From the President

Season’s Greetings!   1.    SED is marching forward. My heartiest congratulation to those who are taking active role in the process.   2.    As you may be aware that the Indian Association of Structural Engineers (IAStructE) is organizing a two day national seminar on “Metro Rail Projects : Indian Scenario” in New Delhi during 18-19 November 2011 at Lakshmipat Singhania Auditorium, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, PHD House, Read more..

Composites in building materials

  Generally civil engineering claims 50% of the total developmental expenditure and, of this the share of the buildings is quite substantial. There is great scope in development in building materials technology. A large variety of new materials come in to the market. Amongst these new materials composites have a great potential for performance improvement as well as cost reduction. Composite materials with superior quality will not only make for replacement of traditional materials and technology but also new applications. Read more..

AAMI Park, Melbourne

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Event Report - Struct-o-Quiz

Magazine review - Modern Steel Construction

by Parth Thaker, Assistant Professor, CEPT University

Storey Drift as a criteria for Seismic Performance Evaluation of Semirigid and Hybrid RCC frames

Authors B A Shah, Dr. S C Patodi

A set of G+3 to G+7 RC space frames having an overall plan dimension of 6m x 6m with four panels of 3m x 3m and having a column at each panel point is considered in the present study.

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Madeira Airport

by Anal Sheth, Lecturer, Cept University

Integral Bridges

Authors Viral Panchal, C S Sanghvi

The increase in demand for complex roadway alignments, advances in construction technology and availability of computing power for bridges design, are some of the factors for developments in bridge engineering.

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News from the Association

Central Road Research Institute (CRRI)

by Anal Sheth, Lecturer CEPT University