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Force The concept of force can be taken from our daily experience. Although forces cannot be seen or directly observed, we are familiar ...

The theoretical basis of the method of joints for truss analysis has already been discussed in this article ' 3 methods for truss analys...

A truss is a structure composed of slender members that are connected at their ends by joints. The truss is  one of the most important stru...

This innovative door mechanism provides an aesthetic solution to space issues while designing main gates or doors. Its smart sliding mechani...

With an incomprehensible quantity of concrete used in it, the world's largest dam proudly stands on China's Yangtze River. It is a ...

When a beam is subjected to applied forces, internal forces develop in the beam. Since the beam has supports and the system is in an equili...

Stepan Prokopovych Timoshenko was born on December 22, 1878 in the village of Shpotivka in the Ukrain. Timoshenko’s early life seems to hav...

It is a well-known fact that diamond is the hardest material on the planet. However, diamond lost its status of the hardest substance when ...

June, 2016 Rolls-Royce just unveiled a concept car, and it is one of the most spectacular, yet vastly unusual, concept automobiles that ...

Many European countries have been making the shift to electric vehicles and Germany has just stated that they plan to ban the sale of gas...

While the elongation or contraction of axially loaded members along their longitudinal axes is usually of little consequence, beams may exp...

If a member is loaded beyond its ultimate stress, it will fail or rupture. In engineering structures , it is essential that the structure n...

Features of WaterCAD Design and modeling of water distribution have some long tedious empirical formulas like Hardy Cross Method and oth...

Structural members are usually classified according to the types of loads that they support. For instance, an axially loaded bar supports ...