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Practical articles on steel design, STAAD.Pro automation, OpenSTAAD and C#, and using AI well in structural engineering work.

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Loads & codes

Wind load calculation as per IS 875 Part 3: step by step

The full IS 875 Part 3 wind load procedure explained: basic wind speed, k-factors, design pressure with Kd, Ka and Kc, pressure coefficients and load cases.

10 October 2026 6 min readRead

Loads & codes

P-Delta Effect on Structures

P-Delta Analysis is a Non-linear second-order analysis which exhibits a considerable increase in the base moment when a structure is subjected to

25 August 2020 4 min readRead

Loads & codes

Load Path in Steel Structures – Why it is important?

What happens to the load applied to a structure? Whatever the load which acts on the structure ultimately tries to reach the

6 August 2020 3 min readRead