Longitudinal shear in composite slabs
There are there types of shear connection between a profiled steel sheet and a concrete slab. At first, reliance was […]
Long-term status of pore solutions in mortars and concretes, and effects of exposures to different environments
In sealed laboratory cement pastes (or in concretes protected against either leaching or drying effects), the exhaustion of sulfate from
Locating tendons and ducts
Knowing the position of tendons or the ducts within which they are housed is a necessary precondition for investigating prestressed
Lump sum/fixed price
Perhaps the simplest type of contract is the one under which the contractor is paid a pre-agreed fixed amount for
Local Attraction
A freely suspended and properly balanced magnetic needle is expected to show magnetic meridian. However, local objects like electric wires
Local Buckling
Buckling may sometimes occur in the form of wrinkles in thin elements such as webs, flanges, cover plates, and other
Local Plate Buckling
When compression is induced in an element of a cross section, e.g., a beam or column flange or web, that element
Load Combinations and Effects
The following groups represent various combinations of service loads and forces to which a structure may be subjected. Every component of
Load Distribution to Bents and Shear Walls
Buildings must be designed to resist horizontal forces as well as vertical loads. In tall buildings, the lateral forces must be