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Understanding Buckling!
Buckling is a failure mode that occurs in columns and other members that are loaded in compression. It is a sudden change ...
When a column deflects (bends), it is no longer a column; it has become a vertical beam. Beams bend, columns don't bend. With the loss of the center column, the continuous beam has just become a ...
In 1968, a gas explosion on the 18th floor of a high-rise in London’s Ronan Point area blew out a load-bearing wall. All the rooms directly above the damaged apartment collapsed, which then caused the ...
BeAM at UNC is a “network of makerspaces where you can join the UNC maker community in the design and making of physical objects for education, research, entrepreneurship and recreation.” ...
ASK THE BUILDER | It’s important to realize you’re dealing with people’s lives, and death and serious injury can result when you install joist hangers, beams and support columns the wrong way.
SkyWater Announces Enhanced Capabilities with Multibeam’s First in Industry High Productivity Multicolumn E-Beam Lithography System Positions SkyWater’s Minnesota fab with the most advanced ...