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Concrete Component Design Using STAAD.Pro
STAAD.Pro structural analysis and design software from Bentley has been widely used for designing steel and concrete structures by engineers across the globe for decades. In recent versions of the s...
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A 92-metre-long rail bridge is set to be installed in Stechford
- May, 06, 2022
- Bridges Bridge Design Bridge Management Steel Structures Concrete Structures News On Products & Services News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Once installed in Stechford, it will become the longest single-span railway structure in the West Midlands allowing HS2 to access its new depot. A 92-metre-long (100yd) rail bridge is set to be dri...
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Cracks in concrete: A new way to discover a reaction that causes them
- May, 05, 2022
- Concrete Structures News On Products & Services News On Research / Academia Other News Bridges Structural Failures Structural Systems Structural Behavior Other Structural
- United States, Illinois, Lemont
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Bridges, dams, nuclear plants and other concrete structures are built to stand for decades, but they are not indestructible. One phenomenon that shortens the life of concrete buildings and structur...
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Building collapse in China: at least 26 fatalities
- May, 05, 2022
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Structural Behavior Other Structural News On Failures Other News
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Chinese authorities raised the number of people confirmed dead in a building collapse on Thursday to 26, nearly a week after the block containing apartments, a hotel and a cinema caved in and emergen...
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Bentley Systems Announces Acquisition of ADINA to Extend Nonlinear Simulation throughout Infrastructure Engineering
- May, 05, 2022
- Structural Analysis News On Projects / Industry News On Software
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Bentley Systems announced it has acquired Watertown, Massachusettsbased ADINA R & D Inc., a leading developer of finite element analysis software applications used in a comprehensively diverse ra...
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Keller acquires GKM
- May, 04, 2022
- Other Structural Foundations News On Projects / Industry
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Acquisition of GKM Consultants further strengthens Keller’s geotechnical monitoring expertise and solutions. Keller North America (Keller) announces the acquisition of GKM Consultants Inc., an instr...
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Shrinkage Restraint and Long-term Deflections in RAM Concept
The accurate, long-term deflection calculation of concrete floors is a difficult task. It requires rigorous consideration of cracking, tension stiffening, and associated long-term effects such as cre...
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Earthquake in BiH: seven hundred damages were reported
- Apr, 30, 2022
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects Repair And Retrofit Of Structures Damage (Structural) Structural Failures News On Failures News On Natural Disasters / Failures News On Natural Disasters/Phenomena Other News
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
So far, 320 reports of damage to residential buildings caused by the recent earthquake that hit Herzegovina have been received in the Stolac area, it was confirmed on Saturday from the Herzegovina Ne...
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The first earthquake risk model for the whole of Europe shows the cities and regions most threatened by disaster
- Apr, 28, 2022
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects Structural Design Standards And Design Codes News On Products & Services News On Projects / Industry News On Research / Academia News On Natural Disasters/Phenomena Other News
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Scientists have created the first earthquake risk model for Europe which will form the basis for mitigation measures and will make communities more resilient to the impact of natural disasters. Ear...
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330-meter-tall new skyscraper in Tokyo
- Apr, 21, 2022
- Structural Design Structural Systems Structure Types Structural Behavior Other Structural News On Projects / Industry Other News News On Awards
- Japan
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The framework of a building, set to become the tallest in Japan, was completed on April 21 when a crane hoisted a steel frame from the ground to place it at the top. It took about three minutes for t...
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