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Yearly Archives: 2017

Influence Lines for Beams With Overhangs

Influence lines are plots that are used to obtain the static effects of moving loads on structures such as bridges and cranes. In practice,...

Design of Reinforced Concrete Slanted / Raker Beams

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

Analysis of Statically Determinate Compound Frames (Part 3): A solved Example

Question A frame is loaded as shown above. There are internal hinges at nodes B and 2. Plot the internal stresses diagram due to the...

Imperfection Analysis of Structures

Imperfection in structures can be described as deviations and inconsistencies in structures and structural members, which can affect the behaviour of the structure from...

Durability of Structures and How to Calculate Concrete Cover (Eurocode 2)

According to clause 4.1 of EN 1992-1-1:2004, a durable structure should meet the requirements of serviceability, strength and stability throughout its design working life,...

Hope for Fresh Graduate Engineers

On the of 22nd of August 2017, I woke up by 5:00am with the inspiration that there is hope for everybody, irrespective of life...

How to Succeed as a Civil Engineering Student

The role of a civil engineer in the advancement of civilisation and the cause of mankind cannot be overemphasized. If for any reason you...

Free Vibration of Water Tank Stand When Filled With Water

It is desired to find the eigenfrequencies and eigenvectors (modal parameters) of concrete water tank support when filled with water. This is a case...

Analysis of Sub-Frames Using the Stiffness Method

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

Design of Column Base Plate Connections (EC3)

This article is aimed at providing the procedure for the design of column base plates subjected to axial and shear forces according to Eurocode ...

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