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  1. dassouki

    Simplified method to estimate damage of heavy vehicles on bridges

    I'm mostly involved in traffic and planning engineering. I'm doing some research on damage to bridges from freight moves to further my understanding on the topic. What I'm looking to do is to estimate the damage on the different types of bridges (steel vs. concrete), (old vs. new), (long vs...
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    Traffic engineer wants to switch to structural

    Hey All, I've been doing traffic and transportation engineering for the last 6 years. I love it and all, but I'm finding more and more that my passion and interests are with structural. I'm not a total ignoramus in structural but at the same time, I'm no guru either. If it matters I live in...
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    How would you have built this 52' x 112' cantilever?

    As a traffic engineer who is looking to switch to structural within the next year; I was wondering, how can such structures be built? Feel free to be as detailed and digressing as possible. http://www.hlminteriordesign.com/cantilever-architecture/
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    Bldg design for 4 stories. 1 was built. Can I rotate colmn. on 2nd?

    Sorry for the short title as it is limited in Number of Characters. I do some building design on the side, here is the situation: * According to the design plans, the building was built for 4 stories (1+3). * I'm designing the second floor right now, however, I'd like to rotate some of the...
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    What are your structural engineering tips and rules of thumb?

    Here's one: the thickness of a steel beam in inches is usually half of its size in feet. For example, a 10' beam would require 5" steel. What are yours?

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