Rain Loads: Design Guidance in ASCE/SEI 7-2016 and the International Building Code
A single droplet of rain means no true threat to anyone or anything, and similarly, rainfall, at ordinary intensities, is rarely a cause for immobilizing […]
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ASCE/SEI 7-2016: Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures
While there is, with certainty, an exact number of buildings in the world, it would be impossible to count them all successfully. Regardless, the many […]
Bridges in America: Faulty Infrastructure
Bridges may not quite be the backbone of infrastructure, but they certainly make up much of its skeletal system. Providing pedestrian and vehicular passageways over […]
Wind Tunnel Inconveniences and Dangers to Pedestrians
Any urbanite knows the feeling: you’re walking down a street with calm climatic conditions, but, after turning onto another block, you feel a massive gust […]
Changes to ASCE/SEI 4-2016 – Seismic Analysis of Safety-Related Nuclear Structures
ASCE/SEI 4-2016 – Seismic Analysis of Safety-Related Nuclear Structures has been released. This standard, developed by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), provides minimum […]