STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING FORUM OF INDIA [SEFI]

Dear Engineer

What is the structure with the re-entrant corner?

Typically, the re-entrant corners (e.g., in a half-joint or dapped-end in a girder that was a popular approach in bridges constr ...

Dear Er Prabhakar

Your series 'believe it or not' is so fascinating! I didn't know you are a caricaturist as well. You are the RK Laxman of the construction industry!

Thanks for sharing.
Kunal

This is, indeed, unfortunate news. Like many of us, I knew of Professor Chandrasekaran through his books and papers while learning the ABC of earthquake engineering. Over SEFI, and subsequently, over ...

Dear Er Niresh

的概念和over-reinforced部分, as we use for the flexural members, cannot exclusively be extended to columns. I suppose you intend to ask what are the implicatio ...

Hi

In general, the head does not form a part of the length of the bolt, unless the head is going to flush with the surface of the element being bolted with (for example a counter-sunk bolt, in whic ...

Dear Er Piyush

I suppose you are mixing up two things.

If you are using the cube strengths as a means for checking the quality compliance, you should use what Table 11 suggests. However, if the ...

Dear Er Shivkumar

I suppose you can demonstrate the importance of structural engineering through the examples of a few selected failures backed by the engineering reasoning that attributed these fa ...

Dear Subhash and Edward

I will write separately in due course on this. Kindly pardon the delay, and I hope this will be ok with you both as the matter is now for understanding only!

Kind regards ...

Dear Fellow Engineer

IS 3370 part 1 clause 4 suggests to consider the exposure class �Severe� for the liquid storage structures in line with the exposure classes provided in IS 456. For �Severe� ex ...

Dear Dr Subramanian

Many thanks for the link. It is trageic to see such episodes whether they occur in India or elsewhere. Apparently, Italian bridge management agency's track record is not very cl ...