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Deflection of Structures According to Eurocode 2

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Checking for deflection is an important serviceability limit state (SLS) requirement in the design of structures. This check ensures that the structure does not...
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Steel Structures

Design of Steel Beams for Combined Bending and Shear

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It is very common to see bending moment and shear force act simultaneously in structural members. However, when the shear force under consideration is...
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Journals

Effect of Impact Load on Lap Length of Reinforcements in RC Structures

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Lap length and anchorage length of reinforcements is very important for continuity, strength, and ease of construction in reinforced concrete structures. When reinforcements are...
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Structural Analysis

Static and Kinematic Determinacy of Structures

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A structure is a system of connected parts designed to resist load. Kinematical analysis is very important in the evaluation of the capacity of...
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Reinforced Concrete Design

Structural Design of Corbels

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

Types of Floor Systems for Steel Framed Buildings

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Floors in buildings have a primary function of carrying loads and supporting the activities of the occupants. In addition to carrying loads, floors in...
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Composite Structure

Vibration Serviceability of Composite Slabs

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Vibration analysis of floors is not entirely new in the field of structural engineering. Numerous studies and researches have been devoted to human-structure interaction,...
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Beams

Design of Composite Slab with Profile Metal Deck

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Composite slab with profiled metal decking provides economical solutions for floors of steel framed building systems. This is because they are easier to install,...
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Staad Pro

How to Offset Beams in Staad Pro (with video tutorials)

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In some cases, structural members are not perfectly connected to each other along their centroidal axis. This can be as a result of structural...
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Bridges

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

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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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Timber Structures

Design of Timber Beams

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Design of flexural members such as timber beams principally involves consideration of the effects of actions such as bending, deflection, vibration, lateral buckling, shear,...
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Slabs

Load Transfer from Slab to Beams – A Comparative Analysis

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In the design of reinforced concrete structures, floor loads are usually transferred from slabs to beams, and from the beams, the loads are transferred...
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Guidelines for Tying of Reinforcement

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In the construction of reinforced concrete structures, reinforcement bars must be tied together in order to hold them in place and to also facilitate...
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Cost of Reinforcement Works in Nigeria

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Installation of reinforcements is an important item of work in the construction of reinforced concrete structures. The cost of reinforcement works therefore significantly impacts...
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Design of Shear Walls

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Shear walls are structural members that provide additional lateral stiffness to a building by resisting shear, moment, and axial forces, which are produced due...
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Technical Guide: Detailing and Arrangement of Beam Reinforcements on Site

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Beams are horizontal structural elements used for supporting lateral loads. In conventional reinforced concrete structures, beams usually receive load from the floor slab, but...
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EDITOR PICKS

Elastic Analysis of Circular Plates

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A plate is a flat structural element that has a thickness that is small compared with the lateral dimensions. Plates are bounded by two...
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Shear Wall-Frame Interaction in High-Rise Buildings

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Shear walls and frames (comprising of columns and beams) are distinct structural systems that can be used in resisting lateral actions in high-rise buildings....
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Effects of Wind on Billboard Structures

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Billboards are large outdoor advertising structures that are found along highways and city centres. Due to their large size and flexibility for creative output,...
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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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PRACTICAL ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF STEEL ROOF TRUSSES TO EUROCODE 3: A SAMPLE DESIGN

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1.0 INTRODUCTION The most widespread alternative for roof construction in Nigeria is the use of trusses, of which timber and steel are the primary choice...
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Can you identify the cause of failure of this building?

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Structural failure is real, and it is the duty of structural engineers to identify all possible modes of failure in a structure, and design...
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