This article provides a detailed worked example of designing angle steel sections subjected to pure tension and compression in accordance with Eurocode 3. These steel sections serve as...
Trusses are structures that comprises of members that are joined together such that they resist external loads in axial tension and compression. They generally consist of top...
This article presents a guide to understanding actions and combinations of actions (Load combinations) as modelled in EN 1990 applicable to verifying limit states for relevant design...
Structural engineers analyze all types of structures to determine their displacements and internal forces under various load conditions. They choose between linear and non-linear analysis based on the...
This article provides an overview of the design of combined footing. At the end of the article, a practical worked example is presented on the design of combined...
This article presents a worked example on the design of a pile cap using bending theory. The pile cap shall be proportioned, designed for bending, vertical shear, as...
This article presents a practical worked example on the design of unrestrained steel beam (I-section) to Eurocode 3 The beam to be designed has been analysed using Etabs...
This article presents a worked example on the design of steel column (H-section) subjected to combined Biaxial Bending and axial compression to Eurocode 3 The column to be...
This article presents guidance on how to allow for imperfections in analysis of RC frames according to EN 1992-1-1 (Eurocode 2). Structural frames in reality are always marred...
Structural engineers analyze all types of structures to determine their displacements and internal forces under various load conditions. They choose between linear and non-linear analysis based on the...
This article presents guidance on how to allow for imperfections in analysis of steel frame according to EN 1993-1-1 (Eurocode 3). At the end of this article, a...
This article presents an overview on the design of column to EN 1993-1-1:2005. However, since there are not much details in Eurocode 3 for columns in simple frames,...
Axially loaded steel members are subjected to external loads along the longitudinal axis of the member. These loads either induces pure tension or compression in these members, as...
This article presents a worked example on evaluating the shear strength of a prestressed concrete (PSC) beam using EN 1992-1-1-2004. The beam shown below is an I beam...
This article presents an overview on the design of structural steel beams for lateral torsional buckling to EN 1993-1-1-2005, and the UK National Annex to EN 1993-1-1-2005. For...
This article presents an overview on the design of Structural Steel sections in bending to EN 1993 -1-1:2005 (Eurocode 3) and the UK National Annex to EN 1993...
This article presents an overview on classification of steel cross-sections according to EN 1993-1-1:2005. At the end of the article there is a worked example on classification of...
This article presents a worked example on the design of a pile cap to EN 1992-1-1-2004 (Eurocode 2). The pile cap to be designed is to transmit column...
This article presents an overview on the design of pile caps to EN 1992-1-1-2004 (Eurocode 2). Where there are not much details given in Eurocode 2, the superseded...
This article presents a worked example on the design of shear wall to EN 1992-1-1-2004 (Eurocode 2). The shear walls to be designed form the major stabilizing system...
Shear walls are plain or reinforced concrete walls that augment structural stiffness and provide lateral stability to building structures. According to clause 9.6.1 of Eurocode 2, a shear...
This article presents a worked example on wind load on a building of 10 storeys to EN 1991-1-4-2005 + A1: 2010, and the UK National Annex to the...
This article presents an overview on application of wind load on building structures according to EN 1991-1-4-2005 + A1:2010 and the UK National Annex to EN 1991-1-4-2005 +...
This article presents a comprehensive overview on wind action on structures to EN 1991-1-4-2005 + A1:2010, and the UK National Annex to EN 1991-1-4-2005 + A1: 2010. In...
This article presents a worked example on evaluating the bending capacity of a prestressed concrete beam. After verifying the stresses within a prestressed beam is within limit, it...
This article presents a worked example on the structural design of pad foundation subjected to axial load and moment to EN 1992 -1-1-2004. The geotechnical aspects of the...
This article presents a worked example on the structural design of axially loaded pad foundation to EN 1992 -1-1-2004. The geotechnical aspects of the design shall be approached...
Pad foundations are square or rectangular slab that support load from single columns. They are often used when the bearing strata of the soil is close to the...
This article presents a comparative analysis between analysis of flat slab using moment coefficients method (MCM) in table 3.12 of BS 8110 and equivalent frame method (EFM). Moment...
This article presents a worked example on the design of punching shear for flat slabs to BS EN 1992-1-1-2004 (Eurocode 2). The flat slab to be designed for...
