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Rugged Steel Staircase Construction – What are your thoughts on this?

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I stumbled across this steel staircase construction (most probably for an industrial building), and I was intrigued. The massive size of the sections are...

Jacketing of Reinforced Concrete (RC) Columns

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Jacketing of reinforced concrete columns is normally done to reduce the lateral deformation of columns, and ultimately increase the strength and load-carrying capacity of...

Do’s and Don’ts of a Civil Resident Engineer

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The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) conditions of contract in the UK allow the Engineer of a project to appoint a representative on site,...

The Cost of Laying Blocks in Nigeria

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Sancrete blocks are popular precast masonry units that are used in the construction of residential, commercial, and industrial buildings in Nigeria. They are usually...

Analysis of Moving Load on Cable-Stayed Bridges Using Staad Pro

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Stays can be used to support orthotropic bridge decks which consists of continuous girders. The stays which are inclined cables passing over or pinned...

Design of Reinforced Concrete Overhead Tanks

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Reinforced concrete overhead tanks are water retaining structures that are placed at a height above the natural ground level. The major reason for placing...

Introduction to Theory of Structures | Structural Analysis

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Theory of structures is a field of knowledge that is concerned with the determination of the effect of loads (actions) on structures. A structure...

Non-linear Analysis of Cable Stayed Structures on Staad Pro

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Non-linear analysis can be used when all of the members, elements and support springs are linear except for cables and/or preloaded truss members. This...

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Finite Element Modelling for Dynamic Analysis

The dynamic performance of a vibrating floor can be accurately assessed through finite element modelling (FEM) of the floor or the entire structure, or...

Precise Moment Distribution Analysis of Non-sway Frames

Precise moment distribution is a variation of moment distribution method which aims to shorten the time spent carrying out the normal moment distribution method....

Design of Timber Columns

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How to Carry Out Bridge Deck Grillage Analysis Using Staad Pro

Grillage analysis presents a sufficiently accurate method of analysing bridge decks for estimation of design bending moment, torsion, shears force etc, and has been...

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Improvement of Interlayer Mechanical Properties of Mass Concrete

Recent research carried out at the Zhengzhou University of Technology, China has offered more insight into the improvement of interlayer mechanical properties of mass...

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Analysis of Bridge Deck Girders under Load Model 1 (EN 1991-2) Using Staad Pro

Bridges are structures designed to span over obstacles, and as such provide access routes for humans, animals, vehicles, fluid, and other objects as may...

Question of the day | 18-12-2020

For the structure loaded as shown above;(1) What is the bending moment at point B? (take clockwise moment as negative). (A) -4 kNm (B) -2.25...

Point of Contraflexure in Structures

A point of contraflexure in a structure is the point where the bending moment changes signs from positive to negative (and vice versa). In...

Biocementation Method of Soil Improvement

Biocementation is an environmentally friendly, cost-effective alternative to imported granular fills, concrete, costly hauling of materials or export to a landfill. In-service performance of...

Design of Pile Foundation Using Pile Load Test (Eurocode 7)

Pile load test is the most reliable method of estimating the load carrying capacity of a pile, but it is rather expensive. Load tests...

Question of the day | 23-01-2021

For the structure loaded as shown above, answer the following questions given below. Note that the use of calculators is discouraged. The aim of...

CONCRETE STRUCTURES

In the design of reinforced concrete buildings, it is essential to consider how changes in moisture and temperature can affect the volume of the...
Researchers from Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea, have proposed a machine learning technique for detecting surface cracks on fire damaged concrete. Even though...

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