Author: J. Avent (Conservation Accreditation Register for Engineers)
1 June 2016
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J. Avent (Conservation Accreditation Register for Engineers)
The Structural Engineer, Volume 94, Issue 6, 2016, Page(s) 4
James Miller brings this series to a close by looking back over ground covered and forward to a bright future in which conservation accreditation is increasingly valued and engineers are able to innovate through the application of emerging technologies.
The authors recently conducted a study into the elastic behaviour of thin (Kirchhoff ) plates using commercial finite-element (FE) software. In attempting to verify the FE solution, it was compared to results presented in Timoshenko’s Theory of Plates and Shells and a significant difference was observed. This article presents the work conducted to uncover the reason for this difference and reveals an error (probably typographical) in the text. The source of the error is identified and it is demonstrated how such errors might propagate into other texts on the subject of plates. The significance of the error to the practising engineer is also discussed.
This article sets out typical structural issues encountered when dealing with churches and places of worship.