Saad Iqbal In the conventional design of steel reinforcement for a simply supported skew bridge, a set of reinforcement is usually placed parallel to free edge while the other set is designed parallel to the fixed edge. However, this kind of arrangement is not the most efficient way of placing the reinforcement. The reason is that in … Read more
Tired of traffic jams and tail gas? The design of electric \”straddling buses\” lets cars drive underneath them, and can help reduce air pollution. Also known as land airbus, the new invention is less costly than subway systems.
The subject of Irrigation has assumed a worldwide importance since it holds the key to provide food to the teeming billions living in developed and developing countries. The science of irrigation engineering vary from situation to situation. The science of irrigation engineering vary from situation to situation. In the riverless middle east it depends on … Read more
Zaha Hadid was widely regarded to be the greatest female architect in the world today. Born in Baghdad in 1950, she studied mathematics at the American university of Beirut before starting her architectural journy in 1972 at the Architectural Association in London. By 1979 she had established her own practice in London – Zaha Hadid … Read more
The extensive use of reinforced concrete for a variety of structural members has necessitated a proper understanding of the design in structural concrete members by the structural engineers. The wide spread use of reinforced concrete is the natural outcome of the rapid development in the theory and design procedures with the introduction of the philosophy … Read more