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Cairo: a 43-floor Tower will be constructed using hydrogen as energy source

An innovative 240-meter tower is about to be built in Egypt using hydrogen as energy source. The skyscraper is part of the construction of the “New Administrative Capital”, which is located near Cair...

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Tanzania, Africa: The largest bridge of Africa is about to be built

Africa’s largest bridge is about to be built in Tanzania, Africa. The bridge will connect Tanzania with the Zanzibar islands. Specifically, the 49 kilometers long bridge will connect Dar es Salaam wh...

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The 400-years-old wall of the Rajgarh Fort partially collapsed in Madhya Pradesh: at least 7 fatalities

The wall of the Rajgarh Fort in Datia, India partially collapsed on Thursday, September 12 approximately at 4 a.m. local time, resulting in at least 7 casualties while 2 others were injured. It is sa...

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Ohio’s first 3D-printed building is about to be constructed in Linden

The first 3D-printed building is about to be constructed on 26th Avenue in Linden, Columbus, Ohio by the contractor Mayo Makinde. The constructor is planning to build an 850-square-foot two-bedroom a...

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Dresden, Germany: Carola bridge collapsed, no injuries were reported

On Wednesday September 11, a bridge partially collapsed at Dresden, eastern Germany. Specifically, an approximately 100-meter-long piece of the 1971 Carola Bridge, which connects the historic old tow...

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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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Bentley Systems Announces the Finalists of the 2024 Going Digital Awards

Winners to be Announced on October 9 at Bentley’s 2024 Year in Infrastructure and Going Digital Awards Event in Vancouver. Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineerin...

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Bear Creek Dam Dewatering and Excavation Support Project

Keller performed construction dewatering and excavation support during the Bear Creek Dam remediation program. Bear Creek Dam, a 68-foot-high earthen structure with a crest length of 1385 feet, retai...

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STAAD.Pro 2024 New Release

The STAAD.Pro 2024 version adds great new functionality to improve efficiency for engineers around the world and has resolved numerous issues that have been reported and thus highly recommend that yo...

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Concrete Buildings as Rechargeable Batteries

The energy that comes from the wind and the sun as a renewable source has become a growing necessity. As a result, new ideas about rechargeable batteries have gained ground to capture these intermitt...

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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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Truss deflection using the unit load method

Given: A pin-jointed truss is given in Figure 1. Determine the vertical displacement of joint E using the unit load method. All the members have cross-sectional area of 250mm and same modulus...

Books

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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...