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Sheet Pile Walls and their Uses

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Sheet pile walls are thin retaining walls constructed to retain earth, water, or any other fill material. They are typically thinner than masonry or...
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Geotechnical Engineering

Effects of Diesel Contamination on the Engineering Properties of Natural Soils

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

Recommended Depth of Exploration for Site Investigation

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Soil is a complex and highly variable product of nature, and the extent of this variation is known in advance. As a result, site...
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Geotechnical Engineering

Plates on Elastic Foundation

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

Modulus of Subgrade Reaction of Soils

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The modulus of subgrade reaction ks (also called the coefficient of subgrade reaction of a soil) is the ratio between the pressure against a...
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Foundations

Difference Between Pile Load Test and Pile Integrity Test

Ubani Obinna - 0
Pile foundations are slender structures used to transmit superstructure load to firmer sub-soil stratum beneath the natural ground surface. They can also be used...
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Foundations

Design of Pile Cap Using Staad Foundation Advanced

Peace Ikpotokin - 0
Pile caps are rigid plate structures that are used to transfer superstructure load from columns to a group of piles. They are usually subjected...
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Journals

Modeling of Soils Using Isogeometric Analysis

Ivy Ugorji - 0
Researchers from the Department of Construction Sciences, Lund University, Sweden have presented isogeometric analysis as an alternative to finite element analysis for modelling of...
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News

Waste Tyres can Improve Seismic Performance of Integral Abutment Bridges

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Resuse of about 1.5 billion waste tyres that are produced annually worldwide inspired this research on the behaviour of rubberised backfills for integral abutment...
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Construction

Compaction Pressure of Machines on Retaining Walls

Ubani Obinna - 1
In the construction of earth retaining structures, it is very common to excavate the area, construct the earth retaining structure, backfill with the recommended...
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Geotechnical Engineering

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 walls, gravity...
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Geotechnical Engineering

Standards for Highway Materials in Nigeria

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Earth materials are extensively utilised for highway construction in Nigeria. It has been recognised that high quality lateritic soils which are abundant in Nigeria...
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Guidelines for Tying of Reinforcement

Construction Ubani Obinna - 0
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

Construction Ubani Obinna - 1
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

Eurocode 2 Ubani Obinna - 0
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

Beams Mubarak Shittu - 3
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

Slabs Ubani Obinna - 0
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

Frames Ubani Obinna - 0
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

Steel Structures Ubani Obinna - 0
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

Structural Analysis Ubani Obinna Uzodimma - 31
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

Structural Analysis Ubani Obinna Uzodimma - 28
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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