Sometimes structural loads are excessively high, and a decision must be made if intervention, either removal of the excess load or strengthening of the structure, is needed. This issue was addressed ...

Interpreted type UDF for Ansys Fluent wind simulations. This UDF implements a vertical velocity profile as the function of height, terrain type, terrain roughness, and reference velocity at a height ...

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Façades don't always have to be opaque. Whereas in the past the only options were heavy and raw–such as stone and brick–in recent years façades have adopted an increasingly lighter appearance, with ...

Abstract: This paper contains a critical review of the simplified method, proposed in the standard EN 1992-1-1 Eurocode 2: Design of Concrete Structures. Part 1-1. General Rules and Rules for ...

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 ...

Despite the introduction of Structural Eurocodes in 2005 some structural civil engineers continue to use the withdrawn British Standards. ICE explains the circumstnaces for how this may be acceptable, ...

The standard provides specific additional information, numerical values of partial coefficients and other reliability parameters recommended as basic values to provide an acceptable level of ...

Abstract: Steel structures in the marine environment like Steel Sheet Pile walls at quays and harbors, undergo continuous corrosion subjected to prolong sea water environment. The design of these ...