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How advanced finite element analysis can prepare buildings for extreme events

While most structural analysis software can evaluate everyday stresses, they often fail to prepare buildings for extreme events. As environmental disasters and severe weather become more frequent, cl...

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Two fatalities due to massive explosion in commercial facility in Louisville

On Tuesday, November 12, around 3 p.m. local time, an enormous explosion occurred at the Givaudan Sense Colour plant, a commercial facility located in Louisville, Kentucky. The blast resulted in the...

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Paul Schmall to receive prestigious Moles Award

Keller announces Paul Schmall, to receive the 2025 Moles Award for Outstanding Achievement in Heavy Construction. Paul is Vice President in Keller’s Specialty Services business unit, focusing largely...

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Kazakhstan: A 1316-meter-long bridge was recently opened to the public

On October 21, Kazakhstan's Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov inaugurated the country’s largest bridge, which spans 1,316 meters across the Bukhtarma Reservoir in East Kazakhstan. This two-lane bridge,...

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India: A three-storey building (under renovation) collapsed

On Friday, November 8, a three-storey building near Dandu Road in Bangarapet, Kolar district, Karnataka, collapsed. The building, and specifically its ground floor, was under renovation. According to...

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Keller reaches new depths

It’s a place Keller knows incredibly well, having been involved in virtually every building development in the area. Keller has a long track record with the client (Coastal Construction) and develope...

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TheStructuralEngineer.info attends Bentley’s 2024 Year in Infrastructure Structural Engineering Finalists’ Presentations

TheStructuralEngineer.info’s team attended Bentley’s 2024 Year in Infrastructure & Going Digital Awards that took place in Vancouver, Canada, on the 8th and 9th of October. Furthermore, three pr...

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Bentley Systems Announces Winners of the 2024 Going Digital Awards

October 9, 2024 VANCOUVER (Bentley Systems’ Year in Infrastructure 2024) – Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company, today announced the winners o...

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ADINA 2024 New Release!

Product versioning for Bentley Systems is now based on the calendar year of the major release according to software industry practice and this is the second major ADINA release following the new stan...

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Beacon Hill Station Dewatering Project

Dewatering wells effectively lowered groundwater levels up to 60 ft before excavation of the shaft and mining of the station. The Beacon Hill Station and Tunnel project is a $280M section of the Cent...

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Researchers develop new ultra-resistant and self-repairing concrete materials

New ultra-resistant and self-repairing concrete materials have been designed by a team from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and the Politecnico di Milano. In cracking situations, the ne...

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Example: longitudinal reinforcement for shear and torsion according to EC2

Given: For the rectangular section of Figure 1 calculate the longitudinal reinforcement for shear and torsion. The section considered has depth 1500mm, width 1000mm, d = 1450mm. The vertical membe...

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Calculation of the second moments of area

The problem: Determine the second moments of area, Ixx and Iyy, for the sections indicated in Figures 2a to 2e. Tip: It is given that the total height and the area of the 457 x 152 x 52 UB...

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Calculation of the cross-sectional area and the position of centroid

The problem: Determine the cross-sectional area and the position of the centroid for the sections shown in Figures 1a to 1e. Please consider that the origin of the coordinate system is located...

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Overhanging beam: shear force and bending moment calculation

Calculate the shear force and bending moment values due to the imposed loading on the overhanging beam of Figure 1.  Figure 1: The overhanging beam considered. The free-body-diagram is shown in F...

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Time History Analysis: process and advantages

In the field of structural engineering and design, the examination of dynamic loads is significant and cannot be underestimated. Time history analysis stands out as a crucial approach to studying...

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Bending stress in a beam element

Given: A simply supported beam of length L=5m is given in Figure 1a. The beam is subjected to uniform distributed load equal to 3.2kN/m. If the beam has a rectangular cross-section, as shown in...

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Method of sections

Please determine the forces in the members BC, GC and GF of the pin-jointed plane truss shown in Figure 1 using the method of sections. Given: Figure 1: The pin-jointed plane truss considered. So...

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Structural Engineering Solved Problems

Structural Engineering Solved Problems contains 100 practice problems representing a broad range of topics on the Structural Engineering (SE) and Civil PE exams. Each problem provides an opportunity t...

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Structural Depth Reference Manual for the Civil PE Exam, Fourth Edition

The Structural Depth Reference Manual prepares you for the structural depth section of the Civil PE exam. It provides a concise, yet comprehensive review of the structural depth section exam topics an...

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Structural Depth Practice Exams for the Civil PE Exam

Structural Depth Practice Exams contains two 40-problem, multiple-choice exams consistent with the NCEES Civil PE structural depth exam's format and specifications. Like the actual exam, the problems...