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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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Concrete

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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Concrete

Restraint and Restraint Factors of Concrete

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If movement (expansion and/or contraction) is restricted within a young concrete element, tensile stresses will develop which will lead to cracking....
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Concrete

Cracking in Concrete

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Eurocode recognises that cracking is normal in concrete subjected to bending, shear, torsion, and restraint from movement (clause 7.3.1 EN 1992...
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Concrete

Crack Width and Crack Spacing Calculation in Concrete

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Cracking occurs in concrete when the restrained strain exceeds the tensile strain capacity of the concrete. In critical elements like water...
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Concrete

Minimum Area of Steel for Imposed Deformation Cracking

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Minimum reinforcement is provided to ensure that yielding does not occur, and by so doing, cracking is adequately controlled in a...
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Column

Detailing of Columns to Eurocode 2

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It is important to carry out proper detailing after design of reinforced concrete columns. The requirements for column detailing is outlined in...
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Bridges

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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Beams

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...
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Bridges

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...
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Reinforced Concrete Design

Effects of Temperature Difference on Cylindrical Tanks

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In our last post, we were able to evaluate the effect of temperature difference on rectangular tanks. In this article, we are...
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Construction

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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Effects of Wind on Different Configurations of Telecommunication Masts

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Telecommunication masts or towers are tall structures that are designed for transmission of telecommunication signals or for radio/television broadcasting. Telecom masts...
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Lapping of Reinforcements and Use of Rebar Couplers – Peculiarities and Differences

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In reinforced concrete buildings, it is almost impossible to carry out construction without lapping reinforcements at one point or another. This...
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Water Bars (Water Stops) – Uses, Types, and Applications

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In reinforced concrete water retaining/excluding structures, a potential source of leakage or water ingress is the construction joint, and that is...
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Structville Announces Webinar on Design of Roof Trusses (July, 2020)

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In our core commitment to provide a flexible platform for learning, improvement, and disseminating civil engineering knowledge, we are delighted to...
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Effects of Wind on Different Configurations of Telecommunication Masts

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Telecommunication masts or towers are tall structures that are designed for transmission of telecommunication signals or for radio/television broadcasting. Telecom masts...
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Analysis and Design of Arch Bridges

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The use of arches as a structural form can be dated back to antiquity. Arch structures are unique structural forms which...
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Analysis of Moving Load on Cable-Stayed Bridges Using Staad Pro

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Stays can be used to support orthotropic bridge decks which consists of continuous girders. The stays which are inclined cables passing...
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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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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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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,...
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