Column Failure: Causes, Types and Prevention
Columns are important structural elements that provide support for buildings, bridges, and other structures. However,…
Columns are important structural elements that provide support for buildings, bridges, and other structures. However,…
joints for concrete pipes are essentially important for as laying the pipeline. Care should be taken into account while providing the joints. The pipe joints shall be capable of withstanding the same pressures as the pipe. There are several types of joints provided to the concrete pipes.
Joints in construction are one of the important elements that provide a functional and structural improvement to the structure which may be subjected to expansion and contraction due to changes in temperature. The joints that are used in the construction works are: - 1. Expansion joint 2. Construction joint 3. Contraction joint 4. Slip joint
The structure drawing must include reinforcement details as well as any other information required for detailing the reinforcement. The drawings must also include separate notes indicating live loads, concrete strength, steel quality and grade, the number of bars to be lapped and the lengths of the laps, and any special instructions for formwork erection, fabrication, and steel placement.
Concrete in nature is poor in tension, thus steel reinforcement is provided to improve the…
The use of piles as a foundation can be traced to olden times. The art…
The foundation is the most important part of any structure. It is essentially important to…