Hello, I am designing a concrete plinth/pedestal for a bridge guided bearing which will only take shear forces.
I am trying to design the reinforcement with a Strut and Tie model based on the fairly recent Eurocode 2 Part 4 (EN1992-4), as well as guidance from the ACI318 standard and an article...
Hi all,
I am currently assessing an existing composite steel girder-concrete deck bridge due to anticipated ground movements causing the abutments to tilt inwards.
The bridge has a span of approximately 39m and a skew of approximately 34 degrees - a fairly standard bridge. East end is the...
Hey everyone,
I am currently working on my master's degree thesis model of a masonry building with concrete slabs (portuguese "placa" building) so the slabs could be modeled as diaphragms, even though I decided to use thick shells to model it because of the different dead load cases. My problem...
