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Design of Strap Footing | Cantilever Footing
Strap footings or cantilever footings are a special form of combined footings. They consist of two separate bases that are connected (balanced) by a...
IABSE Postpones 2020 Congress due to COVID-19
The International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) has postponed the IABSE 2020 Congress ChristChurch New Zealand, initially scheduled to hold from 2...
Design of Slender Columns According to EC2
Loads from slabs and beams are transferred to the foundations through the columns. In typical cases, columns are usually rectangular or circular in shape....
Settlement of Foundations
Foundation soils undergo settlement and deformation when loaded. When permissible stress methods are utilized in design, settlement due to foundation soil consolidation is usually...
Minimum Area of Steel for Imposed Deformation Cracking
Minimum reinforcement is provided to ensure that yielding does not occur, and by so doing, cracking is adequately controlled in a concrete section. The...
How to Apply Load Model 1 (LM 1) on Highway Bridges
Highway bridges are designed to resist various systems of loads (actions) and load combinations. One of the most prominent actions on highway bridges is...
Is This Ultimate or Serviceability Limit State Failure?
Kindly look at the image carefully, and lend your professional opinion if the failure of the building will be categorized under ultimate or serviceability...
Structural Stability of a Ten-Storey Braced Steel Frame
Structural stability is broadly defined as the capacity of a structure to recover equilibrium. As a topic in structural engineering, it is concerned with...
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