Abstract:
Both the fields of science & engineering have developed so much that
we are now able to raise structures that one is utterly astonished to see
& few years back those structures were conceived only in dreams, the
reason being inadequate construction techniques & inappropriate
methods of analysis.
Then in conjunction with the development in construction techniques,
experts from other countries joined hands for the development of
analysis & design processes & then eventually with taller & elegant
structures these processes necessitated the use of computers & thus
evolved in the shape of softwares.
Now, many softwares available have their roots to the same older
versions developed initially by structural engineering pioneers & are
based upon the Structural Codes developed for their region. So these
might not be optimally employed here because geographical, climatic &
many other conditions vary here considerably from those where these
codes & softwares spawn out. So, it was felt that maybe we should
OWN a software that is compatible to our conditions & requirements.
Moreover, commercial softwares available do not provide their source
code which may be used in many researches & thus we are also
handicapped to disturb material behavior & its properties without
source code available.
It may seem impossible for us initially but examples exist where in
graduates from Berkley University started from the basics & produced
software STAADPRO which now has evolved to be one of the best
softwares available
