This article discusses the design of timber connections to Eurocode 5. It contains worked example illustrating the design of screw connections.
Category: Structures
This article discusses movement joints, the justification for their introduction in concrete buildings and the types encountered in practice. Concrete, as a building material, possesses…
This article offers guidance and recommendations on the design of timber buildings with respect to fire safety in modern timber buildings Fire safety in modern…
The collapse of the Bay Bridge during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake remains a significant event in the history of civil engineering.
This article offers guidance and recommendations on the design of shear connections for composite beams to Eurocode 4
This article discusses the collapse of the Baltimore bridge and highlights the key lessons structural engineers can learn from the engineering failure
This article offers an overview of the design principles and types of bolted connections and provides two detailed worked examples to illustrate the application of Eurocode 3 in practical design scenarios.
This article explores the considerations necessary for accurately calculating wind loads on signage structures, with a focus on the guidelines provided by the Eurocode. Signage…
This article presents the design of welded connections in steel structures to Eurocode 3 and a worked example on the subject.
This article presents the NTSB investigations into the 2018 Pedestrian Bridge Collapse in Florida and the lessons learnt from the failure