STRUCTURAL MODELING AND ANALYSIS

Civil Engineering – broadest among branches of engineering

Types of Civil Engineering

1. Management and Construction Engineering

2. Structural Engineering
3. Transportation Engineering
4. Water Engineering
5. Geotechnical Engineering
6. Environmental Engineering
7. Coastal Engineering
8. Earthquake Engineering
9. Forensic Engineering

What is Structural Engineering?

Structural engineering – a specialty within the field of civil engineering which focuses on the framework
of structures, and on designing those structures to withstand the stresses and pressures of their
environment and remain safe

What is the information needed to comply the design criteria?

1. Information of the proposed building (project name, location and occupancy)

2. Design Loads – Dead Load (permanent load), Live Load (nonpermanent/ moving) and
Environmental Loads
3. Load Combinations
4. Materials to be used
5. Geotechnical data

Project Information (example)

 Project Title: Proposed Two-Storey Residential Building

 Project Location: Cabawan, Tagbilaran City
 Client: Architect or Owner
 Client Address: Mansasa, Tagbilaran City
 Structural Engineer: Engr. Mary Ann Toni N. Rasonabe

Dead Load also known as permanent or static loads, are those that remain relatively constant over time
and comprise

 Concrete Unit weight = 23.5 kN/m3

 Steel Unit Weight = 77.00 kN/m3
 Floor Finish
 Ceiling
 Interior Partition Walls
 Exterior Walls
 Roofing Materials
  Others

Live Load

 Know the type of occupancy and of the structure

 Refer to NSCP 205-1

Load Combinations

 Strength Design Load Combinations

- reinforcement
 Allowable Stress Load Combinations (Service Load Combos)
 Alternate Load Combinations (Foundation Service Load Combo)
 Special Seismic Load Combinations

Wind Load

 Calculate the velocity pressure q.

Parameters are:
 Exposure Coefficient (Kz), refer to NSCP Section 207B.3.1
 Topographic Factor (Kzt), refer to NSCP Section 207A.8.2
 Wind Directionality Factor (Kd), refer to NSCP 2015 Section 207.A.6
 Basic Wind Speed (V), refer to NSCP Section 207A.6
 Occupancy Category, refer to Section 103.1
 Exposure Category, Section 207A.7.3
 Calculate the design pressure

Seismic Load

 Occupancy Category

Materials to be used:

 For concrete, identify the ultimate compressive strength

 For reinforcing steel bars, identify the yield strength as per ASTM (American Society for Testing
and Materials) A615

Geotechnical Data:

 If no report or data, use assumed foundation pressure the same with adjacent buildings or as
per location.
 If there is data, know the type

STAAD Pro Procedure:

1. Modeling
2.