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Structural Engineering News Recap of August 2024
- Sep, 03, 2024
- Other Structural Bridges Forensic Engineering Damage (Structural) Other News 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 August 2024. Namely, these we...
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Rockfall prevention project at Bozeman, MT
- Apr, 19, 2024
- Forensic Engineering Foundations Walls News On Projects / Industry
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The USFS feared that a catastrophic failure of the upper mantle’s colluvium at Hyalite Canyon Road near Bozeman, Montana, could conceivably deposit thousands of cubic yards of material into Hyalite C...
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Safety improvements are required for thousands of aging bridges in Japan
- Dec, 05, 2023
- Repair And Retrofit Of Structures Sustainable Development Structure Reinforcement Concrete Structures Bridges Forensic Engineering Other Structural News On Failures News On Projects / Industry News On Products & Services Other News
- Japan
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Approximately 32% of Japan's 41,395 aging bridges are identified to require safety improvements. However, these crucial measures remain pending, according to government data. The Ministry of Land, In...
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6-story Bronx building’s partial collapse: façade falls of raining down bricks
- Feb, 02, 2022
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Masonry Structures Concrete Structures Other Structural Structural Stability Forensic Engineering News On Failures Other News
- United States, New York
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Part of the facade of a vacant six-story Bronx building under construction collapsed on Tuesday. The partial collapse sent bricks falling onto an awning and the sidewalk below. No injuries were repor...
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Torrential rainfall and burst rivers swamp Henan cities: at least 25 deaths
- Jul, 22, 2021
- Structural Failures Snow And Rain Loads Forensic Engineering
- China
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A torrential rainfall hit Central China on the 20th of July causing the death of several people. Although floods during summer season are not unprecedented in some parts of China, the current record...
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Western Europe Floods update: Deaths up to 180, hundreds still missing
- Jul, 21, 2021
- Snow And Rain Loads Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Forensic Engineering
- Germany
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Last week, heavy rainfall across central and western Europe caused rivers to burst their banks, leading to at least 180 deaths and hundreds of people missing. As floodwaters start to recede in the co...
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Catastrophic flooding in Germany
- Jul, 16, 2021
- Snow And Rain Loads Bridges Forensic Engineering Damage (Structural) Structural Failures News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Germany
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Weather experts said rain in the regions of West Germany over a 24-hour period on July 14th has been unprecedented. More specifically, the weather system brought down 148 liters of rain per square m...
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Forensic engineering attempts to find causes of Mexico City metro bridge collapse
- Jun, 01, 2021
- Forensic Engineering Damage (Structural) Structural Failures
- Mexico
- Authored by: George Zalachoris
Forensic assessment of the causes behind the deadly collapse of Line 12 rail bridge in Mexico City is under way. The accident, which occurred near the Olivos station in the working-class neighb...
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Closure of I-40 bridge in Memphis after cracks appear
- May, 26, 2021
- Bridge Management Bridge Design Forensic Engineering Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Structural Design Structural Health Monitoring Beams Trusses Steel Structures Structural Analysis Fatigue Structural Behavior Repair And Retrofit Of Structures
- Authored by: George Zalachoris
The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) released photos of a crack on the Hernando de Soto Bridge. The structure is part of Interstate 40 crossing the Mississippi River at Memphis. The br...
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Researchers use photos and new AI tool to calculate stress and strain fields of materials
- Apr, 28, 2021
- Structural Behavior Structural Analysis Structural Health Monitoring Structural Reliability Structural Optimization Performance-Based Design Structural Design Forensic Engineering Damage (Structural) Structural Failures News On Research / Academia
- Authored by: George Zalachoris
Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a method to determine stress and strain distributions within a material based on an image depicting its internal structure. The...
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