Punching is a possible failure mode for slender footings and it may lead a structure to ruin through progressive collapse. Although footing present different geometric characteristics, their punching ...

Civil Engineering College of Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, China. Truss is a structure of connected elements forming triangular units, and a bridge whose supporting superstructure is ...

In this paper, the development of non-linear building isolation systems is overviewed. The study summarizes commonly used linear building isolation systems in two categories, which are building base ...

Highway Engineers specialise in the design and construction of our roads and streets, but how do they decide which is the most appropriate solution? Traffic on the strategic road network, which are ...

Punching strength is a critical point in the design of flat slabs and due to the lack of a theoretical method capable of explaining this phenomenon, empirical formulations presented by codes of ...