On Tuesday October 13, a five-storey building collapsed in Cairo's Hadayek El-Qobba district, killing six people, three of them children. According to the Egyptian newspaper Ahram, seven other people,...
Severe thunderstorms and possible tornadoes swept through central North Carolina on Sunday, knocking down trees, damaging homes and buildings, and leaving several areas without electricity. The storm...
A major river in Nepal has burst its banks, sweeping away homes and bridges and damaging part of a hydropower project, according to local authorities. Rescue teams have been working to reach affected...
Panama was rattled by two powerful earthquakes on Friday October 9, resulting in significant damage to buildings, roads, and public infrastructure across the country. The earthquakes measured 7.7 and...
SDC Verifier 2026 R2 expands structural verification with new offshore and marine standards, multiaxial fatigue analysis, improved tubular connection checks, and a new 3D View in SDC for Ansys.The rel...
Where the crane details were exposed to variable-amplitude loading, SDC Verifier used the Palmgren-Miner linear damage rule to evaluate cumulative fatigue damage. The software also accounted for facto...
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David Finocchio has been promoted to Vice President of Business Development. David joined Keller in 2010 as a project manager and has since held several leadership roles in business development, inclu...
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Researchers at UC Berkeley, funded by Yuba Water, have unveiled the Levee Digital Twin Platform — a comprehensive, interactive monitoring system built for levee inspection and condition assessment alo...
Newcastle’s skyline is getting a major addition, with The Store development in the city’s West End officially reaching its highest point. The project is being constructed on the former site of the New...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
