Copyright © CADD Centre Tiaining Services Private Limited Joly, 2017 AAI Rights Reserved This publication, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced, transitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system cor translated into any language or computer language in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, Photographic, manual or otherwise, in whale or in part, without prior written permission of CADD Centre Training Services Private Limited. Editor Curriculum and Product Development Team We aporeiate your valuable feedbach/egeton on this cousewae Kindly do mai it tous at: cod @eaddcente.com tot CADD & CENTRE | Al the above logos are Trademarks of CADD Centre Training Services Pyt Ltd Al other brand names and trademarks used in this material belong to their respective companies, CCTSPLV291172017PREFACE DEAR PROFESSIONAL WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF COMPUTER AIDED STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND DESIGN. The impact of environment and consumer demand has made a practicing engineers \ife real challenging, Every new design is unique and challenging. Every design engineer is aware that the knowledge and techniques available are quite limited when compared to the complexity of problems encountered. Every designer must be aware of the tools that can help them design better products and at an optimum investment. CADD Centre has understood the exact need ofa structural engineer and devised. curriculum that meets the designer's expectation. In the Chapter 1 the book covers the introduction to Structural Engineering and STAAD Pro V8i. From Chapter 2 to 4 it covers the creation of a structural model with Columns, Beams and assigning the properties for the same. Also deals with load types involved for the Concrete Design and analysis. In Chapter 5 it deals with the ‘Seismology’ and explains the entire procedure to do a Seismic design for a concrete structure in simple steps. In Chapter 6 it covers the basic of FEM/FEA and applies the same to design Water tank, Slab, Staircase. It also covers the Bridge Deck design ‘by using STAAD.beava. In Chapter7 it gives a brief introduction to designing of Steel frame structures, trusses, Overhead transmission line towers. And also introduces the Pushover analysis for the steel structures, In Chapter 8 it covers the different types of foundation designs including Isolated, Combined, Strip, Mat and Pile Cap in detail. In Chapter 9, Itis important for engineers to have some idea of the technological options available, how they may be changed and to what extent the tools can be utilized, This book will be of help to the students working their best to assimilate a vast range of new concepts in analytical subjects. Once the basic techniques have been assimilated, the joy of mastery begins to wear off and repetitive application of formulas and rules becomes tedious. This view has been reinforced in this book. This book is predominantly concerned with the achievement of technological objectives along with the techniques of computational analysis. Enjoy your classes and learn the toots in detail. Our sincere wishes are to see you as a successful Structural Designer, a S. Karaiadiselvan, Managing Director, CAD Centre Training Services Pv. Lt