Beams are long and slender structural elements, differing from truss elements in that they are called on to support transverse as well as axial loads. Their attachment points can also be more complicated than those of truss elements: they may ...
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Design For Durability
Prevention of reinforcement corrosion and other types of deterioration begins in the design phase, when a structure is conceived and structural calculations are made, details are designed, materials and their proportions as well as possible additional preventative measures are selected. ...
Steel Concrete Composite Columns- Analysis and Design
A steel-concrete composite column is a compression member, comprising either a concrete encased hot-rolled steel section or a concrete filled tubular section of hot-rolled steel and is generally used as a load-bearing member in a composite framed structure. Typical cross-sections ...
Stiffness Method of Structural Analysis
The stiffness method of analysis is the basis of all commercial structural analysis programs. The focus of this tutorial is development of these equations that only take into account bending deformations, i.e., ignore axial member deformations. Within the assumptions, the ...
Seismic Analysis of Liquid-Storage Tanks
Large-capacity ground-supported cylindrical tanks are used to store a variety of liquids, e.g. water for drinking and fire fighting, petroleum, chemicals,and liquefied natural gas. Satisfactory performance of tanks during strong ground shaking is crucial for modern facilities. Tanks that were ...
Design of Reinforced Concrete Columns-Bending, Shear, Torsion
Here you will find design steps of long columns, short columns based on slenderness ratio and also rectangular and spiral column based on cross section using ACI method. IS method is almost similar to this method. You will also learn ...
Matrix Method of Structural Analysis
Hello friend, how you doing? Well let me tell you about Matrix method of structural analysis.This method is based on the elastic theory, where it can be assumed that most structures behave like complex elastic springs, the load-displacement relationship of ...
Shoring and Underpinning in Building Construction
Shoring, underpinning and scaffolding are used in building construction to support and strengthen the structure. Definition of these with types of shoring is discussed in this article. What is shoring? Shoring is a general term used in construction to describe ...