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University of Southern California: a new study indicates the impact of rising seawater on Alexandria's infrastructure due to erosion

A breakthrough study on the state of buildings in the Egyptian city of Alexandria has been published by the University of Southern California in collaboration with the Technical University of Munich...

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University of Jerusalem: Study shows that slow movement of tectonic plates can lead to strong earthquakes

A new study was conducted by a team from Hebrew University of Jerusalem and published at Nature Journal on January 8, about how a slow, aseismic movement transitions into rapid seismic rupture, provi...

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Structural Engineering News Recap of October 2024

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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