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

Design of Pad Foundation

Eurocode 2 Ubani Obinna - December 2, 2020 0

Pad foundations are isolated rectangular, square, or circular slabs that are provided under reinforced concrete columns or column stubs to safely transmit the column...

What is the likely cause of this failure?

Daily Questions Ubani Obinna - December 2, 2020 1

Using the only data available from this picture (which is the crack pattern), what is likely caused failure of this structure? The structure is...

Design of Gabion Walls

Geotechnical Engineering Ubani Obinna - December 1, 2020 0

Gabion walls are made up of row upon row of orthogonal cages or baskets (gabions) which are filled with rock fragments/cobbles and tied together....

ASDIP Announces the Release of STEEL-5 Software

Business Ubani Obinna - November 30, 2020 0

ASDIP Structural Engineering Software company has announced the release of STEEL-5, the latest version of ASDIP STEEL software module. The Florida, USA, based structural...

Elastic Analysis of Circular Plates

Slabs Ubani Obinna - November 12, 2020 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...

Shear Wall-Frame Interaction in High-Rise Buildings

Frames Ubani Obinna - November 5, 2020 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....

Effects of Wind on Billboard Structures

Steel Structures 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 for creative output,...

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

Structural Analysis Ubani Obinna Uzodimma - March 13, 2017 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...

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

Structural Analysis Ubani Obinna Uzodimma - January 10, 2017 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...

Can you identify the cause of failure of this building?

Construction 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, and design...

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