I've been carrying out some research on a new cement formulation. For various reasons the test blocks are 50mm cubes.
From some reading I've done the size of the test cubes affects the compressive strength results.
Is there a standard equation that's used? Can anyone recommend a good piece of...
Does anyone know of any good references for temporary works design. It seems to be a field where nobody writes anything down.
I'm looking at a gantry crane for a bridge and I'd like a few guidelines.
Does anyone know of a site where I can get a reference for the stiffness (k) values of simple structures - propped cantilevers, single bay fixed fixed frames, double bay, double storey and the like.
I'm trying to analyse simple problems but they all start with needing to know the stiffness...
I'm helping a friend of mine organise a very small scale traffic count. Since it's about 3 years since I've done one I thought I'd ask here to see if I left anything out.
Background: It's for the Impact Assessment for a development of 65 houses in a small village.
The other analysis of the...
Finding the right boss is so difficult and yet it seems to me to be a fairly random process of assignment.
Often you won't meet the person you will actually be working for till after you've started a job. Sometimes, he or you will be moved slightly so that who your boss is changes.
Being able to...
Maybe you people can help a little.
There is a case here in Ireland where some farmers are protesting that a gas pipeline is coming too close to their house.
It's a 150bar pipeline carrying dirty gas direct from the gas field to the refinery.
It's designed to 345bar, it'll be buried at least...
So,if you had the choice between doing
1: A master's in concrete structures and sustainable development in Imperial College London
or
2: A master's in structural engineering in Cornell University, New York
which would you pick and why?
Right I've done a four year BE in Civil Engineering in a college in Ireland and I really want to do a taught Masters. I'm currently based in the UK but I'm willing to look at anywhere in the world (though the course itself) would have to be through English. My degree is a 1:1 so I think I can...
We need to strike some formworks early and lift the concrete beams into place.
The concrete is standard 40N/mm2 concrete but it only needs to achieve 15N/mm2 for the lift.
Does anyone know what the equation is for the strength development curve, or have a reference for one?
Thanks
