8.7 C
New York
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Home Slabs

Slabs

Composite Structure

Vibration Serviceability of Composite Slabs

Ubani Obinna - 0
Vibration analysis of floors is not entirely new in the field of structural engineering. Numerous studies and researches have been devoted to human-structure interaction,...
Read more
News

Building Construction Industry Reacts to Weird Slab Collapse

Ivy Ugorji - 4
A lot of engineers and builders from all over the world have reacted to the weird partial collapse of a concrete slab in...
Read more
Concrete

The Role of Compression Steel in Deflection of Reinforced Concrete Structures

Ubani Obinna - 0
Deflection is one of the most important serviceability limit state criteria in the design of reinforced concrete structures. Excessive deflection in a structure can...
Read more
Concrete

Cracking in Concrete

Peace Ikpotokin - 1
Eurocode recognises that cracking is normal in concrete subjected to bending, shear, torsion, and restraint from movement (clause 7.3.1 EN 1992 1-1). Cracking is...
Read more
Concrete

Crack Width and Crack Spacing Calculation in Concrete

Ivy Ugorji - 1
Cracking occurs in concrete when the restrained strain exceeds the tensile strain capacity of the concrete. In critical elements like water retaining structures, crack...
Read more
Reinforced Concrete Design

Minimum Area of Steel for Imposed Deformation Cracking

Peace Ikpotokin - 0
Minimum reinforcement is provided to ensure that yielding does not occur, and by so doing, cracking is adequately controlled in a concrete section. The...
Read more
Slabs

Load Transfer from Slab to Beams – A Comparative Analysis

Ubani Obinna - 4
In the design of reinforced concrete structures, floor loads are usually transferred from slabs to beams, and from the beams, the loads are transferred...
Read more
Slabs

Structural Design of Ribbed Slabs

Ubani Obinna - 0
Ribbed slab is a type of reinforced concrete slabs in which some of the volume of concrete in the tension zone is removed and...
Read more
Structural Analysis

Analysis and Design of Cantilever Retaining Walls on Staad Pro

Ubani Obinna Uzodimma - 4
In this post, we are going to show how cantilever retaining walls can be analysed and designed on Staad Pro software, and also compare...
Read more
Structural Analysis

An Investigation on the Analysis of Beam and Raft Slab Using Staad Pro

Ubani Obinna Uzodimma - 0
Modern codes of practice are increasingly recognising the computational power of structural analysis  softwares. Staad Pro is a renowned structural analysis and design software...
Read more
Eurocode 2

Structural Design of Flat Slabs to Eurocode 2

Ubani Obinna Uzodimma - 3
Flat slabs can offer economical solutions to wider floor spans in a reinforced concrete building. Flat slabs are slabs that are supported directly by...
Read more
Eurocode 2

Example on Structural Design of Waffle Slab

Ubani Obinna Uzodimma - 1
Waffle slabs can be described as the equivalent of 2-way solid slabs especially when the spans are large, and ribbed system is to be...
Read more
12Page 1 of 2

Most Read

Design of Gabion Walls

Geotechnical Engineering Ubani Obinna - 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....
Read more

ASDIP Announces the Release of STEEL-5 Software

Business Ubani Obinna - 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...
Read more

Design of Reinforced Concrete Slabs

Eurocode 2 Ubani Obinna - 0
Reinforced concrete slabs are plate elements used to form the floors of buildings. In a typical reinforced concrete building, reinforcement bars arranged as mats...
Read more

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...
Read more

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...
Read more

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....
Read more

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,...
Read more

POPULAR POSTS

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...
Read more

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...
Read more

Can you identify the cause of failure of this building?

Construction Ubani Obinna - 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...
Read more

POPULAR CATEGORY

ABOUT US

Structville is a media channel dedicated to civil engineering designs, tutorials, research, and general development. At Structville, we stop at nothing in giving you new dimensions to the profession of civil engineering.

Contact us: info@structville.com

FOLLOW US

© (2020) Structville Integrated Services Limited. All rights reserved

error: