What is the reason of collapse of water tank shown in the attached you tube?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLEkC_JbTsQ

03 April 2017 1,021 2 View

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02 March 2017 8,545 19 View

Why do BS8007 specify the allowable crack width of water retaining structure as 0.2mm for severe or very severe exposure?

Why 0.2 mm crack width?

02 March 2017 9,166 3 View

Which type of multiple-cell box girder is better, cells connected by top flanges or cells connected both by top and bottom flanges?

How we can design box girder bridge?

02 March 2017 9,977 3 View

What is the effect of rusting on steel reinforcement?

How does rust affect on the bonding between steel bars and concret?

02 March 2017 3,267 10 View

What is the difference between working stress approach and limit state approach?

02 March 2017 415 2 View

It is not necessary to design nominal reinforcement to piles. Is it true?

Can we use same code provisions of columns for piles?

02 March 2017 7,705 3 View

In carrying out compression test for concrete, should test cubes or test cylinders be adopted?

Relation between cubes and cylinder

02 March 2017 5,645 4 View

If concrete compression test fails, should Schmidt hammer test be adopted as an alternative test to prove the concrete strength?

Non destructive tests

02 March 2017 5,232 31 View

What is the meaning of P-delta analysis?

Some codes provisions refer to this type of analysis.

02 March 2017 8,549 5 View

What is the procedure to determine the permeability of concrete?

can anyone help me in this, it will help me with my research work

01 March 2021 834 3 View

Which one is easier and better at modeling slender masonry structures? ANSYS or ABAQUS?

I need to model masonry and reinforced concrete minarets for my MSc thesis. Which one is easier and better at modeling slender masonry structures? ANSYS or ABAQUS? (Or any other program for just...

01 March 2021 736 3 View

Apart from Nanosilica and CNT's what are the other nanomaterials readily available to use in concrete mixture?

Nanotechnology in concrete materials

01 March 2021 3,379 3 View

Concrete compressive strength databases?

I am looking for datasets similar to this one: http://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/datasets/Concrete+Compressive+Strength I am looking for concretes with different types of aggregates (Recycled,...

27 February 2021 6,801 3 View

LEDs on Vis Light photo degradation of MB water sol via N doped TiO2 in a mini flume?

Good day to all, I have no experience with light emitting diodes. I am building a glass mini flume to demonstrate the photo degradation of Methylene Blue in water running over self cleaning...

26 February 2021 4,026 5 View

What is the best way to calculate the angles of twist for concrete columns subjected to torsional moment using finite element software?

In Finite element software like ANSYS , there is difficulty in obtaining direct results of twisting of concrete members because SOLID65 which is the unique element designed to represent concrete...

26 February 2021 3,806 2 View

Compute for the total volume of concrete needed for the concrete pouring of the foundation including its column up to NGL only as shown in the plan?

Looking for the quantity of cement, sand, and gravel of footings and columns. Thank you!

25 February 2021 3,092 2 View

Best FE Program for Concrete Strengthened with FRP Sheets?

Colleagues, I have been using ANSYS to model concrete strengthened FRP sheets, but less than happy with it. Any has recommendation for efficient, easy to use FE program for modelling concrete...

22 February 2021 7,528 3 View

Is there a Constitutive model for concrete with Sea-Sand?

Hi I am running a simulation in Abaqus for a concrete beam. Its fine aggregate replaced with sea-sand. I was wondering if I could find studies that measured the ultimate strain of concrete made...

22 February 2021 6,409 2 View

How to overcome convergence issues in concrete arch models?

Hi, I have modelled a three-span arch bridge with soil fill over along with pedestals. The FE modelling is done in LUSAS with HX8M solid elements (i.e. 3D solid modelling). The non-linearity is...

20 February 2021 1,346 2 View