The construction joint shall be pre decided and fixed prior to start of the concreting. It is planned to have two construction joints for main building as decided. In case of major break down of the Batching plant, the additional ...
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What is Substructure and Superstructure in Building Construction?
Reinforcement shall be cut and placed as per the structural drawings and approved bar bending Schedules. Specified cover blocks should be provided at regular spacing and intervals. Cover blocks should be tied with reinforcement by using binding wires for preventing ...
Characteristics of Beams for Its Analysis and Design
There are a number of properties of a beam that an Engineer should be aware of as they dictate beam behaviour when subject to a load and ultimately represent possible areas or mechanisms for failure. The main ones being: Second moment ...
Moment Distribution Method of Structural Analysis
Moment distribution method offers a convenient way to analyse statically indeterminate beams and rigid frames.In the moment distribution method, every joint of the structure to be analysed is fixed so as to develop the fixed-end moments. Then, each fixed joint ...
Development Length of Reinforcement Bars
A development length can be defined as the amount of reinforcement(bar) length needed to be embedded or projected into the column to establish the desired bond strength between the concrete and steel (or any other two types of material). Reason ...
RELIABILITY-BASED DESIGN
Reliability? “BEST bus services are very reliable” “BMC water supply is not very reliable” “In Mumbai, Western Railway’s service is more reliable than that of the Central Railway” What is reliability, in technical terms? How do we measure it? Why ...
Design of Steel Tanks
Design of Steel Tanks The steel tanks are defined as vessels made of steel plates. The steel tanks are either placed on ground or placed on towers. When the steel tanks are placed on ground, then, these are supported on ...