Types of Supports for Plane Structures
Supports are used to attach structures to the ground or other bodies, thereby restricting their movements under the action of […]
Supports are used to attach structures to the ground or other bodies, thereby restricting their movements under the action of […]
Structures used to retain water, such as dams and tanks, as well as coastal structures partially or fully submerged in
An earthquake is a sudden undulation of a portion of the earths surface. Although the ground surface moves in both
In many parts of the United States and the world, snow loads must be considered in designing structures. The design
Wind loads are produced by the flow of wind around the structure. The magnitudes of wind loads that may act
Live loads are loads of varying magnitudes and/or positions caused by the use of the structure. Sometimes, the term live
Dead loads are gravity loads of constant magnitudes and fixed positions that act permanently on the structure. Such loads consist
2.1 Dead Loads 2.2 Live Loads 2.4 Wind Loads 2.5 Snow Loads 2.6 Earthquake Loads 2.7 Hydrostatic and Soil Pressures
An analytical model is a simplified representation, or an ideal, of a real structure for the purpose of analysis. The
As discussed in the preceding section, perhaps the most important decision made by a structural engineer in implementing an engineering