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Ductility in Steel Beams Improved by Geometric Cutouts
The ability of steel buildings to bend without fracturing, or ductility, allows for extreme lateral loading from earthquakes and wind. This loading, however, subjects the solid web and flanges of stee...
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Bristol Arena winning design announced!
Winning designs of the Bristol Arena were announced this week! The £90 million project located next to Bristol Temple Meads railway station, in the Bristol Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone, is esti...
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[Video]: Watch a civil engineer's display on dams for elementary school Career Day!
Grady Hillhouse, a civil engineer specialized in dams and large hydraulic structures, prepared a display for an elementary school Career Day to explain the basic principles of dam function! Watch the...
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March 22nd is World Water Day!
Since 1993, the United Nations has designated March 22nd of each year as World Water Day, a day dedicated to celebrating water. This year’s theme is “Water and Sustainable Development.&rdq...
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Hidden Flows Could Be Behind Antarctic Melt
Two previously unnoticed oceanic gateways of warm water have been linked to the extreme thinning of East Antarctica’s Totten Glacier according to new research from the University of Texas at Aus...
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57-Story Skyscraper Built in 19 days!
Broad Sustainable Building, a construction company in China, recently built a 57-floor, 2-million-square-foot skyscraper in just 19 days. That is an average of three floors per day. The building has 1...
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The Cost of Transforming Africa's Wet Savannas into Cropland
The world’s population is rising and with it are food demands. Policymakers are targeting Africa’s wet savannas as expendable areas easily converted into cropland. A study out from Princet...
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Reinforced fill failure causes Yeager airport to close and homes to evacuate
A major slope stability failure occurred last week at Yeager airport's main runway, urging to the evacuation of homes located at the foot of the reinforced slope and relocation of their owners. The re...
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Extensive landslides engulf entire village in Amaliada, Greece
Extensive landslide phenomena are developing in the last few days in Amaliada Greece, threatening an entire village. The situation is significantly worsened by rainy weather and scientists monitoring...
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Japanese Seismic Success Serves as example to Northwest
Constructed in 2006, just outside Kadonowaki, Japan, the Ishinomaki Red Cross Hospital stands as a monument to civil engineering. The five-story, 402-bed hospital operated at full capacity during and...
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