Seismic Design Philosophy for Building

The Earthquake Problem Seriousness of ground shaking at a given area amid an earthquake can be minor, direct and very strong. Generally, minor shaking happens every now and again, direct shaking infrequently and strong shaking once in a while. For example, all things considered every year around 800 earthquakes of extent 5.0-5.9 happen on the […]

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Truss Analysis

In this article, you can study truss analysis techniques with examples. Analysis of truss by the techniques of joints and by the means of section are explained in brief in the article. We have studied about the basics of the equilibrium of bodies; now we will debate about the trusses that are basically utilized in […]

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Structural Integrity/ Soundness Assessment

Radiography This strategy empowers to take a photo indicating points of interest of within a concrete part. It is utilized to decide the area and size of fortification, to check for the presence of voids and zones of poor compaction in concrete where other NDE tests strategies are not reasonable, for example, large old cement […]

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How Buildings Twist During Earthquakes?

Why does a building twist? When you were a young child, you ought to have sat on a rope swing – a wooden cradle knotted with twined ropes to the tough branch of a big old tree. The more contemporary kinds of these swings could be witnessed today in the parks and recreation areas in […]

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Bridge Terminology

Here are some of the common bridge terminologies or bridge structure terms used in general: Abutment A retaining wall supporting the ends of a bridge, and, in general, retaining or supporting the approach embankment. Approach The part of the bridge that carries traffic from the land to the main parts of the bridge. Approach Span […]

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Load Bearing Masonry

Load bearing masonry work is among the most seasoned and most far reaching building systems on the planet. The most punctual load bearing masonry work comprised to masonries loaded one over the other. Over the progression of time, the masonries were etched and dressed to make more steady masonry work dividers. The terminating of earth […]

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Types of Steel bridges

Steel bridges may be classified into various types according to: the kind of traffic carried, the kind of main structural system, the position of the carriage way subjective to the main structural system Classification based on kind of traffic carried Based on traffic carried, bridges can be categorized into following types: Road bridges or Highway […]

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Stability of Structure

Any kind of alteration in the geometry of a structure or change in form of structural component under compression –leading to the loss of capacity to resist loading is known as instability. Instability could result to catastrophic breakdown which must be seriously considered in design. Why do we define instability instead of stability? Stability is a very […]

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Structural Design Methods

Working stress method (WSM) This was the customary technique for configuration for reinforced cement, as well as for auxiliary steel and timber design outline. The technique essentially accept that the basic material acts as a direct versatile way, and that sufficient security can be guaranteed by reasonably limiting the stresses in the material incited by […]

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Guidelines for the Earthquake Resistant Design

Earthquake refers to the violent shaking and vibration of the earth facade by waves created from the epicenter of disturbance in the earth due to the release of energy culminated in the globe’s crust. In simple words, it refers to an abrupt and transient series of motion or motion of the earth’s surface starting off […]

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