Introduction To Tensile And Compressive Structural Stress
A continuing series of articles on fundamental structural engineering analyses. In this article the tensile and compressive stress in structural …
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Structural Fasteners for Structural Engineering - Joining Elements Together
Joining individual and assembled elements together is the bread and butter of structural engineering. A crucial part in many of these joined elements …
Continue ReadingForensic Engineering: The Dee River Bridge and I-35W Overpass Failures
Determining the cause of structural failures is the challenging discipline of forensic structural engineering. Determination of civil and criminal …
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What is Excavator? How Excavator Works?
An excavator is extremely useful for the construction industry, and can perform gigantic tasks that may not be possible by the human effort. Thus, the …
Continue ReadingThe Application of Calculating Moment Of Force And Its Importance To Structural Design
One of the fundamental engineering analyses performed for structural applications is determining the moment of force. Unexpected twisting or turning …
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Use Of Cone Crusher In Construction
Cone crushers reduce large rocks into smaller sizes for further use in construction. Several types of crushers are used for this purpose, and the cone …
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What Is A Crane?
There are several types of cranes that are used in the construction industry, in the lifting of heavy consignments, and in the manufacturing industry …
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What is Coning of Wheels?
Coning of wheels is a method of beveling the wheels to avoid depreciation to the wheels and rims. Normally the wheels are conned by a cone of …
Continue ReadingPretensioning and Postensioning of Prestressed Concrete
Portland cement concrete is a strong, dependable, and relatively inexpensive construction material. Until it is stressed under tension, that is. …
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What is Rail Stress?
Track clasping has forever been an erratic occurrence resulting in expensive derailments. This article actually describes a method of calculating the …
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