| Applies To | |||
| Product(s): | STAAD.Pro | ||
| Version(s): | ALL | ||
| Environment: | ALL | ||
| Area: | Steel Design | ||
| Subarea: | AISC 360 | ||
| Original Author: | Sye Chakraborty, Bentley Technical Support Group | ||
Where can I find the STAAD.Pro verification documents related to the AISC 360 code implementation ?
As far as analysis is concerned, the STAAD.Pro analysis has been validated against the benchmark problems published by AISC as part of the AISC 360 specification. The details are available at
In addition, AISC has published a set of design verification examples for the 360 specifications which can be downloaded from the AISC website for free.
http://www.aisc.org/WorkArea/showcontent.aspx?id=29596
The design in STAAD.Pro has been validated against many of these examples. The Chapter 9 in the Verification Manual for STAAD.Pro contains the AISC 360-10 verification examples and can be downloaded from
The STAAD.Pro help documentation also contains these verification examples as shown in the following post
http://communities.bentley.com/products/structural/structural_analysis___design/f/5932/t/99794
The .std files for these models are provided as part of the software installation folder ( default location C:\SProV8i SS6\STAAD\Examp\US\AISC 360-10 )