Civil and Structural Everything in this wonderful world of ours just keeps getting bigger and bigger. Civil and structural engineering helps shape todays world. Whether it's towering skyscrapers or bridges spanning unfathomable distances, if it's newsworthy you'll no doubt see it here.
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It has been claimed that false and misleading information was used to justify some of Japans most spectacular road building projects.
Kuniichiro Takahashi, the former president of the state highways agency has claimed that the hugely indebted Government has rediscovered its addiction to public civil engineering works and has earmarked nearly 70 trillion yen (£311 billion) in its budget for road and rail building projects over the next decade.
Ridiculing these new “roads to nowhere”, Mr Takahashi said they were almost certainly unnecessary in a country whose population is ageing, shrinking and buying fewer cars every year. However, major road and rail construction continues to be the favourite tool of pork-barrel politics in Japan.
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Tuesday 25 December, 2007 12:07 AM |
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Looking for something different to visit ? How about one of the world's most spectacular, breathtaking, and startling architectural projects. Constructed with "state of the art" engineering, there are only a few locations in the world where such a grandiose dream could be realised.
Due to be opened in December 2007 is the Hydropolis in Dubai. Claimed to be the world's first luxury underwater hotel. It will include three elements: the land station, where guests will be welcomed, the connecting tunnel, which will transport people by train to the main area of the hotel, and the 220 suites within the submarine leisure complex.
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Thursday 13 December, 2007 12:01 AM |
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Progressive collapse describes how a structure may collapse over time as the load that different parts are taking changes over time as other parts get damaged. It's something that is very important for civil engineers in designing buildings nowadays considering recent terrorist attacks. It's also something that we don't know much about, it's not practical to build actual buildings just to test theories and destroy them. So we rely on simulations but they are not the most accurate. To better understand this Notheastern University recently run a competition with a 1/8th scale structure and 33 firms and universities entering. It is hoped that with time we can develop a better understanding in this area. |
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Thursday 6 December, 2007 04:10 PM |
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The famous quote was something along the the lines of "Some people think that football is a matter of life or death - but it's much more than that" However for 7 Brazilian soccer fans the quote tragically came true as a section of the stands collapsed at a stadium which had been criticized for its crumbling infrastructure, sending the victims plunging to the ground from the highest bleachers.
The victims fell 49 feet through a 10-foot wide hole in the concrete stands of the Fonte Nova stadium in the coastal city of Salvador, Bahia state secretary of sports Nilton Vasconcelos told the official Agencia Brasil news agency. Several people were also injured How safe do you feel when attending a game at your local stadium ? Or when travelling and sampling the local customs?, How old is the Stadium ? When did it last get fully checked over by a competent Structural Engineer. The structural integrity of the stadium may be at issue or simple controls like crowd management at events can be a concern to some ....click the links to read more |
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Wednesday 5 December, 2007 08:09 AM |
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Most of you will probably be asking the question, what is an earthship? Well it is an ecologically friendly home build from recycled and sustainable materials and are also almost completely self sustaining. They are starting to gain in popularity. A group in Nicaragua is taking on the challenge of building a home in 16 days. They are also using it as an excuse to do training and incresae awareness which is a good thing.
Obviously solutions like this aren't going to work in high density populations such as cities but they still could become an important part of our future. There is much talk about it and people are starting to experiment but we don't have anything that reaches the level of earthships yet. ....click the links to read more
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Monday 3 December, 2007 12:06 AM |
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In an innovative way, Whisky is going to be helping keep school children warmer in a school in Tynecastle. Well not Whisky exactly but the excess heat from the production of Whisky. The excess heat will be used to help heat water for the school and is expected to pay for itself in energy savings in around 4 years.
Civil engineers should be looking for more ways that buildings can be designed like this to be complementary. ....click the link to read more |
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Sunday 2 December, 2007 04:05 AM |
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Suspension bridges make cities work, as evidenced by the earliest structures built in China over 2,000 years ago to speed up the pace of life and commerce across the water. It's not surprising, then, that modern China's sizzling economic growth coincides with the construction in the last decade of three of the world's biggest bridges, helping the country span the gap with the world's major economies.
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Friday 30 November, 2007 08:09 AM |
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Walt Brown has a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and he has a theory on how the world was formed. It's a little far fetched but he is trying to come up with a theory that allows for the bible.
Probably best to be taken with a grain of salt however. There are quite a few people, for obvious reasons, that disagree with his claims. ....click the link to read more |
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Thursday 29 November, 2007 04:02 AM |
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As the climate changes many cities around the world are starting to experience major droughts, with no end in sight. According to some estimates, Atlanta could be dry by Christmas, which is really not that far away.
So what then, is the solution? Seems that not enough thought has been put into this matter. Engineers are going to have to put a bit of time into this, and soon as water is an important resource for many different reasons to any city that is considerably large and Atlanta is 4.5 million. The mining town of Orme, Tennessee can survive by trucking water in, however it is only a population of 145, a solution like this is not an option for a city of 4.5 million.
One solution is to use nuclear power plants to provide electricity but also double as desalination plants. The idea of drinking water that has come from a nuclear plant seems a bit eerie to me. Anyone got any other ideas? ....click the links to read more |
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Friday 23 November, 2007 06:03 PM |
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Concrete is ubiquitous in the modern world, yet most people don't give it a passing thought. Why would they? It may be the most consumed substance on earth after water, but the stuff of pavements and parking garages is also a bit dull—or so most of us thought. In fact, innovations in the engineering and science of concrete have enabled architects and designers to achieve remarkable feats that would have been impossible in earlier years—everything from ultra-thin bridges spanning hundreds of feet to furniture made from light weight blends |
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Thursday 22 November, 2007 12:03 AM |
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While it seems we've come a long way from the days of hand drafting plans, slide rules, and even basic CAD, just how far have we come? With that question looming, the editors of CE News set out to determine "the state of practice" of civil engineering technology, specifically exploring the use of 3-D models for civil engineering, GPS machine control, GIS for civil engineering, and 3-D laser scanning. Using an independent, online survey, CE News has uncovered a wealth of information about the use of these various technologies, their benefits and consequences, and the industry's perception for their future use. Armed with this knowledge, civil engineers can make informed decisions about what their competitors are doing, how they can serve clients better, and how they can position themselves to succeed in the near future. |
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Thursday 15 November, 2007 06:05 PM |
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The destruction reported regarding september 11 may not have actually occored. There are many conspiracy theories surrounding this monumental event and this analysis may lend weight to some of them. Considering this was the first time anything like this had happened before we don't really have much in the way of experience to draw upon. As a result engineers turn to similar results in other areas as a comparison. This guy reckons there's no way those steal beams could have melted due to the impact and explosion of the planes. |
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Tuesday 13 November, 2007 12:00 PM |
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Engineers are always pushing the boundaries of what's possible.
Reaching taller than the Eiffel tower this is truly a marvel to be observed. A lot of information about it's construction and maintenance is available which is a rather interesting read. Indeed the structural statistics are just as fascinating, as is the shadow that this monolithic structure casts.
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Friday 9 November, 2007 06:03 PM |
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New building codes and soaring insurance costs are triggering a drive by engineers to develop new materials and structures that are more resistant to hurricanes, as well as other natural calamities such as earthquakes. |
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Tuesday 6 November, 2007 06:07 AM |
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A spate of news stories about structural deficiencies in bridges is leading engineers to examine an age-old culprit: metal fatigue. |
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Friday 2 November, 2007 12:07 AM |
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Let the civil engineers and architects imagination run wild - a very capable material Despite being the youngest of the industrial metals, Aluminium is peaking at just the right time, says Ross MacMillan. |
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Monday 29 October, 2007 01:04 PM |
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Well if you're a civil engineer the next few years may prove interesting for you. Of the 33 cities predicted to have at least 8 million people by 2015, at least 21 are highly vulnerable , says the Worldwatch Institute. While I doubt we're headed for something along the lines of 'WaterWorld', this is still an alarming prospect and there will be some interesting challenges to overcome. |
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Tuesday 23 October, 2007 05:02 PM |
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Monitoring bridges is an important thing to be doing, nobody would deny that. Actually doing it though is a bit tougher. We have the technology, but up until now it hasn't been an easy task. Installing the sensors is easy, keeping them powered has been prohibitively costly. Up until now that is. Researchers have developed a means by which to power these devices by converting the vibrations in the bridge caused by traffic into electricity to power the devices. Which not only saves money on maintenance but is also environmentally friendly.
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Monday 22 October, 2007 01:04 PM |
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A new kind of simulator at New
York’s State University at Buffalo replicates the motion earthquakes
induce inside buildings, where distance from the ground and building
height can dramatically magnify ground movement in complex motions that
differ from floor to floor.
Now they are able to go more in depth than the traditional shake tables and getting more accurate representations of how earthquakes can affect higher buildings.
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Monday 22 October, 2007 09:18 AM |
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While not strictly engineering as such, I feel this article demonstrates a use of Google Maps that may be of use to many engineers. For many civil and structural engineers I imagine this would be a useful tool. Possibly for people involved in plant layout as well. While the minor details are always important, being able to take a look at the grand scheme of things is also just as valuable. |
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Sunday 14 October, 2007 09:05 PM |
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Some people have always got their heads in the clouds and try to Reach for the sky - literally - go, go, go A white hard-hat on his head, the earnest look of a professor on his face, Bill Baker has a ready metaphor to reveal the hidden structural logic behind Chicago's unprecedented reach into the sky.
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