Composite structural beams could revolutionise the way long-span structures such as stadiums or bridges are built. They are less than a quarter of the weight of traditional reinforced beams and have ...

Architect Heinrich Trimmel from Neunkirchen and structural engineer Markus Kuhlang from Wiener Neudorf chose Peikko's Deltabeam composite beams for the residential and leisure project Seepark ...

A recent series of dynamic tests demonstrates that there are several types and doses of steel-fiber reinforcement that can be used in performance-based seismic design of coupling beams—headers that ...

Reinforced concrete is the miracle material which made possible so many of the twentieth century’s most iconic structures, but here in this century its environmental footprint makes it something of a ...

Norco Composites & GRP (Poole, Dorset, U.K.) recently partnered with Patterns and Moulds (P&M, Loughborough, U.K.) to undertake a time-sensitive project for the Ellison Institute of Transformative ...

Q: I’m building a new home and visited the job site a few days ago. I was aghast at a possible defect in my foundation. Parts of the concrete foundation are suspended in midair. The walls are only ...

Research areas: Computational Mechanics, Finite Element Method, Mesh-free Methods, Extended Finite Element Method, Multi-scale Analysis, Nonlinear Structural Mechanics, Thin-walled and Composite ...

Government has banned the use of steel-timber concrete composite building method in Uganda, citing structural safety risks. In multiple interviews, engineers welcomed the decision, which they said ...

Q. Tim, I’m flummoxed. I’m about to build a large detached garage. The plans call for a 10-inch-thick by 20-inch-wide poured concrete footing with two ½-inch steel bars that run continuously in the ...