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Installation of Guard Rail Kits: Procedure and Safety Precautions

Ubani Obinna - May 10, 2025

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Corrosion of Buried Mild Steel Corrugated Sheets

Charity Mmuo - July 26, 2022 0

A high moisture content, good aeration, a high level of acidity, and a considerable number of soluble salts, can make a soil become corrosive. Metal alloys may undergo...

Wind Load Analysis of Signboards and Billboards

Ubani Obinna - February 15, 2024 0

Signboards, with their captivating visuals and strategic placements, are very popular elements for advertisement in our towns, streets, and highways. However, the structural stability...

Design of Masonry Walls | EN 1996-1

Ubani Obinna - October 30, 2022 2

Durability and strength are the two main types of limit states relevant to the design of masonry structures and masonry walls. The selection of...

Curtailment of Reinforcement in Concrete Piles

Ubani Obinna - January 9, 2025 0

Reinforcements in concrete piles are usually provided to counteract the bending and tensile stresses that are developed during the installation or working life of...

Effects of Trees on Wind Comfort of Pedestrians

Peace Ikpotokin - July 12, 2020 0

Pedestrian wind comfort can be improved when horizontally incoming airflow passes through trees in the urban areas. This is according to recent research carried...

High Temperature Behaviour of Concrete Produced with Desert Sand

Ubani Obinna - 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...

Application of Effective Stress Concept in the Analysis of Cohesive Soils

Ubani Obinna - October 17, 2020 0

The application of load on a saturated soil increases the pore water pressure. This sets up a hydraulic gradient which causes the water to...

Question of the day | 18-12-2020

Ubani Obinna - December 18, 2020 6

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...

ADDITIONAL ARTICLES

Foundations

Differential Settlement of Foundations

Ubani Obinna - September 29, 2023 1

When there is relative movement or differential settlement between various parts of a foundation, internal stresses are developed in the structure. Differential settlement occurs...

Culverts

Wheel Load Dispersal on Box Culverts

Ubani Obinna - June 16, 2020 8

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

Modelling and Analysis of Spherical LPG Tanks (Horton Sphere)

July 19, 2022

Fire Resistance Design of Steel Beams

February 19, 2022

Question of the Day (30/05/2018)

May 30, 2018

Piping Methods in Residential Buildings

October 26, 2022

GENERAL CIVIL ENGINEERING

Beams

Technical Guide: Detailing and Arrangement of Beam Reinforcements on Site

November 20, 2020

Construction

What are Construction Estimation Services, and Why Are They Important?

May 24, 2023

Business

Economic Analysis of Public Projects

June 27, 2022

BRIDGES

Reinforced Concrete Design

Analysis and Design of Pedestrian Bridge Using Staad Pro | Footbridges

Ubani Obinna Uzodimma - November 7, 2025 2

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

Ultimate Bending Strength Calculation of Prestressed Girders

March 29, 2023

Shear Transfer at the Interface of Reinforced Concrete Members

February 20, 2024

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

May 28, 2024

Design of Bridge Pier and Pier Cap

May 19, 2020

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Environmental Engineering

Effects of Trees on Wind Comfort of Pedestrians

Peace Ikpotokin - July 12, 2020 0

Pedestrian wind comfort can be improved when horizontally incoming airflow passes through trees in the urban areas. This is according to recent research carried...

Torsional Rigidity of Square CFST Members

November 27, 2022

3D Building Services Systems Integration in Design of Buildings

April 23, 2020

Effects of Diesel Contamination on the Engineering Properties of Natural Soils

September 27, 2020

Evaluation of Pykrete in the Design of a Lattice Tower

July 26, 2022

GENERAL

Comparative Analysis of Triangular Pile Caps | Free PDF download

Ubani Obinna Uzodimma - September 30, 2023 1

When the most economical number of piles that will satisfy design requirements is three, a triangular-shaped pile cap can be adopted. In this case,...

Design of Pile Foundation Subjected to Dynamic Loading

Ubani Obinna - July 20, 2022 0

Foundations can be subjected to dynamic loads in addition to static loads in engineering practice. Dynamics loads can be found in pile foundations supporting...

Influence Lines

Ubani Obinna - June 1, 2023 0

In bridge design, it is very necessary that bridge decks support both static and moving loads. Every component of a bridge needs to be...

Standards for Highway Materials in Nigeria

Ubani Obinna - April 4, 2020 1

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

Design of Industrial Ground Floor Slabs

Ubani Obinna - March 8, 2023 6

The slab-on-grade, which includes industrial ground floors, can be defined as a slab continuously supported by ground with an area of more than twice...

Basic Information on Fire Protection of Buildings

Ubani Obinna Uzodimma - February 13, 2020 6

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...