Abstract Ghana 39;s building regulations mdash; most recently codified in GS 1207:2018 mdash; were calibrated against a set of environmental assumptions that coastal urbanization and climate change ...

Nowadays, structural “limit state” design is made using characteristic or nominal values of actions, partial safety factors and load combination factors. The actual loading that a structure will be ...

Tensile membrane action (TMA) could significantly enhance the ultimate bearing capacity of reinforced concrete (RC) simply supported slabs under fire conditions. To address this, this paper proposes ...

Scia has released Scia Engineer 2026, a major update to its multi-material structural analysis and design software. Headline enhancements include better tools for designing structures subject to ...

Executes structural design, analysis, verification, and life-cycle integrity for onshore and offshore oil and gas assets.

Sometimes structural loads are excessively high, and a decision must be made if intervention, either removal of the excess load or strengthening of the structure, is needed. This issue was addressed ...

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