Living rooms are the rooms in our house where people need to live. In most of the houses living rooms are decorated with utmost care and it is perhaps the most beautiful room in the house. Yet, it is the ...
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Prestressed Concrete Principles, Need and Advantages
Compressive stresses is induced in prestressed concrete before it is put to its actual use. Principles and advantages of prestressed concrete is discussed.
Finite Element Methods
The finite element method (FEM) (sometimes referred to as finite element analysis) is a numerical technique for finding approximate solutions of partial differential equations (PDE) as well as of integral equations. The solution approach is based either on eliminating the differential equation completely (steady state problems), or rendering the PDE into an approximating system of ordinary differential equations, which are then numerically integrated using standard techniques such as Euler’s method, Runge-Kutta, etc.
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Prestressed Concrete Design – Concept
LOSS OF PRE-STRESS
A reduction in initial pre-stress resulting from the combined effect of creep, shrinkage or elastic shortening of the concrete, relaxation of the reinforcing steel, frictional losses resulting from the curvature of the draped tendons and slippage at the anchorage. (more…)
Design Tips for Reinforced Concrete Beams
The stepwise procedure for design of reinforced concrete beam is given here. 1. Reinforced Concrete Beam sections should be designed for: Moment values at the column face (not the value at centre line as per analysis) Shear values at distance ...
Composites in Civil Engineering
Civil Engineers are known to test the limits of building structures, by going higher, longer or lighter. On the other hand Civil Engineers are by definition very conservative. These two professional characteristics come together when Civil Engineers are exploring the ...
Detailing of Transverse Reinforcement
The detailing of reinforcement is as important as the analysis and design of any RCC members. Specially it is true in the design of structures against the SEISMIC forces. The most and very important aspect of detailing is well documented ...
Seismic Design of Multi-Storied RCC Buildings
Reinforced concrete multi-storied buildings are very complex to model as structural systems for analysis. Usually, they are modeled as two-dimensional or three-dimensional frame systems using finite beam elements. For evaluating stiffness matrix of beam elements, the properties required are – ...