
Engineers who do not yet have the exposure to this software and also to those engineers using
the old V8i releases who want to shift to this new CONNECT Edition release. Civil engineers,
structural engineers and civil engineering students can easily learn STAAD Foundation Advanced
CONNECT Edition by following the step-by-step procedures coupled with vivid images explained
in this book.

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STAAD FOUNDATION ADVANCED FIRST EDITION

CONNECT Edition 2022

ENGR. JOHN PAUL PECHARDO DELA ROSA

XSTRUCTURES

Copyright© 2022 by Engr. John Paul Dela Rosa and Xstructures Engineering Consultants

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