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...
The construction industry has changed significantly over the last decade. Specifically, robotics, artificial intelligence, and 3D printing are beginning to change the way construction projects are pla...
On Sunday, October 4, 2026, five shallow earthquakes struck southern Turkey, with the tremors also felt in parts of northern Syria. The magnitudes of the earthquakes ranged from 4.3 to 5.2. Fortunatel...
On Saturday October 3, 2026, a building partially collapsed in Mineola, Long Island around 12:00 p.m. local time. Fortunately, the incident didn’t cause any fatalities or injuries as the building was...
Another period of heavy rain and landslides has caused widespread destruction across Nepal, with around 30 people reported dead. The latest disaster comes only weeks after devastating floods in August...
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...
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...
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...
Researchers at UC Berkeley, funded by Yuba Water, have unveiled the Levee Digital Twin Platform — a comprehensive, interactive monitoring system built for levee inspection and condition assessment alo...
Founded in 1999, the National Academy of Construction (NAC) recognizes industry leaders who have made outstanding, long-term contributions to the construction field and works to advance the industry t...
At least nine people lost their lives after a building collapsed in Maharashtra, a state in western India, on Thursday night. The incident took place in Thane district, where emergency teams quickly l...
Automation should not be used merely to make a model run faster. Its real value is to help engineers build repeatable workflows, investigate more alternatives, reduce avoidable manual errors and use f...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
