Kindly look at the image carefully, and lend your professional opinion if the failure of the building will be categorized under ultimate or serviceability...

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Do Commercial Softwares Make Engineers Better?

Ubani Obinna Uzodimma - April 22, 2018 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...

Effects of Diesel Contamination on the Engineering Properties of Natural Soils

Geotechnical Engineering Ubani Obinna - September 27, 2020 0

Soil contamination is a serious problem and major environmental problem worldwide. Oil contamination of soils can occur as a result of...

Design of Steel Beams for Combined Bending and Shear

Beams Ubani Obinna - September 13, 2020 1

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

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

Beams Ubani Obinna - September 13, 2020 0

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

Static and Kinematic Determinacy of Structures

Beams Ubani Obinna - September 12, 2020 0

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

Effects of Wind on Billboard Structures

Column Ubani Obinna - August 7, 2020 0

Billboards are large outdoor advertising structures that are found along highways and city centres. Due to their large size and flexibility...

P-Delta Analysis

Column Ubani Obinna - July 29, 2020 0

P-delta is a geometric non-linear effect that occurs in structures that are subjected to compressive loads and lateral displacement. Under the...

Plates on Elastic Foundation

Foundations Ubani Obinna - July 27, 2020 0

Many problems of practical importance can be related to the solution of plates resting on an elastic foundation. Reinforced concrete pavements...

Structural Analysis and Design of Residential Buildings Using Staad.Pro, Orion, and Manual Calculations

Column Ubani Obinna Uzodimma - March 13, 2017 29

This should be a long post, but I am going to try and keep it as brief as possible. This post...

PRACTICAL ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF STEEL ROOF TRUSSES TO EUROCODE 3: A SAMPLE DESIGN

Eurocode 3 Ubani Obinna Uzodimma - January 10, 2017 27

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...

Can you identify the cause of failure of this building?

Opinion Ubani Obinna - March 12, 2020 24

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

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