STAAD.Foundation Version Comparison Guide

1.       Isolated

2.       Combined

3.       Mat foundation

4.       Pile Cap

5.       Octagonal footing

1.       Vertical vessel foundation

a.       Automatic pedestal size calculation based on anchor bolt arrangement

b.      Simplified seismic load generation

c.       Options to design foundation as “Square” or “octagonal”

d.      Pedestal design based on PIP

2.       Heat exchanger foundation

1.       Block/Isolated

2.       Pile Cap

3.       Combined

4.       Deadman anchor

5.       Drilled pier

1.      US (ACI 2005)

2.       British (BS-8110-2000)

3.       Indian (IS -456-2000)

4.       Australian (AS-3600-01- AMND 2004)

5.       Canadian (CS A23.3-04)

1.       General Arrangement (GA) drawing

2.       Enhanced detail drawing

3.       Footing schedule drawing

4.       Mat slab detail drawing

5.       Footing grouping and schematic diagram

1.       Design for top reinforcement

2.       Check for buoyancy

3.       Cohesion (adhesion) effect in uplift

4.       Enhanced and reformatted calculation sheets

1.      Load combination generation

2.      Process Industry Practices (PIP) load combination table

1.      Supports both Metric (“SI”) and English

2.      unit system

3.       Save Default units for “English” or “SI” unit system

4.       Reset Unit System option

1.       Mat foundation can be of any shape and size

2.       Physical slab

3.       Physical loads like

a.       Quadrilateral load

b.      Circular load

c.       Line load

4.       Rectangular mat foundation wizard

5.       Physical tie beam

6.       Mat foundation reinforcement zoning, block, detailing

7.       Mat slab capacity check for given reinforcement arrangement

1.      Reinforcement

2.      Base Pressure

3.       Plate stress including global M_x and M_z

4.       Beam Stress