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Design of Pile Foundation System for Bridge Piers

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Piles are the most preferred type of foundation for supporting the piers of overhead bridges. They offer greater resistance to vertical...

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Analysis and design of counterfort retaining walls using Staad Pro

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Retaining walls are structures used for supporting earth at different levels. There are different types of retaining walls such as cantilever retaining...
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Waste Tyres can Improve Seismic Performance of Integral Abutment Bridges

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Resuse of about 1.5 billion waste tyres that are produced annually worldwide inspired this research on the behaviour of rubberised backfills for...
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Analysis of Vehicle Collision on Bridge Piers

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EN 1991-1-7 discussed and gave guidance on accidental actions and their applications in the design calculations for bridge structures. It is obvious...

Analysis and Design of Pedestrian Bridge Using Staad Pro

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Pedestrian bridges (footbridges) are structures designed to enable human beings cross over obstacles such as busy highways, water bodies, gullies, etc. There are several...

Analysis of Influence Lines for Beams With Overhangs

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The idea of obtaining the static effects of moving loads on structures in terms of support reactions, internal stresses, and deflections is carried out...

Loading and Design of Box Culverts to Eurocodes

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Introduction A culvert is a drainage structure designed to convey storm water or stream of limited flow across a roadway. Culverts can consist of single...

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How To Apply Wind Load on High Rise Buildings

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The effect of wind on a building gets more significant as the height of the building increases. In this post, wind load analysis has...
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Eurocode 3

Basic Information on Fire Protection of Buildings

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Fire outbreak is a problem in buildings since it causes loss of human lives, injuries, destruction of properties, and poses serious environmental challenges. Injury and...
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Dynamic Analysis

Natural Frequency Analysis of Multistorey Frames Using Staad Pro

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https://youtu.be/dqxGIy9fcvo Vibration (or Oscillation) is a time-dependent, repeated motion which a body undergoes when it is excited...
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Analysis of Continuous Beams with Partially Distributed Load Using Force Method and Clapeyron’s Theorem

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For the continuous beam loaded as shown above, it is desired to find the bending moments at the critical points using force method (method...
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Daily Questions

Question of the Day (25/06/2018)

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Structville daily questions From now henceforth, Structville will be publishing daily questions on different aspects of civil engineering. You are expected to enter your response...
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BS 5950

Preliminary Plastic Analysis of Portal Frames

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Steel portal frames provide economical solution for construction of industrial structures, warehouses, churches or other buildings with large enclosures. The loading scheme on portal...
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Plastic Analysis

Plastic Analysis of Framed Structures

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The fully plastic moment of a section (Mp) is the maximum moment of resistance of a fully yielded cross-section. The yielded zone due to...
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Bridges

Analysis of Box Girder Bridges Using Staad Pro

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A box girder is formed when two web plates are joined by a common flange at both the top and the bottom....
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Structural Analysis

Structural Analysis of Portal Frames Subjected to Gravity Load

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Gravity actions are normally used for verification of portal frames for lateral, buckling, and torsional stability. Elastic analysis and design of portal...
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Beams

Design of Reinforced Concrete Slanted / Raker Beams

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Inclined beams (often called raker beams) are often found in structures like pedestrian bridges, ramps, staircases, stadiums, etc. Due to their geometry, these beams...
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Eurocode 2

Example on Structural Design of Waffle Slab

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Waffle slabs can be described as the equivalent of 2-way solid slabs especially when the spans are large, and ribbed system is to be...
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Waste Tyres can Improve Seismic Performance of Integral Abutment Bridges

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Resuse of about 1.5 billion waste tyres that are produced annually worldwide inspired this research on the behaviour of rubberised backfills for...
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BIM can Assist Construction Robots in Object Recognition

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The construction industry remains one of the least automated industries which depend on manual human labour for maximum productivity. The role...

3D Building Services Systems Integration in Design of Buildings

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Building service systems (BSS) are important components that makes a building functional and habitable. BSS includes piping network of fresh water...

Reputable Journals in Geotechnical Engineering

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Geotechnical engineering is the application of engineering principles to the acquisition, interpretation, and use of knowledge of materials of the Earth's crust...

Understanding Human-Structure Interaction

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

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Design of Bridge Pier and Pier Cap

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Bridge pier caps are horizontal structural members used for transferring bridge deck loads to the piers, before they are transferred to...
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Structville Question of the Day (Thursday, 24/05/2018)

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Structville daily questionsFrom now henceforth, Structville will be publishing daily questions on different aspects of civil engineering. You are expected to enter your response...
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Static Determinacy of Rigid Frames

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1.1 Introduction A structure is stable when it maintains balance in force and moment. As a result, we know that from statics, if a structure...
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Structural Design of Encased Steel Columns

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Composite sections of concrete and steel have a lot of advantages especially in the structural performance and fire resistance of a building....
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How to Succeed as A Civil Engineering Student

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The role of a civil engineer in the advancement of civilisation and the cause of mankind cannot be overemphasized. If for any reason you...
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Construction of Precast Filigran Slab at a Glance

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Introduction to filigran slab system Filigran slab is a universal system of reinforced concrete slab, that is used all over the world. This is due...
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CONCRETE STRUCTURES

An Investigation on the Analysis of Beam and Raft Slab Using Staad Pro

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Concrete
Modern codes of practice are increasingly recognising the computational power of structural analysis  softwares. Staad Pro is a renowned structural analysis and design software...
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Cracking Due to Edge Restraint and Early Thermal Effects in Concrete

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Concrete
Crack width is calculated by multiplying the crack inducing strain by the crack spacing (i.e. the movement over a length equal...
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Eurocode 2

Structural Design of Combined Footings: Solved Example to Eurocode 2

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Introduction Combined footings are normally employed in cases where two or more columns are closely spaced such that their individual pad footings would overlap each...
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How to Analyse Retaining Walls for Trapezoidal Load

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In the analysis of retaining walls subjected to earth pressure, it is very common to observe trapezoidal load distribution on the walls. Normally, earth...

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

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

A simpler Approach to the Design of Ground Beams Using Staad Pro

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Ground beams are employed in reinforced concrete substructures for a lot of reasons. Ground beams can be differentiated from plinth beams due to a...

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Analysis of Industrial Gable Frames

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1.0 Introduction Industrialization is one of the major keys to development and sustainable economy. Industrial structures are usually very easy to identify because of their...
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Solved Example on Design of Steel Beams According to BS 5950 – 1: 2000

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Introduction Universal beam sections are normally employed in buildings to carry load. Loads on beams may include the load from slab, walls, building services, and...

Buckling Amplification Factor for Portal Frames Sensitive to 2nd Order Effects

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In order to evaluate the sensitivity of a portal frame to 2nd order effects, the buckling amplification factor αcr has to be calculated. This calculation...

Preliminary Plastic Analysis of Portal Frames

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Steel portal frames provide economical solution for construction of industrial structures, warehouses, churches or other buildings with large enclosures. The loading scheme on portal...

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Procedures in Setting out of Reinforced Concrete Columns

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Columns are critical structural elements used in transmitting superstructure load to the substructure. As a result, their stability and structural resistance is...
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Evaluation of effects of temperature difference in storage tanks using Staad Pro

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In some factories and industries, tanks are used for the storage of hot liquids which are used in production. In such scenarios,...
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Structural Analysis and Design of Residential Buildings Using Staad.Pro, Orion, and Manual Calculations

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This should be a long post, but I am going to try and keep it as brief as possible. This post is more like...
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What is Site Instruction?

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A site instruction is a formal written order given by the heads of a project to contractors or sub-contractors on specific projects issues such...
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Design of Pile Foundation System for Bridge Piers

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Piles are the most preferred type of foundation for supporting the piers of overhead bridges. They offer greater resistance to vertical...
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Design of Bridge Pier and Pier Cap

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Bridge pier caps are horizontal structural members used for transferring bridge deck loads to the piers, before they are transferred to...
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Structural Stability of a Ten-Storey Braced Steel Frame

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Structural stability is broadly defined as the capacity of a structure to recover equilibrium. As a topic in structural engineering, it...
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What is the immediate solution to these geohazards?

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Erosion, landslides, earthquakes, etc are identified are geohazards which normally require significant engineering efforts to put their effects under control. While...
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Human Factors in Civil Engineering Design and Construction

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Human factors or ergonomics is understood to be a body of knowledge that deals with the interaction of human beings with...
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The Role of Haunches in Portal Frames

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Haunches are usually provided at the eaves of rigid portal frames due to a lot of beneficial reasons. They are usually...
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Engineers React to Large Span Cantilever Slab Construction

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A structural engineer posted a picture of a large cantilever slab construction on LinkedIn, and so many reactions have followed the...
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Understanding Human-Structure Interaction

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Recent researches have shown that human beings interact with structural systems undergoing vibration. Initially it was thought that human body is...
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How to Plaster a Block Wall

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Plastering is the process of covering a wall surface with a thin layer of mortar for protection and decorative purposes. It...
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Top Civil Engineering Consultancy Firms in Nigeria

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The construction industry in Nigeria remains a very promising area for the present and for the future. Infrastructure and housing deficit...
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Structural Aspects of Pile Foundation Design: A Practical Example

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Geotechnical engineers are expected to hand over soil investigation report to structural engineers, who will proceed to provide the longitudinal reinforcements needed for the...
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Design of Pile Foundation System for Bridge Piers

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Bridge pier caps are horizontal structural members used for transferring bridge deck loads to the piers, before they are transferred to...
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