A five-dimensional (5D) smart city earthquake simulation platform was exhibited by its developer, the National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering (NCREE), at a press conference in Taipei o...
Read MoreLives and billions of dollars in infrastructure damage every year is the cost of earthquakes in the United States. Earthquakes can occur at any time, and there is no way to predict them, at least now...
Read MoreGenerally, when concrete is exposed to intense fire, materials in the concrete can decompose, and consequently there is a reduction in strength. Nevertheless, there is not a widely accepted method fo...
Read MoreFor soaring bridges, dramatic skyscrapers and even the path around your local park, builders love concrete, making it the most-used building material in the world – but producing the cement used in m...
Read MoreIt is a fact that, in modern society, the majority of our infrastructure (buildings, bridges, tunnels, etc.) is made of ageing concrete. A cost-effective method of sustaining this infrastructure was...
Read MoreFibre optic technology is introduced in a novel system of structural stress monitoring which is going to be tested on one of the world's most exposed fish farms, Salmar's Ocean Farm 1. Light Struct...
Read MoreThe Dutch city of Nijmegen has now the longest concrete 3D-bicycle bridge in the world. The length of the bridge is 29 meters. The bicycle bridge has been designed with complete freedom of form, base...
Read MoreNew 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...
Read MoreTahquamenon Falls State Park conducted a survey of visitors in 2017 where 80% of respondents responded that they would likely visit the island at the Lower Falls if there was a bridge offering a conn...
Read MoreAfter the devastating collapse of the Surfside condo which cost the life of at least 100 people in Miami, the necessity for the engineers to prevent such incidents is more urgent than ever. Because o...
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