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The purpose of this research is to compare the results of utilising the manual approach vs STAAD Pro to assess and design a roof for a circular water tank that is lying on the ground. Two groups were compared using a t-test based on an independent sample. Both groups, 1 (the control) and 2 (the experimental) each have 9 samples total (STAAD Pro). Using G power of 50 and alpha of 0.05, we were able to acquire an accurate sample size of 18. Manual and STAAD Pro were used for the analysis and design. Shear stress, bending moment (BM), and deflection were all tested using an independent t-test, and the results indicated no statistically significant differences between the groups (p-values of 0.25, 0.88, and 0.20, respectively; p>0.05). Since p>0.05, it may be inferred that there are no statistically significant differences between the manual and STAAD pro approaches to design. With less work, STAAD Pro produces outcomes that are on par with those of a solution developed in accordance with the requirements of the IS code. Thus, STAAD Pro is an effective tool for modelling, analysing, and designing lightweight buildings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper a static analysis of Indian Railway track is presented. The track is considered to be a beam on elastic foundation of Winkler type. The Winkler type foundation is presented here in two ways: Continuous and discrete support form. Indian Rail profile R60 data are applied to obtain analytical and numerical results. The governing differential equation and finite element formulation of the beam is taken into the account. Two loading pattern is considered: single point load of 98 KN corresponding to a single wheel and two pairs of wheel loads of same magnitude at each of the contact point. The results obtained from the two formulation provide track displacement, bending moment and shear force variation in an around the contact region. These results for track displacement are simultaneously compared with those obtained from Euler-Bernoulli beam theory and Timoshenko beam theory. The analysis indicate discrete elastic support assumption offer closer matching with experimental results available in literature than those from continuous elastic support condition. This study can be viewed as a foundation for future dynamic and vibration analysis of the track. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]