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Incorporate ACI-350 into RCDC
HDR designs many concrete water tanks (round and square). We use STAAD to generate a FEM mesh and then use the stresses to design the concrete elements with load factors unique to ACI-350.
Ola, you have identified a sperate idea. I assume you are referring to the idea posted as https://staad-brand.ideas.aha.io/ideas/SP-I-324
Thank you for posting this idea. I would point out that the idea of including ACI 350 has already been posted as an idea, https://staad-brand.ideas.aha.io/ideas/SP-I-3. The idea was later duplicated. I would suggest you vote for that idea as it helps having an idea with a larger number of votes to become more significant, than having lots of similar ideas with only a few supporting votes.
Just curious,
In the process to inputting your applied loads for your many tanks designs, do you think if STAAD load items has an option to specify a load function(e.g. F(h)=pgh ) which varies with parameter "h" (such as depth) help speed up your work flow?
Such that when, you edit the depth "h", that load function will update all the applied load values for all the load cases containing that function F(h) automatically ( in similar fashion to an Excel ).
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