What are the qualities of a good bar bending schedule?

It is always ensured that the person preparing the bar bending schedule must have a solid site execution experience. The rebar designation and cut length must be carefully selected as it will be the defining point for the scrap which will be remained after cutting and bending.  1. The bar bending schedule must ensure to … Read more

What information a bar bending schedule should contain?

Bar Bending Schedule or BBS is actually a detailed tabulated worksheet showing the particulars of reinforcing bars as needed in reinforcement drawings of a structure. The phrase “Bar Bending” is so because at the steel yard where different types of reinforcement are cut and bent this table is used as a reference to bend the … Read more

Download Matrix Analysis of Structures by Aslam Kassimali PDF Free

Structural Analysis, which is an integral part of any structural engineering project is the process of predicting the performance of a given structure under a prescribed loading condition. The performance characteristics usually of interest in structural design are a. Stresses or stress resultants (i.e. axial forces, shear forces and bending moments)b. Deflectionsc. Support reactions Thus … Read more

Parts of Bridge

Bridge is basically a structure that is carrying a road, a path, railway etc. across a river, road or other obstable. It is a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road or the like.  At the end of this post you will be able to understand :-  What is a bridge? What … Read more

Flexural Stresses, Flexural Formula, Definition

Forces that are acting perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the beam cause bending stresses which are termed as flexural stresses, beside flexural stresses beams also undergo shear stresses and normal stresses. We know from the basic concepts of internal forces in the beams that whenever some load either dead load, live load, imposed load, … Read more