What is stability of concrete structures? Stability of concrete structure described in different ways by different authors and researchers. For example, it is defined as the power to recover equilibrium or Resistance to sudden change, dislodgment, or overthrow. Moreover, a ...
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16 Types of Pipelines and their Construction Method
A pipeline is a system of pipes designed to carry fluids such as oil, natural gas, or other petroleum-based products over long distances, often underground. It is a very important part of the modern civilization that has now been used ...
What are Indeterminate Arches in Construction?
An arch may be defined as a plane-curved bar or rib supported and loaded in a way that makes it act in direct compression. For example, the structure in Fig. 1a is a parabolic symmetrical arch that is loaded with ...
Analysis of Moment Resisting Frame and Lateral Load Distribution
Lateral Load Distribution of Frame Building In a two dimensional moment resisting frame each joint can have at the most three degrees of freedom (displacement in horizontal and vertical directions and rotation). Total number of degree of freedom is 3Nj ...
Factors Influencing Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures
Structures are generally subjected to static and dynamic loads. The former is constant with time while the latter is time-varying. The majority of civil engineering structures are designed with an assumption that all the applied loads are static. The effect ...
Guidelines for Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures
An earthquake is vibration of earth surface by waves emerging from the source of disturbance in the earth by virtue of release of energy in the earth’s crust. It is essentially a sudden and transient motion or series of motions ...
Limit State, Working Stress and Ultimate Load Method of Structural Design
This was the traditional method of design not only for reinforced concrete, but also for structural steel and timber design. The method basically assumes that the structural material behaves as a linear elastic manner, and that adequate safety can be ...
Types of Structural Design and its Processes
The entire process of structural planning and design requires not only imagination and conceptual thinking but also sound knowledge of practical aspects, such as recent design codes and bye-laws, backed up by ample experience, institution and judgment. It is emphasized ...