COURSE OBJECTIVE:

This is a comprehensive hands-on training course on using SAP2000 v18 to model, analyze, design and detailed a
Concrete Building Structure and steel structure subjected to static gravity and lateral load. The course will also include
an introductory session on Seismic Analysis of a building structure.
COURSE OUTLINE:
Introduction to SAP2000
a. Overview of SAP2000 program
b. Understanding SAP2000’s GUI
c. Modeling Floor system
Overview of FE Method i. Plate or Shell for structural floor
a. FEM objects used in SAP2000 ii. Beam-Slab interactions
i. Line - Frame (Beam & Column) iii. Cantilever beam/slab modeling
ii. Area - Shell/Plate/Membrane (Slab & Wall) iv. Rigid & Semi-rigid Diaphragm
b. Understanding elements forces and stresses
c. Meshing of FE elements Loadings
a. Wind Loadings
Creating SAP2000 model b. Earthquake Loadings
a. Workflow RC Element Design
i. Setup Units, Grids, Storey, Reference Planes & Line a. Beam Design as per ACI 318-14
ii. Define Load Pattern, Load Combination, and b. Column Design as per ACI 318-14
Load Case
iii. Creating Model-Draw Walls, Columns, Reporting
Beams & Slab
iv. Assign Loadings a. Print/Display Table for tabular output
v. Analysis & Design b. Print Graphics for graphical output

b. Modeling of Frame Advanced Analysis Features

system a. Modal Analysis
i. Beam Vs.
Column Steel Structure Design
ii. Section Designer Steel Truss Design
iii. Non-prismatic Analysis and Results
Section
iv. Frame end Water Retaining Structure Design
releases Underground Water Tank Design
v. End Length Offset and Rigid Zone
vi. Beam Stiffness Modifier Joint Patterns
vii. Torsional effects in Beams

PARTICIPANT PROFILE:
This course is designed for Civil Engineers, Structural Engineers, Civil Technology, diploma holders, contractors, students
and all those who want to enhance their skills in Structural Design.
INSTRUCTOR PROFILE:
Highly competent individual who has extensive knowledge and ten year experience of managing, directing and monitoring
both small and large scale civil/structural engineering projects. On the technical side, he is able to accurately prepare
projects to the highest standards, particularly drawings, plans, schedules and construction design using computer aided
design (CAD) packages since last ten years.
STRATEGY:
This course is delivered through lectures, multimedia presentations, videos and hands-on practice on modern CAE
specific computers.

National Institute of Design and Analysis

Ministry of Industries & Production
●LAHORE ●KARACHI ●QUETTA ●PESHAWAR ●SIALKOT
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Lahore
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National Institute of Design and Analysis

Ministry of Industries & Production
●LAHORE ●KARACHI ●QUETTA ●PESHAWAR ●SIALKOT