Thanks for the advice gentlemen.
My initial thoughts are that the migration of water will not have stopped, since there has probably been no alteration in the groundwater or drainage characteristics of the surrounding subsoil area in recent years.
It is going to be difficult to attempt any sort...
We have recently moved into a 100years old house, constructed in class 1 engineering bricks. There is a small area which is stained with white deposits causing the bricks to flake.
Any ideas what this is caused by or any suitable references
In the UK, when designing holes in the web of composite beams in accordance with the SCI publication, the moment capacity is obtained by the couple developed between the compression in the concrete and the tension in the steel.
Now, that tension capacity of the steel is limited to the area of...
Does anyone have a formula to determine the maximum stress in a simply supported circular plate (supported on its full circumference), subject to a line load across its diameter.
Does any one have a formula to find the maximum stress in a simply supported circular plate (fully supported on its circumference) subject to a line load across the diameter.
