Failing bluffs, shoreline erosion, landslides, and other geohazards can dangerously threaten transportation and require a rapid emergency response for public safety and to minimize the impact on the...
On Thursday 11th of April, a wooden pedestrian walkway in Gabriel Dumont Park caught fire. The Saskatoon firefighters reported that the fire caused significant damage to the structure. According to t...
At around 4pm on Friday 12th of April, a building on Kirkgate, Leeds partially collapsed. The building was deemed unsafe after the incident, and thus Kirkgate was closed off from the High Court to Ne...
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...
The new LRT line intersected beneath the existing Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) subway tunnel at the Yonge and Eglinton intersection. The support of the excavation (SOE) system had to be designed...
The highly traveled US 340 in West Virginia is back open after a much-needed safety upgrade. Led by Access Limited , a leading rockfall mitigation firm, and Triton Construction Inc., a top Heavy/High...
Structural engineers are all too familiar with the constraints that often accompany their critical work. While they are tasked with ensuring the safety and stability of buildings, facilities, and inf...
GeoStabilization International wins the 2023 Best of the Best Award in Specialty Construction from Engineering News-Record (ENR) for innovative stabilization work at a Maryland quarry. The company wa...
Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company, announced that effective July 1, 2024, Greg Bentley will transition from Bentley Systems’ CEO to Executi...
EXTON, Pa. – March 14, 2024 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company, today announced its call for nominations for the 2024 Going Digital Awards...
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...
Join Keller and the Geo-Institute for a 5 part series this spring and summer on sustainability in geotechnical engineering! We kick things off on April 16 with Kimberly Martin of Keller! Kimberly's t...
This presentation is focused on introducing STAAD Users to Advanced Mat Foundation Design in the newly released STAAD Foundation Advanced 2023 solution. We will explore New Mat Design Workflows and F...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Compute the nominal flexural strength Mn of the reinforced concrete rectangular section of Figure 1. Given: fc′ = 5000 psi, fy = 50,000 psi, b = 15 in., d = 22.5 in. and As= 4-#9 bars. F...
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...
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...
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...
