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The Structural Engineer

Complete issue (January 2013)

All the articles published in the January 2013 issue of The Structural Engineer.

Publish Date – 12 January 2013

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Presidential Inaugural Address 2013: Shaping Our Future

The Institution's 93rd President, Yan-Kee Cheng, looks back over a 35-year career spent in both North America and Asia, before considering some of the global challenges facing the profession and how the Institution can support individuals and the industry in meeting these challenges.

Publish Date – 12 January 2013

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Managing Health & Safety Risks (No. 12): Personal Protection Equipment (PPE)

This article provides an overview of employer obligations, the various types of PPE and the implications for ongoing PPE training and maintenance.

Publish Date – 12 January 2013

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From the Director of Engineering and Technical Services

Sarah Fray reflects on some of the technical activities the Institution undertook during 2012 and introduces her plans for 2013.

Publish Date – 12 January 2013

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Technical Guidance Note (Level 1, No. 22): Biaxial bending in columns

This note describes the concept of biaxial bending in columns of any material, as well as the effect direct bending has on column design.

Publish Date – 12 January 2013

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Technical Guidance Note (Level 2, No. 1): Designing a steel beam

This note focuses on the design of non-composite steel beams to BS EN 1993-1-1 – Eurocode 3: Design of Steel Structures – Part 1-1: General Rules for Buildings. It covers both restrained and unrestrained rolled steel ‘I’ and ‘H’ beam sections.

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Admixtures and sustainable concrete

This article discusses the reduction of embodied carbon in concrete, that admixtures can provide.

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Closely correlating lower and upper bound plastic analysis of real slabs

This paper presents a new technique which eliminates the previous disadvantages of yield line analysis to ensure a safe and accurate result.

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Capacity of cylindrical shaped grouted connections with shear keys in offshore structures

The design and testing of cylindrical shaped grouted connections is presented in this paper together with the main results from the Det Norske Veritas project.

Publish Date – 12 January 2013

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Viewpoint: Missing cladding of Cairo's pyramids

Cintec's Managing Director Peter James has been involved in the restoration of some of Egypt's oldest structures for the past 14 years. He explains why the missing cladding from Cairo's ancient pyramids may not be down to opportunist thieves after all...

Publish Date – 12 January 2013

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