COMMENTS ON STAAD’S RESULT FOR GHS81 PROJECT:
List of Error(s) occurs as follow,
S.NO. COMMENT(S)
Above line ignored! Check possible STAAD or Could possibly have
1.
syntax or typing error.
List of Warning(s) Occurs as Follow,
S.NO. COMMENT(S)
IF THIS UBC/IBC ANALYSIS HAS
TENSION/COMPRESSION OR REPEAT
LOAD OR RE-ANALYSIS OR SELECT
2.
OPTIMIZE, THEN EACH UBC/IBC CASE
SHOULD BE FOLLOWED BY PERFORM
ANALYSIS & CHANGE.
ZERO STIFFNESS IN DIRECTION 4 AT
JOINT ___ EQN.NO. ____ LOADS
APPLIED OR DISTRIBUTED HERE
FROM ELEMENTS WILL BE IGNORED.
3.
THIS MAY BE DUE TO ALL MEMBERS
AT THIS JOINT BEING RELEASED OR
EFFECTIVELY RELEASED IN THIS Concern Member are released
DIRECTION.
INSTABILITY AT JOINT 348
4. DIRECTION = MX PROBABLE CAUSE
SINGULAR-ADDING WEAK SPRING
RESPONSE REMEDY
Do check if any non relevant
statement is present. If is it,
then either provide ‘*’
This refer to whether the
before statement or remove
‘Command’ are misinterpret to
it.
Do check for possible
Irregular connectivity btw
multiple structure in project.
beams or missed some node &
Do check for properly
beam elements.
alignment of Node & Beam
Number (Renumber Node &
Beam)
RESPONSE REMEDY
This refer to STAAD tends to
run function multiple times
Apply ‘PERFORM ANAYLSIS’
based on required analysis so
then ‘CHANGE’ after each
in order to sustain that static
seismic load case
seismic values this Commands
must be applied.
1. Release only My and Mz
in required beam and
From Design parameter
apply ‘TORSION 1’ for
in Mx, My, Mz which make zero neglecting Mx in Beam.
stiffness ability for certain
nodes.
2. Release Partial Release
of value of 0.99 in MP or
MPX, MPY, MPZ.
 THE LOAD# __ IS AN 1893 RESPONSE
From STAAD, ‘Print Story Drift’
SPECTRUM LOAD CASE. STORY DRIFT Apply ‘CHECK STORY DRIFT’
applied but this is efficient for
5. IS NOT CALCULATED. PERFORM after each Response
IS 456 and code of concrete but
STORY DRIFT CHECKING DURING Spectrum Load case.
for IS 13920 differs.
RESPONSE SPECTRUM ANALYSIS.

To Perform Ordinary Shear

check, Apply ENSH 1
Parameter.
Two ways of performing
LENGTH TO DEPTH RATIO FOR
Enhance shear check for
MEMBER __ IS LESS THAN 2.5.
beam are,
DEEP BEAM IS NOT DESIGNED.
Refer Cl 40.5 from IS 13920
ASSUMING IT TO BE A PART OF A
1. Apply ENSH __ (along
CONTINUOUS BEAM AND AWAY
6. with certain distance the
FROM THE CRITICAL SECTION FOR
Certain Continuous Beam are shear strength has to be
ENHANCED SHEAR, ORDINARY
subdivided into small beam enhanced and Overall
SHEAR CHECK IS PERFORMED.
due to interaction of other distance of that beam in
OTHERWISE PROVIDE ENSH AND
beams, which result in RENSH parameter.
RENSH PARAMETERS.
performing only basic shear 2. Make subdivided beam
check instead of Enhanced into continuous beam by
Shear check for deep beams. applying ‘COMBINE’
parameter.
DEPTH OF BEAM # __ SHALL
This warning occurs only IS
PREFERABLY BE LESS THAN THE
13920.
1/4TH OF CLEAR SPAN ASSUMING IT
Use ‘COMBINE’ Command to
TO BE SPANNING BETWEEN
7. illustrate STAAD that
SUPPORTS. IF NOT, USE COMBINE
Selected beams are
PARAMETER.
considered to be a
*This Warning are not incorporated
Continuous beam.
in STAAD for the time being.

Section fails while designing section:

0.0 mm Nominal shear force
exceeds tauc_max limit Provided Cross section is not Increase the Cross Section
8.
adequate for applied loads. size.
*This Warning are not incorporated
in STAAD for the time being.

At 3.3 m Floor level, Lateral

SOFT STOREY DETECTED.
Stiffness is less than 80% of
AT 3.3 M IS SOFT ALONG GLOBAL X From IS 1893 Table 5,
average of others storey
AND Z DIRECTION. This refer to occurrence of
9. above.
Vertical Irregularities in
To check add ‘PRINT STORY
*This Warning are not incorporated Structure.
STIFFNESS’ from Analysis
in STAAD for the time being.
command.

SOME OF THE BEAMS CONNECTED
TO THE COLUMN NO. ___ARE NOT
PARALLEL TO GLOBAL AXES. ONLY
10.
SHEAR FORCE FROM ANALYSIS WILL
BE CONSIDERED FOR SHEAR DESIGN.
*Not Incorporated
CHECK FOR MINIMUM DIMENSION
OF COLUMN # 459 IS IGNORED AS
PER CL 7.1.1 a) OF IS-13920:2016.
10. SOME OF THE BEAMS CONNECTED
TO THE COLUMN ARE NOT
DESIGNED.
*Not Incorporated
List of Improvement done in STAAD as follow,
S.NO. COMMENT(S)
9. CUT OFF MODE SHAPE
Either Static or Dynamic
IN REFERENCE LOAD CASE WHICH
analysis for seismic will assess
10. CONSIST OF SEISMIC WEIGHT
their seismic weight or masses
RESPECT TO DIRECTIONS.
with respect to Directions.
APPLYING FLOOR LOAD USING
11.
GROUP COMMAND
12. PRINT STORY DRIFT
This NOTE refer to the beam
are in straight line with respect
to global axis. STAAD had
Do manual calculation for
limited functions for Curved
non-straight beam.
beam and Non Straight line
beam. Only Flexure value will
be consider.
From IS 13920 : 2016 Cl 7.1.1.a. The Cross Section of column
Min Cross section of column does satisfy the criteria,
should satisfy the 20 times However the Warning rise.
diameter of bar in beam Due to Non straight beam is
passing through that column. interact with these column.
RESPONSE REMEDY
From Cl 7.8.4.2 of IS 1893
Modal Participation Masses
should be sum of masses of all
Changing the Mode(s) from
modes given is 90 % of total
60 to 12.
seismic weight.
This condition is acquired by
just setting to 12.
Diverge the Seismic weights
with respect to Individual
directions and assign in
different reference load
cases.
The Group Command cannot
used properly, If assigned floor Created and Assigned.
beams are not a closed loop.
For IS 1893 : 2016, After
Response Spectrum Load case Added ‘CHECK STORY DRIFT’
Add ‘CHECK STORY DRIFT’