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Is This Ultimate or Serviceability Limit State Failure?
Kindly look at the image carefully, and lend your professional opinion if the failure of the building will be categorized under ultimate or serviceability...
Analysis of Beams on Elastic Foundation
When a beam lies on an elastic foundation under the action of externally applied loads, the reaction forces of the foundation are proportional at...
Design of Braced Cuts in Excavations
In the construction of any substructure below the ground surface, excavations must be made to the recommended depth before the construction can begin. In...
Groundwater Control: Exclusion Techniques
Many civil engineering projects usually involve excavating into water-bearing soil formations. Before beginning such excavations, the proper system(s) for managing and controlling groundwater and...
Building collapse – Have you exhausted your factors of safety?
The aftermath of any building collapse is usually horrendous, and the experience is an ugly one for everybody concerned. Human lives might be lost,...
High Temperature Behaviour of Concrete Produced with Desert Sand
There has always been some issues with the use of desert sand as a construction material due to the fact that it is too...
Contraction Joints in Construction Works
Due to the poor tensile strength of concrete, some degree of cracking in reinforced concrete is inevitable. Contraction joints are designed to create predetermined...
Question of the Day 09-02-2021
For the cantilever beam loaded as shown above, which of the following diagram combinations will likely give the vertical deflection at point B based...
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