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Wall collapses in Traverse City: 4 people injured
- May, 19, 2020
- Structural Failures Damage (Structural) News On Failures
- United States, Michigan, Traverse City
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A brick wall collapsed at a construction site at Traverse City, causing four injuries, one of them very severe. The accident occurred around 9 a.m. on Tuesday 19th of May, when one of the three struc...
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Engineering concepts behind the stability of famous masonry domes confirmed
- May, 26, 2020
- Masonry Structures Domes (Structure) Structural Stability News On Research / Academia
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Research conducted at Princeton University and the University of Bergamo unearths the technical secrets behind famous self-supporting masonry domes such as the dome of the duomo of Maria del Fiore in...
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Instant monitoring of inter-story drifts via laser sensors
- May, 22, 2020
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects News On Research / Academia Structural Health Monitoring Forensic Engineering Damage (Structural) Structural Reliability Professional Examinations Preparation
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Real time record of seismic displacements between floors of multistory buildings is now possible thanks to light-sensitive optical sensors. The new technology is called Discrete Diode Position Sensor...
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Concrete “waves” formed at Humen Bridge in China
- May, 05, 2020
- Bridge Management Bridges Decks Wind Engineering News On Events News On Natural Disasters/Phenomena
- China, Guangzhou
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
On Tuesday May 5th, the top of the Humen Bridge, Southern China’s suspension bridge, oscillated like the surface of the ocean. Strong winds are responsible for the unusual behavior. At the time, the...
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Bond-free CFRP as a new concept for strengthening steel
- May, 15, 2020
- Steel Structures Metal Structures Buckling News On Research / Academia News On Publications
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
According to a new study, buckling performance and compression capacity of structural steel elements can be enhanced using bond-free carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) laminates. CFRP offers a r...
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KELLER keeps running projects safely despite the COVID-19 outburst
Keller teams across the world are doing everything they can to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus outbreak and keep projects running safely wherever possible. In certain cases, Keller Colleagues...
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Follo Line Project Superb Documentary
- Mar, 10, 2020
- Foundations News On Projects / Industry
- Norway
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A complex project which demonstrated KELLER collaboration and expertise at its best, Follo Line saw three different business units (and nearly 70 employees) work together to implement numerous ground...
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Evacuation around West Seattle Bridge
- May, 11, 2020
- Bridges Bridge Management Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Repair And Retrofit Of Structures
- United States, Washington, Seattle
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Damaged West Seattle Bridge leads to emergency evacuation of an entire region around it. The region called “fall zone” constitutes of a non-residential area, within which parts from the bridge might...
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Building partially collapses in Philippines: 2 people injured
- Apr, 30, 2020
- Structural Failures News On Failures
- Philippines, Makati
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Fortunately, no fatalities were reported after a wall of a mixed-use building in the Philippines suddenly gave way. The SM Jazz Mall building is located in the city of Makati in Metro Manila, Philipp...
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New Genoa bridge near completion despite the covid-19 lockdown
- Apr, 28, 2020
- Bridge Design Bridges Steel Structures Concrete Structures Bridge Management News On Events
- Italy, Genoa
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The final span of the new Genoa bridge was slotted into place on 28th of April, two years after the collapse of Morandi Bridge, offering a ray of hope during the coronavirus crisis. The new, over o...
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