The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) released the newly updated ASCE/SEI 7-22, Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Building Loads and Other Structures. This 2022 edition supersedes ASCE/SEI 7-16 and provides up-to-date and coordinated loading provisions for general structural design. This standard prescribes design loads for hazards such as tsunami, snow, rain, atmospheric... Continue Reading →
Engineers at Stanford University have created a new method of constructing earthquake-resistant homes. In a test of their prototype home, the house was undamaged after being submitted to a large shaking table that shook with the intensity of a 6.9 magnitude earthquake. The most significant factor in the construction is that the home is not... Continue Reading →
The structural engineering that goes into bridge design is becoming quite creative. There are a number of different ways to design a structurally sound bridge. An interesting article on Gizmodo highlights five new bridges with interesting designs: The Second Penang Bridge in China utilizes piles that had to be bored over 90 meters into the... Continue Reading →
