Structural engineering

In the times when Construction giants are burgeoning worldwide, I chose Structural Engineering for a simple reason - It is what I have always desired to do. Being born in a family related to construction business since last 20 years in SURAT, I always had exposure to it and it insinuated interest in me. Accompanying my dad on his site visit during my childhood vacations fascinated me. Hence my future field was pretty much decided since childhood with an aim of joining my dad’s business. Although, I have the chance to join dad’s business or any of the several construction companies around immediately after graduation, I believe I would not be serving justice to my education if I were to select the shorter way out. My aim is to gain such a high…

different weights. The most commonly heard truss bridges are; Warren Truss, Pratt truss and Howe truss. Each bridge has a significant difference making each bridge unique. Warren truss contains a series of isosceles triangles or equilateral triangles. To increase the span length of the truss bridge, verticals are added for Warren Truss. Pratt truss is characterised by having its diagonal members (except the end diagonals) slanted down towards the middle of the bridge span. Under such…

The significance is that a correlation needs to be developed to facilitate the introduction of FRP as new materials in the construction of infrastructure. This leads to increase the bond strength of the concrete and steel used in any structural components. Also, the paper will present the comparison of results obtained by different researchers and helps the civil engineer to increase strength and safety of the structure. During the seismic loading, the structural component becomes more critical…

❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ There are many elements that cause the bridge collapse. The original designers might have forgotten to test quality control that ensure the correctly calculations for the gusset plates. The State didn’t communicate to contractors clearly. “Whenever planned modifications may significantly increase stresses.” ❖ Scaling fallacy: did not pay attention on the load assumptions. Miscalculations, lack of system tests, and inappropriate safety factors. Factor of safety: the structure's ability…

Conservative wisdom on whether or not to replace your old roof can be like the legal standard for a criminal trial – show proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Maybe not the best way to think about the all-important lid that protects everything inside your home. Here are three pieces of evidence you need to consider when weighing in on the verdict of whether you should convict your old roof and adjudicate that a new one needs installed. Cracks in the Evidence One cracked shingle or two is…

Fig. 5 shows the monotonic and cyclic stress-strain responses of selected specimens having all influential parameters considered in this study, such as the volumetric ratio of transverse steel reinforcement, number of CFRP layers, and aspect ratio. In this figure, the axial stress was calculated by dividing the axial load to the column cross-sectional area, and the corresponding axial strain was derived from the average readings of the four LVDTs divided by the central gauge length of each…

TASK 4(P4):- Discuss the effect of loading structural material 1) You need to discuss the effect of compressive force, tensile force, shear force, bending force on structural member 1) Timber: Compressive force on timber: - The effect of a compressive force on a timber is a change in structure of a material and to carry a load within its limits. Tensile force on timber: - The tensile force is the pulling force exerted on both the ends of a timber. Both the ends of a timber will undergo…

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