The man responsible for creating a stadium so loaded with meaning was Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, a quintessential midcentury ...

Base plates may look simple — just a steel plate bolted to concrete. But beneath that connection lies a complex set of engineering decisions about pressure, stiffness, anchor strength, grout, and ...

The Florida Department of Transportation in 2017 had a dream: for $802 million, South Florida would by now have a smoothly flowing interchange where three of its busiest roadways meet, accented by a ...

Some floor designs are better suited to specific applications than others. Understanding an owner's or tenant’s requirements is critical to recommending a particular type of design. Factors that ...

Affordable, versatile, incredibly strong and locally available, concrete is the world’s most used manmade material. But it also has a huge carbon footprint, accounting for around 8% of global ...

Skyscrapers, highways, and the endless churn of traffic define much of modern city living. Yet for millions of people, the very environments built to fuel economic growth are also fueling chronic ...

This study presents a numerical investigation into the behaviour of short concrete filled steel tubular (CFST) columns. Three Dimensional Nonlinear finite element analysis of the compression process ...

A new study finds a rectangular mirror design could uncover 25+ habitable exoplanets in just 3.5 years using current technology. The design solves a longstanding problem in exoplanet detection: ...

Few cities test a building’s limits like Chicago. From frigid winters and scorching summers to lake-driven winds and dense urban conditions, it’s a proving ground for materials. That’s why architects, ...

This research emphasizes the critical role of fire resistance in building structures, with a particular focus on concrete columns, which are vital for maintaining structural integrity during fires.