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How Japan’s first two-story 3D-printed home is built for earthquakes

In Miyagi Prefecture, a small two-story home built mostly with 3D-printed concrete has reached an important milestone. Called the O House, this 50-square-meter residence is the first reinforced concr...

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Concrete alternatives for sustainable construction

Cement is one of the most widely used materials in the world, but it comes at a high environmental cost. In fact, its production is responsible for about 8% of global CO₂ emissions and thus designers...

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YII Envision Award Winner | GeoStruxer’s digital twin cuts piles by 70% and CO2 by 44%

Jazan, located on the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia, is home to a vital 12,000-square-meter operational grain warehouse that serves as a critical food security hub. The original foundation, a slab-on...

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Storstrøm Bridge Project: Strengthening Europe’s transport links with advanced engineering solutions

Denmark is taking a major step toward improving its transport infrastructure with the construction of the new Storstrøm Bridge. This project is a key part of modernizing the road and rail links betwe...

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Powerful deep earthquake hits Sabah and Sarawak (Malaysia)

Strong earthquake tremors were experienced in Malaysia between Sunday and Monday. According to American seismologists, the quake struck near the Malaysian state of Sabah on Monday morning, originatin...

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The Secret Revealed: How Engineers Really Design Overhead Power Lines

When most people look at transmission and distribution lines, they see a series of tall towers or poles with wires strung between them. But engineers? They see art. There’s beauty in the symmetry of...

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STAAD.Pro 2025: New Release 25.00.01

Bentley Systems released details of the significant changes introduced into STAAD.Pro in this release. It is recommended that all users read this and are informed of these significant changes. Note t...

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Encinal High School Stadium ground improvement solution to address seismicity concerns

Keller collaborated with the geotechnical engineer to design a ground improvement solution that addressed seismicity concerns, as required by the California Geological Survey (CGS). As part of a lar...

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Ground improvement at the city of Hamilton bus maintenance and storage facility

After discovering differing ground conditions, Keller provided an alternative design for the new bus maintenance and storage facility at the City of Manilton. The City of Hamilton constructed a new b...

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Dewatering and earth retention solutions at Atlantic Park Surf

Keller provides dewatering and earth retention solutions at a new wave park, located just two blocks from where the Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay converge. A 2.67-acre surf lagoon joins the beac...

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Multiple structure collapses across Texoma due to ice weight

Whitesboro fire officials say the weight of the ice has surpassed what many buildings were designed to support, leading to several structural collapses across the Texoma region. Residents are being u...

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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...