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Month: May 2023

Lessons from Temporary Works Failures
Lessons from Failures

Lessons from Temporary Works Failures

Posted on 29 May 202328 May 2023 by Omotoriogun Victor

This second article in the series on temporary works discusses temporary works failures and how structural engineers can learn from them

Designing a Combined Pile-cap to Eurocode 2 | Worked Example
Eurocodes

Designing a Combined Pile-cap to Eurocode 2 | Worked Example

Posted on 22 May 202322 May 2023 by Omotoriogun Victor

The justification for combining loads from two or more super-structural element typically stems from restrictions. For instance, where the columns are closely spaced such that independent pile caps are impossible to construct as a result of overlapping.

Design of Specialist Concrete Bridges
Concrete Bridges

Design of Specialist Concrete Bridges

Posted on 15 May 202314 May 2023 by Omotoriogun Victor

This fourth article in the series on concrete bridges examines the special types of concrete bridge — previous articles described all the cast in place and precast options, Concrete cable-stayed, extradosed and stressed ribbon bridges are all described here, together with the special features of concrete footbridges and railway bridges.

Lateral Torsional Buckling in Steel Elements
Steel

Lateral Torsional Buckling in Steel Elements

Posted on 8 May 20238 May 2023 by Omotoriogun Victor

Structural steel elements are amenable to failure due to lateral torsional buckling, when measures that recognizes this risk have not been considered in design. This article briefly, explains how the structural engineer can deal with lateral torsional buckling when analyzing steel structures.

Steel Columns in Combined Axial Compression and Bending
Eurocodes

Steel Columns in Combined Axial Compression and Bending

Posted on 1 May 20232 May 2023 by Omotoriogun Victor

This article provides guidance on how to design steel columns subjected to combined axial compression and bending to EC3, using the simplified expressions in the IStructE manual for the design of steelwork buildings.

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