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Structural Engineering News Recap of October 2024
- Nov, 05, 2024
- Structural Failures Damage (Structural) Other Structural Structural Design Bridge Management Earthquake Engineering Structural Optimization Sustainable Development Snow And Rain Loads Structural Stability News On Natural Disasters / Failures News On Research / Academia News On Projects / Industry Other News News On Products & Services News On Failures
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You can now find TheStructuralEngineer.info's latest news recap video on YouTube, which includes what we found to be the most interesting structural engineering news of October 2024. Namely, these w...
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New revolutionary cement composite created by University of Virginia: it promises greater durability in the field of 3D printing
- Oct, 29, 2024
- Structural Design Structural Optimization Sustainable Development Composite Structures Other Structural News On Research / Academia Other News
- United States, Virginia , Charlottesville
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To contribute to the global effort in the construction field to reduce carbon emissions, the researchers at the University of Virginia (UVA) conducted a study to create a cement-based composite that...
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MIT researchers developed glass bricks with the same strength as concrete blocks
- Sep, 23, 2024
- Structure Types Concrete Structures Structural Stability Structural Behavior Other Structural News On Research / Academia News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge
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Novel research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) demonstrates that 3D-printed glass bricks can be structurally sound, offering a sustainable alternative to traditional bricks and r...
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Seismic data from the 2020 earthquake in Petrinja, Croatia revealed 40cm horizontal displacements
- Sep, 03, 2024
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects Other Structural News On Research / Academia Other News
- Croatia
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A new study that was conducted by Croatian and Hungarian researchers and was based on the 6.4 magnitude earthquake that shocked Petrinja, Croatia in December 2020 showed major horizontal and vertical...
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University of Alaska Fairbanks: They developed an algorithm that can predict earthquakes
- Sep, 02, 2024
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects Other Structural News On Research / Academia Other News
- United States, Alaska
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The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) published revolutionary research in Nature Communications journal that suggests that they can predict future earthquakes with the aid of machine learning. The...
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Digitalization could assist the construction industry reducing its carbon emissions
- May, 28, 2024
- Structural Design Structural Optimization Sustainable Development Other Structural Repair And Retrofit Of Structures Standards And Design Codes News On Research / Academia Other News
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It is well known that the global construction industry significantly contributes to the world's carbon footprint, with both building construction and operation being accountable for nearly 40% of glo...
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Depreciation models to accelerate the building construction
- May, 23, 2024
- Structural Design Performance-Based Design Wind Engineering Structural Optimization Other Structural Soft Computing Applications News On Research / Academia Other News
- United Kingdom, Bristol
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Research that has been conducted by a team from the University of Bristol and published in the journal Structures claims that high-rise buildings are thoroughly constructed to withstand wind forces....
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New study to reinforce concrete with textiles instead of steel published by Sweden researchers
- Mar, 29, 2024
- Structural Design Performance-Based Design Structure Reinforcement Structure Types Concrete Structures Structural Behavior Other Structural Standards And Design Codes News On Research / Academia Other News
- Sweden
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Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have invented a method aimed at simplifying scale analysis, thus facilitating the construction of more textile-reinforced concrete structure...
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A novel material enables the assessment of concrete deterioration
- Feb, 20, 2024
- Bridge Management Damage (Structural) Structure Reinforcement Structural Health Monitoring Concrete Structures Other Structural Non Destructive Testing News On Research / Academia Other News
- Brazil, São Paulo
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The University of São Paulo's Physics Institute (IF-USP) in Brazil, in collaboration with counterparts from the University of Leuven in Belgium and researchers from the University of Kiel in Germany,...
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Novel computing model can detect structural damage with no physical intervention
- Jan, 31, 2024
- Bridge Management Bridges Seismic Effects Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Performance-Based Design Structural Health Monitoring Structural Analysis Other Structural Soft Computing Applications News On Products & Services News On Research / Academia News On Projects / Industry News On Software Other News Concrete Structures
- United States, Pennsylvania
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Researchers from Drexel University in Pennsylvania have developed a system that is believed to efficiently identify and evaluate problematic areas by integrating a novel machine learning approach wit...
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