Plastic analysis is the method through which the actual failure load of a structure is calculated. This failure load can be significantly greater than the elastic load capacity. In plastic analysis and design of a structure, the ultimate load of ...
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What are the Effects of Earthquake on Structures?
Earthquake is the most dangerous natural phenomenon that generates sizable destruction in structures. It is reported that two sources of mistakes which would seriously endanger structures are ignoring the ways an earthquake affects buildings and shoddy construction practices. That is ...
Placement of Rebar in Footings – Horizontal and Vertical Rebars
Steel reinforcement forms an important part of concrete foundations. Thus, good placement of horizontal and vertical rebars in a footing is of utmost importance as placing concrete. The placement, size, cover, tying and tolerance in steel reinforcement are considered to ...
Post Tension Slab – Working Principle, Components and Construction
Post tension slab is a combination of conventional slab reinforcement and additional protruding high-strength steel tendons, which are consequently subjected to tension after the concrete has set. This hybridisation helps achieve the formation of a much thinner slab with a ...
Modulus of Rupture of Concrete Beam
Modulus of rupture is a measure of the tensile strength of concrete beams or slabs. Flexural strength identifies the amount of stress and force an unreinforced concrete slab, beam or other structure can withstand such that it resists any bending failures. ...
Construction Joint in Concrete – Types, Location Selection and Advantages
Construction joint is placed when the mass concreting works are done and cannot be completed on a single stretch. The interface of the past day’s hard concrete and present days fresh concrete is to be properly done so as the ...
Tensile Fabric Structures – Properties, Types and Advantages
Fabric tensile structures is a stretched fabric material in surface tension formed to a three-dimensional surface that can be used to create a roof, shading, or decorative component by tensioning it to cables and . It is constructed using a specialised fabrics under ...
Short Column Effect in Multi-Storey Buildings
Short column posses high stiffness that attracts most of the force acting on the multi-story building. Inadequate design of short column to sustain these forces will result in damage and shear failure. This behaviour of the short column under excessive ...