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Modelling and Analysis of Bridge Pile Cap Using Staad Pro

Ubani Obinna - Modified date: January 23, 2021

Design of Timber Joists to EN 1995-1-1:2004

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Worked Example | Design of RC beams for Torsion (EN 1992-1:2004)

Worked Example | Analysis and Design of Steel Sheet Pile Wall (EN 1997-1)

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Evaluation of Cement Replacement Materials (CRM) in Concrete

Ubani Obinna - Modified date: January 20, 2021 0

Cement replacement materials (CRM) are materials that can be used for substituting cement in the production of concrete or other cementitious products. For a...

Question of the day | 23-01-2021

Ubani Obinna - Modified date: January 23, 2021 0

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

Worked Example | Analysis and Design of Steel Sheet Pile Wall (EN 1997-1)

Ubani Obinna - Modified date: January 20, 2021 0

This article contains a solved example on the analysis and design of steel sheet pile wall in accordance with BS EN1997-1:2004 - Code of...

Design of Timber Joists to EN 1995-1-1:2004

Ubani Obinna - Modified date: January 23, 2021 0

Timber joists are flexural horizontal timber members that are used for framing an open space in a building in order to support a floor...

Modelling and Analysis of Bridge Pile Cap Using Staad Pro

Ubani Obinna - Modified date: January 23, 2021 0

Bridge pile caps are substructure elements that are used for transferring bridge superstructure load to the pile foundation. Pile caps for bridges are used...

Worked Example | Design of RC beams for Torsion (EN 1992-1:2004)

Ubani Obinna - Modified date: January 21, 2021 0

A full torsional design covering the ultimate and serviceability limit states is required when the equilibrium of a structure is dependent on the torsional...

BRIDGES

Bridges

Analysis of Wind Load on Bridge Decks

Ubani Obinna - Modified date: July 12, 2020 4

In the design of bridges, environmental actions such as wind, snow, and temperature should also be considered alongside traffic actions. In this article, we...

Bridges

Analysis and Design of Arch Bridges

Ubani Obinna - Modified date: May 31, 2020 0

The use of arches as a structural form can be dated back to antiquity. Arch structures are unique structural forms which resists forces majorly...

Waste Tyres can Improve Seismic Performance of Integral Abutment Bridges

News Ubani Obinna - Modified date: April 14, 2020 0

Resuse of about 1.5 billion waste tyres that are produced annually worldwide inspired this research on the behaviour of rubberised backfills for integral abutment...

Difference Between Bridge and Culvert

Bridges Ivy Ugorji - Modified date: August 10, 2020 0

It is generally said that all culverts are bridges but not all bridges are culverts. Bridges are structures that are designed to span over...

How to Apply Load Model 1 (LM 1) on Highway Bridges

Beams Ubani Obinna Uzodimma - Modified date: February 13, 2020 1

Introduction In the Eurocodes, traffic load models were calibrated for highway bridges having carriageway width less than 42m, and span length up to 200m. The...

Application of Courbon’s Theory in the Analysis of T-Beam Bridge Decks

Bridges Ubani Obinna - Modified date: August 10, 2020 0

Courbon’s theory is one of the popular classical methods of analysing slab and beam girder (T-beam) bridges. However, the results obtained from the method...

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Design for Fensheng 101 Skyscraper Unveiled

Modified date: April 14, 2020

Eurocode 2

How To Apply Wind Load on High Rise Buildings

Modified date: February 13, 2020

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Aerodynamics of High-Rise Buildings

Modified date: October 27, 2020

BRIDGES

Culverts

Wheel Load Dispersal on Box Culverts

Ubani Obinna - Modified date: June 16, 2020 0

Typically, anyone who wishes to design box culverts should be very familiar with design loading for bridges. In the UK and European Union, the...

Design of Bridge Pier and Pier Cap

Bridges Ubani Obinna - Modified date: May 19, 2020 3

Functions and Types of Bearings for Contemporary Bridges

Bridges Ivy Ugorji - Modified date: July 19, 2020 0

New Insights on the Failure of Fukae Bridge (Kobe 1995)

Bridges Ubani Obinna - Modified date: November 16, 2020 1

Analysis of Wind Load on Bridge Decks

Bridges Ubani Obinna - Modified date: July 12, 2020 4

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Analysis of Continuous Beams with Partially Distributed Load Using Force Method and Clapeyron’s Theorem

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Internal Forces in Frames Due to Temperature Difference

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On the Deformation of Statically Indeterminate Frames Using Force Method

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Design of Reinforced Concrete Slanted / Raker Beams

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Understanding Human-Structure Interaction

Ubani Obinna - Modified date: May 10, 2020 0

Recent researches have shown that human beings interact with structural systems undergoing vibration. Initially it was thought that human body is an inert mass...

High Temperature Behaviour of Concrete Produced with Desert Sand

Journals Ubani Obinna - Modified date: June 15, 2020 0

There has always been some issues with the use of desert sand as a construction material due to the fact that it is too...

Modeling of Soils Using Isogeometric Analysis

Journals Ivy Ugorji - Modified date: July 8, 2020 0

Researchers from the Department of Construction Sciences, Lund University, Sweden have presented isogeometric analysis as an alternative to finite element analysis for modelling of...

The Role of Compression Steel in Deflection of Reinforced Concrete Structures

Concrete Ubani Obinna - Modified date: May 28, 2020 0

Deflection is one of the most important serviceability limit state criteria in the design of reinforced concrete structures. Excessive deflection in a structure can...

Out-of-Plane Two-Way Bending Analysis of Unreinforced Masonry Walls

Journals Ubani Obinna - Modified date: December 21, 2020 0

Masonry is defined as an assemblage of masonry units (blocks, bricks, etc) laid in a specified pattern and joined together with mortar. They are...

GENERAL

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

Ubani Obinna Uzodimma - Modified date: February 13, 2020 12

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

Structural Design of Steel Fin Plate Connection

Ubani Obinna Uzodimma - Modified date: February 13, 2020 1

1.0 Introduction The fin plate connection is very popular in the construction industry due to its ease of erection, and the absence of shared bolts...

Difference Between Bridge and Culvert

Ivy Ugorji - Modified date: August 10, 2020 0

It is generally said that all culverts are bridges but not all bridges are culverts. Bridges are structures that are designed to span over...

Do Commercial Softwares Make Engineers Better?

Ubani Obinna Uzodimma - Modified date: February 13, 2020 4

In the 1950s, a method of analysis involving discretization of a continuous domain into a set of discrete sub-domains called elements started in the...

Water Bars (Water Stops) – Uses, Types, and Applications

Ubani Obinna - Modified date: June 27, 2020 1

In reinforced concrete water retaining/excluding structures, a potential source of leakage or water ingress is the construction joint, and that is why water bars...

Analysis of Sub-Frames Using Stiffness Method: A solved Example

Ubani Obinna Uzodimma - Modified date: February 14, 2020 8

Several codes of practice in the world allow us to idealise structures into 2-dimensional frames for the purpose of simplified analysis. For sub-frames, it...

CONCRETE STRUCTURES

Deep Learning can be used to Detect Cracks in Fire Damaged Structures

Ubani Obinna - Modified date: April 30, 20200

Artificial Intelligence

Researchers from Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea, have proposed a machine learning technique for detecting surface cracks on fire damaged concrete. Even though...

Structural Design of Corbels

Ubani Obinna - Modified date: August 6, 20200

Reinforced Concrete Design

A corbel is a very short structural cantilever member projecting from a wall or a column for the purpose of carrying loads. In reinforced...

A few things you should know about manholes

Ubani Obinna Uzodimma - Modified date: February 16, 2020

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

Eurocode 7 Ubani Obinna Uzodimma - Modified date: December 13, 2020 1

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

Negative Skin Friction on Pile Foundation

Foundations Ivy Ugorji - Modified date: December 13, 2020 0

Negative skin friction is a downward drag force exerted on a pile by the soil surrounding it. This is the reverse of the normal...

Standards for Highway Materials in Nigeria

Geotechnical Engineering Ubani Obinna - Modified date: April 4, 2020 0

Earth materials are extensively utilised for highway construction in Nigeria. It has been recognised that high quality lateritic soils which are abundant in Nigeria...

STEEL DESIGN

Flexural Buckling of Columns

Ubani Obinna Uzodimma - Modified date: April 14, 2020

Modelling and Analysis of Imperfections in Portal Frames

Steel Structures Ubani Obinna - Modified date: March 11, 2020 0

Equivalent horizontal forces (EHF) are not strictly actions, but are forces that are applied to a frame in combination with other actions to model...

Structural Stability of a Ten-Storey Braced Steel Frame

Tall Buildings Ubani Obinna - Modified date: May 17, 2020 0

Structural stability is broadly defined as the capacity of a structure to recover equilibrium. As a topic in structural engineering, it is concerned with...

New Publication Alert: Structural Analysis and Design of Industrial Portal Frames

Textbooks Ubani Obinna - Modified date: October 18, 2020 0

Buildings with large spans are very common in business parks, industrial complexes, warehouses, places of worship, leisure houses, and sports complexes. The functionality of...

Construction

How to Calculate the Quantity of Mortar for Laying Blocks

Ubani Obinna Uzodimma - Modified date: December 5, 2020

What is Site Instruction?

Ubani Obinna Uzodimma - Modified date: May 3, 2020

Human Factors in Civil Engineering Design and Construction

Ubani Obinna - Modified date: May 15, 2020

Vanity Walls in Toilets as an Alternative Route for Waste Pipes

Ubani Obinna - Modified date: June 15, 2020

Column

Design of Reinforced Concrete (R.C) Columns

Ubani Obinna - Modified date: December 5, 2020

Tall Buildings

Column Axial Shortening in Tall Buildings

Ubani Obinna - Modified date: October 22, 2020

Column

Design of Circular Hollow Section (CHS) Steel columns

Ivy Ugorji - Modified date: August 8, 2020

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Modelling and Analysis of Bridge Pile Cap Using Staad Pro

Ubani Obinna - January 23, 20210

Bridge pile caps are substructure elements that are used for transferring bridge superstructure load to the pile foundation. Pile caps for bridges are used...

Eurocode 5

Design of Timber Joists to EN 1995-1-1:2004

Ubani Obinna - January 23, 20210

Timber joists are flexural horizontal timber members that are used for framing an open space in a building in order to support a floor...

Daily Questions

Question of the day | 23-01-2021

Ubani Obinna - January 23, 20210

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

Beams

Worked Example | Design of RC beams for Torsion (EN 1992-1:2004)

Ubani Obinna - January 21, 20210

A full torsional design covering the ultimate and serviceability limit states is required when the equilibrium of a structure is dependent on the torsional...

Geotechnical Engineering

Worked Example | Analysis and Design of Steel Sheet Pile Wall (EN 1997-1)

Ubani Obinna - January 20, 20210

This article contains a solved example on the analysis and design of steel sheet pile wall in accordance with BS EN1997-1:2004 - Code of...

Concrete

Evaluation of Cement Replacement Materials (CRM) in Concrete

Ubani Obinna - January 20, 20210

Cement replacement materials (CRM) are materials that can be used for substituting cement in the production of concrete or other cementitious products. For a...

Timber Structures

The Problems of Using Timber in Building Construction

Ubani Obinna - January 10, 20210

In the late 19th and early 20th century, timber was used extensively in building construction, till the development of concrete and steel, which saw...

Daily Questions

Question of the day | 07-01-2020

Ubani Obinna - January 7, 20217

For the frame loaded as shown above, answer the following question; (1) What is the horizontal reaction at point D? 0.5 kN 1.0 kN 2.0...

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Structville Announces Webinar on Bridge Design | January 2021

Ubani Obinna - January 6, 20212

Structville Integrated Services Limited is pleased to announce the first webinar of the year, 2021. The theme of the 2-day webinar will be focused...

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Akon’s Smart City Construction set to Begin in 2021 near Dakar, Senegal

Ivy Ugorji - January 5, 20210

Senegalese-American R&B singer Akon, is moving forward with plans to build a US$6 billion smart city in his country of birth, Senegal. Having finalized...

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