All articles published in the September 2012 issue of The Structural Engineer.
Publish Date – 31 August 2012
This paper discusses the relevance of physical models in the contemporary design of building structures.
This article considers safety hazards in construction – as opposed to health hazards, e.g. noise, vibration etc.
John Rees and Alastair Soane précis a recently issued SCOSS Alert, following several instances of tension rod connector failure.
This note is a good practice guide for analysing and designing structures. It explains how structures are given form, modelled, analysed and designed. Mention is made of the need to rationalise the analysis process, but not at the expense of an economic design.
This note describes one of the most powerful analysis tools available: moment distribution.
This paper compares steel column design using LRFD, evaluating the Egyptian code and international standards through Finite element analysis, addressing local buckling, and proposing a reduction factor for slender sections.
This paper presents the results of an experimental study on the shear behaviour of reinforced concrete beams with circular pre-cast web openings.
Letters this month include discussion on embodied carbon, design software, padstones and more.
Arup's Naeem Hussain comments on a recently published book from one of the industry's most eminent bridge designers: Professor Holger Svensson.