A multi-storey building can develop lateral vibrations in the two principal directions and torsional vibration around its vertical shear centre axis. The natural frequency...

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Aspects of Modelling of Shear Walls

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Shear walls are structural elements usually employed in tall buildings to assist in resisting lateral loads. Shear walls can be solid or pierced (coupled),...

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Basic Information on Fire Protection of Buildings

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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...

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How To Apply Wind Load on High Rise Buildings

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The effect of wind on a building gets more significant as the height of the building increases. In this post, wind load analysis has...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Effects of Wind on Different Configurations of Telecommunication Masts

Staad Pro Ubani Obinna - July 2, 2020 0

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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