This article presents a detailed example of designing a one-way post-tensioned car parking structure. It addresses key considerations such as durability and cover requirements, gravity load calculations, prestress...
Durability is the ability of structures to meet the requirement of serviceability, strength and stability without excessive maintenance throughout its working life. The level of maintenance should not...
When a load is applied to a steel member it deforms gradually. The deformation increases proportionately to the increment in the applied load. If the load is not...
This article presents guidance on how to allow for imperfections in analysis of RC frames according to EN 1992-1-1 (Eurocode 2). Structural frames in reality are always marred...
This article presents a worked example on evaluating the shear strength of a prestressed concrete (PSC) beam using EN 1992-1-1-2004. The beam shown below is an I beam...
Punching shear occurs as a result of concentrated load or reaction acting on localized area of a slab. This mostly occurs in slabs which are directly supporting columns...
This article presents a worked example on the analysis and design of continuous one-way reinforced concrete slab. The bending moments and shear forces are obtained using tabular coefficients...
This article shows a practical worked example on how to check the stress in a prestressed concrete beam using the combined stress approach. Verifying the stress will enable...
This article presents a worked example on the design of half-turn staircase to Eurocode 2. The staircase to be designed connects the ground floor and the first floor...
A staircase is a structural element that provides upward mobility in a building and similar structures. It provides access from one floor to another adjacent floor below or...
A slender column is a column that is vulnerable to buckling which prevents it from harnessing its maximum strength. Several codes of practice have devised diverse methods to...
Column design charts are created to simplify the design of reinforced concrete columns. These charts are suitable for columns with symmetrical arrangement of reinforcement and they are produced...
Columns are mostly used to transfer loads from superstructure to foundation or to transfer members.
This article presents a worked example on the design of reinforced concrete flange beam to EC2.
A flange section is that which has a rectangular extension from the main rectangular body. The extension is called a flange while the rectangular body is called web....
This article presents a worked example on the design of doubly reinforced beam to EC2
This article presents a worked example of the design of singly reinforced concrete beam to EC2. The image below shows the Plan view of a reinforced concrete structure,...
The approach to designing reinforced concrete beam to EC2 is to design for ultimate limit state and check whether serviceability limit state criteria are met. The foremost of...
