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Comparative Analysis of Cylindrical Water Tanks

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Water tanks are usually rectangular or cylindrical in shape. Cylindrical tanks are usually employed for surface or elevated water tanks. Some of the challenges...
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Solution to 25 Top Civil Engineering Questions

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Examiner: Structville Integrated Services(1) Mechanics of deformable bodies is usually studied under?(A) Statics(B) Strength of Materials(C) DynamicsAnswer is (B): Strength of...
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Eurocode 2

How to Calculate Crackwidth Due to Bending According to EC2 (Download Excel Spreadsheet)

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Cracking is normal in reinforced concrete structures subjected to bending, shear, twisting, axial tension, and restraint from movement. This is mainly due to the...
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Concrete

How to Design RC Beams for Heavy Shear Load

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Shear failure usually occurs in form diagonal cracks, and must be checked under ultimate limit state during the structural design of buildings. In reinforced...
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25 TOP CIVIL ENGINEERING QUESTIONS

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Instruction: Attempt All Questions Examiner: Structville Integrated Services (1) Mechanics of deformable bodies is usually studied under? (A) Statics (B) Strength of Materials (C) Dynamics (2) Which...
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Strength of Spaghetti Bridge Trusses (Video)

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Interestingly, uncooked spaghetti has been used extensively to demonstrate the behavior of structures under the action of externally applied loads. Investigations...
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Rugged Steel Staircase Construction – What are your thoughts on this?

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I stumbled across this steel staircase construction (most probably for an industrial building), and I was intrigued. The massive size of the sections are...
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Transfer Structures: Design Example on 5-Storey Building

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Transfer structures can be described as structures in which the loads from above (usually from columns or walls) are transferred to other structures (such...
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Eurocode 3

Buckling Amplification Factor for Portal Frames Sensitive to 2nd Order Effects

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In order to evaluate the sensitivity of a portal frame to 2nd order effects, the buckling amplification factor αcr has to be calculated. This calculation...
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Eurocode 7

Uplift Verification for Underground Structures: Solved Example

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It is widely recognised that an object will float in water, if the weight is less than the upthrust. Upthrust is an upward force...
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Structural Analysis of Portal Frames Subjected to Gravity Load

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Gravity actions are normally used for verification of portal frames for lateral, buckling, and torsional stability. Elastic analysis and design of portal...
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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 Aspects of Pile Foundation Design: A Practical Example

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Geotechnical engineers are expected to hand over soil investigation report to structural engineers, who will proceed to provide the longitudinal reinforcements needed for the...
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Structural Analysis and Design of Residential Buildings Using Staad.Pro, Orion, and Manual Calculations

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Comparative Design of Triangular Pile Cap with free PDF download

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In our post on Structural Aspects of Pile Foundation Design, we showed how we can determine the number piles required to support...
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Analysis and Design of Cantilever Retaining Walls on Staad Pro

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In this post, we are going to show how cantilever retaining walls can be analysed and designed on Staad Pro software, and also compare...
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Manual Design of Beam and Raft Foundation to Eurocode 2 (free PDF download)

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In our last post, we considered the analysis of beam and raft foundation of a G+1 building using Staad Pro software. In this particular...
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Structural Design of Swimming Pools and Underground Water Tanks

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I spent a large part of the last few months developing the contents of this booklet on 'Structural Design of Underground Water Tanks and...
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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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