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| Product(s): | STAAD.Pro | ||
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| Area: | Analysis | ||
| Subarea: | Pdelta Analysis | ||
| Original Author: | Bentley Technical Support Group | ||
- In Chapter 3 of the Technical Reference Manual (American Concrete Design), under Section 3.5, in the 4th paragraph, you state that a PDELTA ANALYSIS is the appropriate way to account for slenderness effects during column design.
- Can I do a Pdelta analysis using STAAD for Response Spectrum load cases?
- When the PDELTA ANALYSIS command is specified with the CONVERGENCE (m) parameter, the output file contains a message with a convergence error. What does this number represent ?
- When doing P-Delta analysis for the design, what does the message "Load Case = 101 Convergence Error (SRSS) = 3.6603E-02 INCH" in the output file mean?
- What is the difference between PDelta and Nonlinear Analysis
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