This article is concerned with the hydraulic aspects of designing a box culvert. It deals particularly with the aspects of sizing a box culvert to ensure that it’s able to deal with the anticipated peak flood discharge without any adverse effect throughout the service life of the culvert.
Category: Analysis
This article explores the analysis of free-standing staircases. It provides a comprehensive review of different analytical and numerical approach for analyzing free-standing staircases and introduces a simplified method suitable for preliminary analysis and design.
Estimating the deflection of long span trusses is considered a challenging subject as it often requires tedious calculations when done by hand. This article presents a straightforward method for determining deflection in trusses.
This article focuses on the significance of Finite Element Analysis (FEA) in predicting the behavior of complex engineering systems. It delves into common errors in FEA, such as meshing and boundary condition errors, and provides strategies to avoid them. By understanding these errors and implementing preventive measures, engineers can enhance the reliability of FEA models.
When an adjacent footing overlay the area of the soil wedge of a retaining structure, the footing exerts a lateral surcharge pressure against the retaining wall, which must be considered in the analysis and design of the retaining structure.
Transfer structures are used in buildings with vertical element discontinuities and where a direct load passage to the foundations is not practicable. This article offers…
This article is concerned with the design of waffle slabs supported on solid column heads – a slab option that combines the benefits of a…
When assessing the safety of an existing building, a significantly different approach is required compared to when planning a new structure. This article explores how…
In scenarios where traditional concrete or masonry retaining walls might be unsuitable due to ground movement or drainage considerations, gabion walls offer a viable alternative. This article offers insights into how to design gabion walls
The primary function of every retaining wall is to resist the lateral forces from earth without any stability problems. The taller the retaining wall, the more likely that counterforts will become necessary to achieve stability. This article explains how to design a counterfort retaining wall.