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Ningbo–Xiangshan suburban railway project: Graphene coating aims to extend the service life of Xiangshan Port bridge

As part of the wider project in the region, a new protective technology is being used on the Xiangshan Port railway bridge in eastern China. The engineers have applied graphene-enhanced coating to hel...

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China, Xi’an–Chongqing high-speed railway: Huge milestone has been reached as Miaojialiang bridge is near completion

A new milestone has been reached on the Xi'an–Chongqing High-Speed Railway, with the Miaojialiang Bridge completed on 12 October. When the railway opens, the journey between Xi'an and Chongqing is exp...

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Westbury viaduct reaches structural completion on the HS2 high-speed railway

A new milestone was reached after the completion of the 320-metre Westbury Viaduct in the construction of HS2 which is located at the UK’s high-speed railway. Specifically, The Westbury Viaduct is loc...

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China: Hangzhou Bay cross-sea railway bridge reaches major construction milestone

The southern navigation channel bridge of the Hangzhou Bay Cross-Sea Railway Bridge reached a major construction milestone on Saturday evening, when workers completed the closure of its steel truss gi...

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Prague: New 70-meter residential tower to be completed in 2028

Construction has begun on Metropolis Tower, a 70-meter residential building planned near Depo Hostivař metro station in Prague 10. The 23-story tower will contain 256 apartments and is expected to be...

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SDC Verifier 2026 R2 Expands Structural Verification for Offshore, Marine, and Complex Engineering Projects

SDC Verifier 2026 R2 expands structural verification with new offshore and marine standards, multiaxial fatigue analysis, improved tubular connection checks, and a new 3D View in SDC for Ansys.The rel...

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Shipyard Crane Fatigue Analysis with FEA and SDC Verifier

Where the crane details were exposed to variable-amplitude loading, SDC Verifier used the Palmgren-Miner linear damage rule to evaluate cumulative fatigue damage. The software also accounted for facto...

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How X1 Wind Accelerated DNV Verification for Floating Wind Platform with Up to 1.2 Million Elements

Verifying a floating wind platform to DNV rules meant eight engineering hours per column — repeated after every design iteration. X1 Wind moved the buckling and yielding checks into a reusable workflo...

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Keller announces recent North America leadership updates

David Finocchio has been promoted to Vice President of Business Development. David joined Keller in 2010 as a project manager and has since held several leadership roles in business development, inclu...

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Keller's feature article in Foundation Drilling Magazine

Samuel DeMott and Matt Redfern have written a feature story in May/June's issue of ADSC Foundation Drilling Magazine discussing the California High-speed Rail Dutch John Cut and Cole Slough Bridge Fou...

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Newcastle’s tallest building reaches its final height

Newcastle’s skyline is getting a major addition, with The Store development in the city’s West End officially reaching its highest point. The project is being constructed on the former site of the New...

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Example: longitudinal reinforcement for shear and torsion according to EC2

Given: For the rectangular section of Figure 1 calculate the longitudinal reinforcement for shear and torsion. The section considered has depth 1500mm, width 1000mm, d = 1450mm. The vertical membe...

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Calculation of the second moments of area

The problem: Determine the second moments of area, Ixx and Iyy, for the sections indicated in Figures 2a to 2e. Tip: It is given that the total height and the area of the 457 x 152 x 52 UB...

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Calculation of the cross-sectional area and the position of centroid

The problem: Determine the cross-sectional area and the position of the centroid for the sections shown in Figures 1a to 1e. Please consider that the origin of the coordinate system is located...

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Overhanging beam: shear force and bending moment calculation

Calculate the shear force and bending moment values due to the imposed loading on the overhanging beam of Figure 1.  Figure 1: The overhanging beam considered. The free-body-diagram is shown in F...

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Time History Analysis: process and advantages

In the field of structural engineering and design, the examination of dynamic loads is significant and cannot be underestimated. Time history analysis stands out as a crucial approach to studying...

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Bending stress in a beam element

Given: A simply supported beam of length L=5m is given in Figure 1a. The beam is subjected to uniform distributed load equal to 3.2kN/m. If the beam has a rectangular cross-section, as shown in...

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Method of sections

Please determine the forces in the members BC, GC and GF of the pin-jointed plane truss shown in Figure 1 using the method of sections. Given: Figure 1: The pin-jointed plane truss considered. So...

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Structural Engineering Solved Problems

Structural Engineering Solved Problems contains 100 practice problems representing a broad range of topics on the Structural Engineering (SE) and Civil PE exams. Each problem provides an opportunity t...

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Structural Depth Reference Manual for the Civil PE Exam, Fourth Edition

The Structural Depth Reference Manual prepares you for the structural depth section of the Civil PE exam. It provides a concise, yet comprehensive review of the structural depth section exam topics an...

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Structural Depth Practice Exams for the Civil PE Exam

Structural Depth Practice Exams contains two 40-problem, multiple-choice exams consistent with the NCEES Civil PE structural depth exam's format and specifications. Like the actual exam, the problems...