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Exercise Book Now Being Launched
STRUCTURALLY INSULATED PANELS DESIGN
Structural Design Manual Shortly to be released. A comprehensive design manual for structural engineers which brings together the design aspects which are needed for structural analysis, design and detailing. When published a new page will link to the publishers site to enable purchase of the book. CONTENTSCHAPTER 1 Introduction to Continue Reading
INTERACTIVE EPUB VERSION OF BOOK – NOW RELEASED 31.10.2019
An electronic version of the book is now available on Google Play (books). It has been designed to be interactive. Platforms (Android/Windows/Apple) Android: Google Play is designed for use on android devices. The book is recommended for circa 9inch or greater in size. It is possible to read on a Continue Reading
Johnson Wax Building (1938) – Building Ahead of Its Time
1930s State of The Art Dendiform Columns Tested This post reviews briefly testing to destruction of a tapering reinforced concrete column, conceived in ‘organic style’ like a flower stem with calyx. The image to the left shows the vast open plan offices for the Johnson Wax company headquarters in Continue Reading
April 2017 Workshop IABSE Conference – Future of Design Sheffield
IABSE WORKSHOP 21 April 2017 Merchant’s Bridge, Castlefield, Manchester Outline of Natural Frequency Assessment presented at workshop in the IABSE conference 21 April 2017 Aim of Workshop To demonstrate how the approximation of dynamic behaviour of a long-span structure using approximate techniques can provide an understanding of its characteristic behaviour. Benefits Continue Reading
Cathedral Section – Structural Engineer Magazine March 2017 Question
Troyes Cathedral Section – ref. recent post In section this illustrates a ‘massive buttress’ in proportion to the upper and lower vaults.
Mortarless Brick Sketchup 2014 Model
Want to make your own structure? Mortarless Brick Sketchup Model Offer… If you are intrigued by the brick why not email us on ‘contact’ and we can send a basic model (Sketchup 2014) to play with. It has some bolts and a few bricks pre-built with whole and half brick and Continue Reading
Mortarless Brick – Is it Feasible?
Mortarless Brick Can This Invention be Put to Use? Background In 2004 the author had a patent awarded for a mortarless brick system – patent GB2394730 – which was conceived when playing Lego. In building a Lego Continue Reading
R100 Airship from 1954 Neville Shute Book – Slide Rule
R100 Airship Engineering Wonder of the Early Aviation Age Circa 1925 The R100 design was a remarkable tale of engineering, circa 1925. First it should be pointed out that two airships were designed and built in competition: the R101 by a government backed team (chief engineer: Lieutenant-Colonel Vincent Crane Richmond) Continue Reading
3d Printed Structures – What Does It Mean for Structural Engineers?
3D Bridge in Amsterdam – The Future? Image Courtesy of Construction-Manager Comment was requested on the 3D printing process and what it might mean for structural engineering. The bridge in the image is a Dutch Start-up project (MX3D) intended to be created by multi-axis robots which print metals, plastics and Continue Reading