For a bridge abutment to be supported on raking piles with different orientations, the movement between the ground and the […]
Should raking piles of a bridge abutment be placed under an embankment? Read Post »
Bidding a structural fabrication project demands review of project requirements and assembly of costs. A take-off is made listing each piece
When a contractor considers some work entitles him to extra payment but the engineer does not immediately agree, the contractor may
In buildings, splices of members subjected principally to shear should develop the strength required by the stresses at point of
The relationship between shear and moment identified in Eq. (3.72), that is, V = dM/dx, indicates that the shear force
Shear, Moment, and Deformation Relationships in Beams Read Post »
In addition to normal stresses (Art. 3.16), beams are subjected to shearing. Shear stresses vary over the cross section of
To deter passage of air and water through exterior stud walls, sheathing may be attached to the exterior faces of the
The ACI 318 Building Code requires that prestressed concrete beams be designed to resist diagonal tension by strength theory. There are
Cantilevered shear walls used for bracing structures against lateral displacement (sidesway) are a special case of deep beams. They may be