ProtaStructure Design Guides

Assessment Pbd To Asce Sei 41

ASCE/SEI 41-17—“Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of Existing Buildings”—is the industry standard for assessing seismic performance in existing structures. Moreover, it uses performance-based design principles. Consequently,…

ProtaStructure Design Guides

Composite Beam Design General Principles

ProtaStructure supports a powerful composite slab/beam design.  The overview of the composite slab modeling, analysis, and design is as follows: 1. Metal decks can be chosen…

ProtaStructure Design Guides

Formwork Design Ps 2022

An essential feature in the latest release of ProtaStructure is the design of formworks.  Refer to this article for the design guide and the scope…

ProtaStructure Design Guides

Effective Stiffness Modifiers

In ProtaStructure, effective stiffness modifiers of the slabs could be adjusted for different analysis methods. One of the method is using the “Finite Elements Floor Analysis”…

ProtaStructure Design Guides

Protastructure Design Guide Loading Generator

Scope ProtaStructure can automatically generate the load combinations as required by different design codes. To generate load combinations automatically use the Loading Generator under Analysis…

ProtaStructure Design Guides

Column Design To Eurocode

This design guide discusses the Column Design to Eurocode 2 Design Code BS EN 1992-1-1:2004. The topics covered in this design guide are: Braced Square…