I have to give an internal seminar on structural dynamics.
I have reference books but they present everything in matrix terms and my audience justs needs to get a good general understanding.
Does anyone know where I can get a clear listing of definitions (ie. participation factor, etc.) A...
I realize that this is not strictly "history" but the following is both brilliant and cute and will be nostalgic for many of us.
http://www.cee.hw.ac.uk/~greg/calculators/sliderule/javasliderule.html
A friend of mine sent me the following link:
http://www.ieeeusa.org/forum/POLICY/2003/061803.html
It is depressing but true. The current high unemployment among engineers is going to continue and not only that it will get worse.
One of the threads in this forum concerns itself with...
If there is a large wheel load applied at the edge of a reinforced concrete slab and the slab has a gap (say 1/2") between it and the adjacent support, at what point do you reinforce the corner.
Sometimes in this situation the corner is reinforced by an embedded angle and sometimes not...
DOES ANYONE KNOW OF A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF STEEL CONSTRUCTION COCE AND THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF STEEL CONSTRUCTION CODE PARTICULARLY FOR THE DESIGN OF BEAMS AND COLUMNS ?
