Hello Mitchell, Congrats on your visit to Cusco! The structures there are marvelous-glad you enjoyed it. Some structural walls rely on particular systems. I believe the ASCE book Tipon: Water Engineering Masterpiece of the Inca Empire includes ...
I'm back home from a fabulous trip to Peru and marveling at Inca ruins in Cusco, Ollantaytambo, and Machu Picchu. The sophistication of their structures is remarkable, as testified by their integrity after 600 years. Has anyone in this community studied ...
Section 12.2.5.6.1b of ASCE 7-10 thought ASCE 7-22 states that steel ordinary moment frames assigned to seismic design category D and E are permitted within light frame construction up to a heigh of 35' where neither the roof dead load nor the dead load ...
Following the success of that RPC bridge, pedestrian bridges have been built in several other countries, using tube technology similar to the information you provided, Mr. Alex. Note that the cross-sections of structural members can be optimized or ...
Thank you, Alex , for your insightful commentary, and for also increase the ASCE's body of knowledge. In my view, This behavior is attributed to improved confinement of the concrete core, which can increase the compressive strength by a factor ...