Tenerife: bridge collapse due to heavy rain
Residents of Tacoronte, a town in northern Tenerife, had been watching the Teobaldo Power bridge fall apart for weeks. Cracks were widening, the road was giving way, and the warnings were loud and cl...
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Delhi, India: At least 11 fatalities in residential building collapse
At least 11 people, including several members of the same family, have died after a residential building collapsed in Delhi, India, according to multiple reports. Surveillance footage from a nearby p...
Tallest UK tower: plans approved
Plans for the tallest skyscraper outside London have been officially approved for Manchester, marking a significant milestone in the city’s evolving skyline. The 76-storey tower, set to rise 246 mete...
A devastating magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Washington in 1949: A look back at April 13, 1949
On April 13, 1949, a powerful 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck western Washington. The quake’s epicenter was near what is now Joint Base Lewis–McChord, and it was felt across an enormous 230,000-squar...
Damage to historic sites in Myanmar and Thailand after 7.7 magnitude earthquake
Following the powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake and a 6.7 aftershock in Myanmar, the death toll has risen to 3,000, with many others still missing. The destruction to buildings and infrastructure is...
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Keller employees receive ADSC President’s Award
Project Executive John Grillo started at Keller (then Hayward Baker) in 2011 as a project manager in New York and has over 20 years of experience as a geotechnical engineer and specialty contractor....
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Riverton Redevelopment Groundwater Treatment Project of the Year Award
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STAAD Foundation Advanced 2024 (v24.00.01) Release Update
With the new STAAD Foundation Advanced 2024 (v24.00.01) release users can now design isolated and combined foundations according to IS 456:2000. Previously, isolated and combined footings could only...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...