Issue 10

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The Structural Engineer

Complete issue (October 2014)

All articles published in the October 2014 issue of The Structural Engineer.

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The Nucleus at Hayesfield Girls' School, Bath

Authors from Integral Engineering Design describe how they met their client's brief for a new science department that would demonstrate sustainable building structures to students. The result - The Nucleus - is a carbon-negative structure which will offset its operational emissions for seven years.

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Managing Health & Safety Risks (No. 32): Identifying and managing contaminated ground

Many construction sites have been previously built on and may contain a residue of waste products that have contaminated the land; these are known as 'brownfield sites'. Some commonly found waste products pose a health risk to people who come in contact with them.

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Composite and Steel Construction compendium. Part 10: Integration of building services/structures

Modern building services cost up to three times as much as the structural steelwork in a typical commercial building. Steel frame design needs to be considered in the context of the overall building cost, where early design decisions concerning structural layouts have a significant impact on the building services.

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Concrete Bridge Design and Construction. No. 10: Concrete bridge detailing

This article examines the detailing that is particular to a concrete bridge. All details need to consider buildability, durability and maintainability, as well as safety and aesthetic issues.

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Material properties: effect on deflection, rotation and vibration – Part 1

The understanding of structural materials can be viewed as an academic discipline in itself. This article is the first in a three-part series outlining the serviceability calculations to be undertaken in the preliminary structural design stage.

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Cold-formed steel portal frames in fire: full-scale testing and finite element analysis

Cold-formed steel portal frames can be a viable alternative to conventional hot-rolled steel portal frames for light industrial, sports and agricultural buildings. This article describes a full-scale, natural fire test on a cold-formed steel portal frame building.

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Profile: Tristram Carfrae

From early years assisting mercurial genius Peter Rice to acting as engineer for man-of-the-moment Thomas Heatherwick's Garden Bridge in London, he has worked with the greats of engineering and architecture. Now Tristram Carfrae, the designer of the stunning Beijing Olympic Aquatic Centre, is confirmed as one too, as the 2014 recipient of the Institution's Gold Medal. 

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Verulam (readers' letters – October 2014)

Letters this month include discussion on teaching art to engineering students, flood prevention and engineer's status.

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Book review: London Underground Manual

Institution Fellow, Bob Wodehouse, enjoyed this comprehensive coverage of London Underground's 150-year design history.

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Book review: Structural Dynamic Analysis with Generalized Damping Models: Analysis

Despite a lack of experimental examples, Tianjian Ji considers this a useful reference book for researchers and those who find the conventional viscous damping model insufficient in their practical design and analysis.

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