Anant Jalgaonkar

Well to rookie of any field one should not tell his/her opinion.One should be clarifying the questions asked. Otherwise the one who have asked the question will follow a Prejudice!!...

maria florWhat is the difference of beams used in buildings and bridges???Beams are horizontal structural members which are capable of taking Bending. Now bending stresses comes from imposed loads, self...

Look the sole idea is to transfer the superstructure load to the substructure and finally to the soil underneath. In burj Khalifa they must have used Pile Foundations that too...

Must be Boring for Karan Avad, but let me tell you Foundations are the most tricky part of a structure and thus cannot be ignored by a structural engineer!!! Well...

Well foundation is an Indian concept. Long before the British came to India, Indian Engineers (Not called Engineers though in those days) used well foundation to transfer heavy loads through...

First of all Ground motion itself is a seismic activity. Retrofitting of structures is strengthening of elements of structures. By "Soil failure" i think you mean failure of Foundation. If...

kiranmnitI wan't to know which one is a better book - Bridge Engineering by Ponnusamy or Essentials of Bridge Engineering by D J Victor. Can anyone suggest? Or is there...

maria florWhat type of foundation is used in order to resist earthquake???Well one cannot specify any type of foundation in case of earthquake(EQ), foundations are designed for seismic forces!! Generally...