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PERFORMANCE OF VARIOUS TYPES OF BUILDINGS DURING EARTHQUAKE
Written on 3 May, 2010 at 13:42 in Building Technology, Buildings, Design, Earthquake, Earthquake Resistant, Miscellaneous | viewed 495 views times and users have made 1 comment so far
Different types of buildings suffer different degrees of damage during earthquakes and the same has been studied here. 1. MUD AND ADOBE HOUSES: Unburnt sun dried bricks laid in mud mortar are called adobe construction. Mud houses are the traditional... (Continue reading)
EARTHQUAKE & RELATED TERMS
Written on 15 Apr, 2010 at 22:34 in Earthquake, Earthquake Resistant, Miscellaneous, Terms | viewed 267 views times and users have made 2 comments so far
Magnitude: Measure of the amount of energy released during an earthquake. It is usually expressed using Richter scale. Professor Charles Richter noticed that at a constant distance, seismograms records of earthquake ground vibration of larger earthquake have bigger wave amplitude... (Continue reading)
CLASSIFICATION OF STEEL BRIDGES
Written on 5 Apr, 2010 at 2:39 in Bridges, Miscellaneous, Steel Structures, Structures, bridge engineering | viewed 823 views times and users have made 2 comments so far
Classification of steel bridges Steel bridges are classified according to The Type Of Traffic Carried The Type Of Main Structural System The Position Of The Carriage Way Relative To The Main Structural System These are briefly discussed in this section.... (Continue reading)
PLATE GIRDER BRIDGES
Written on 4 Apr, 2010 at 13:00 in Bridges, Miscellaneous, Steel Design, Steel Structures, Structural, Structures, bridge engineering | viewed 1,019 views times and users have made 2 comments so far
Plate girders became popular in the late 1800′s, when they were used in construction of railroad bridges. The plates were joined together using angles and rivets to obtain plate girders of desired size. By 1950′s welded plate girders replaced riveted... (Continue reading)
STRENGTHENING OF FOUNDATIONS
Written on 30 Mar, 2010 at 8:41 in Miscellaneous, Practical Guide, Strengthening & Retrofitting, Strengthening of Structure, Structural | viewed 471 views times and users have made 3 comments so far
Columns foundations need strengthening in the case of applying additional loads. Widening and strengthening of existing foundations may be carried out by constructing a concrete jacket to the existing footings. The new jacket hould be properly anchored to the existing... (Continue reading)
STRENGTHENING OF R.C.WALLS
Written on 28 Mar, 2010 at 11:37 in Miscellaneous, Practical Guide, Strengthening & Retrofitting, Strengthening of Structure, Structural, Walls | viewed 323 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
The dimensions of the wall and its reinforcement are in creased by the following steps: 1. Roughing the total area of the concrete surface. 2. Installing steel connectors for the whole surface at 25-30cm spaces in both directions. The diameter... (Continue reading)
STRENGTHENING OF R.C.COLUMNS
Written on 28 Mar, 2010 at 11:32 in Miscellaneous, Practical Guide, Strengthening & Retrofitting, Strengthening of Structure, Structural | viewed 626 views times and users have made 3 comments so far
Strengthening of reinforced concrete columns is needed when: 1. The load carried by the column is increased due to either increasing the number of floors or due to mistakes in the design. 2. The compressive strength of the concrete or... (Continue reading)
STRENGTHENING OF R.C.BEAMS
Written on 28 Mar, 2010 at 10:28 in Beam Design, Miscellaneous, Practical Guide, Strengthening & Retrofitting, Strengthening of Structure, Structural | viewed 538 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Reinforced concrete beams need strengthening when the existing steel bars in the beam are unsafe or insufficient, or when the loads applied to the beam are increased. In such cases, there are different solutions that could be followed: I-ADDING REINFORCEMENT... (Continue reading)
STRENGTHENING TECHNIQUES- R.C. SLAB
Written on 28 Mar, 2010 at 10:14 in Miscellaneous, Practical Guide, Slabs, Strengthening & Retrofitting, Strengthening of Structure, Structural | viewed 560 views times and users have made 3 comments so far
Many strengthening techniques are available depending on the purpose needed from strengthening. Some of those techniques are explained in details in the following sections. Why do we strengthen or retrofit buildings? Increase in the applied loads. Mistakes or unsafe design.... (Continue reading)
STABILITY OF STRUCTURE
Written on 24 Mar, 2010 at 23:53 in Miscellaneous, Stabilty, Structural | viewed 473 views times and users have made 3 comments so far
Change in geometry of a structure or structural component under compression – resulting in loss of ability to resist loading is defined as instability. Instability can lead to catastrophic failure that must be accounted in design. Instability is a strength-related... (Continue reading)
PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN
Written on 23 Mar, 2010 at 13:06 in Constrution, Design, Miscellaneous, Pipeline, Structures | viewed 584 views times and users have made 3 comments so far
Pipelines are a very important part of modern civilization. And pipeline transport has become the most important way of moving fluids from one point to the other. Pipelines have been used for millennia for the movement of water and pipeline... (Continue reading)
INDETERMINATE ARCHES
Written on 19 Mar, 2010 at 12:20 in Arches, Miscellaneous, Structural, Structural Analysis | viewed 470 views times and users have made 1 comment so far
An arch may be defined as a plane-curved bar or rib supported and loaded in a way that makes it act in direct compression. For example, the structure in Fig. 1a is a parabolic symmetrical arch that is loaded with... (Continue reading)
ANALYSIS OF MOMENT RESISTING FRAME & LATERAL LOAD DISTRIBUTION
Written on 18 Mar, 2010 at 8:32 in Frames, Miscellaneous, Portal Frame, Structural, Structural Analysis | viewed 1,385 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Frames: Portal frames are frequently used over the entrance of a bridge and as a main stiffness element in building design in order to transfer horizontal forces applied at the top of the frame to the foundation. On bridges, these... (Continue reading)
BASIC ELEMENTS OF EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT DESIGN
Written on 17 Mar, 2010 at 23:14 in Design, Earthquake, Earthquake Resistant | viewed 447 views times and users have made 2 comments so far
Structures on the earth are generally subjected to load of two types static and dynamic. Static loads are constant with time while dynamic loads are time varying. The majority of civil engineering structures are designed with assumptions that all applied... (Continue reading)
GUIDELINES FOR EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT DESIGN
Written on 17 Mar, 2010 at 22:56 in Design, Earthquake, Earthquake Resistant, Structural | viewed 419 views times and users have made 1 comment so far
An earthquake is vibration of earth surface by waves emerging from the source of disturbance in the earth by virtue of release of energy in the earth’s crust. It is essentially a sudden and transient motion or series of motions... (Continue reading)
METHODS OF ANALYSIS OF FRAMES
Written on 17 Mar, 2010 at 10:45 in Frames, Structural, Structural Analysis | viewed 956 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Elastic analysis deals with the study of strength and behavior of the members and structure at working loads. Frames can be analyzed by various methods. However, the method of analysis adopted depends upon the types of frame, its configuration (portal... (Continue reading)
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