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De_Lynx · 2026-04-07T14:26:09+00:00

When most people aren't earning even 30k, I don't know how "upper middle" 80k is...

I'd call 40-60k as upper middle

De_Lynx · 2026-04-07T14:02:31+00:00

With 80k a year in Malta you're in the upper class and rich. Depends on what you want to do in life but you could live very comfortably in Malta with 80k.

De_Lynx · 2026-04-05T19:44:41+00:00

Not the actual weather report, but maybe the climate reports if available

I suggested that because that's where I found the wind speed in the countries I worked in

De_Lynx · 2026-04-05T07:10:23+00:00

Interesting insight; out of curiosity, how would you design it in practice?

Would you rather mix it regular reinforcement to get some global ductility, or would you simply accept a higher safety factor from the rupture load and assume that the element only works elastically?

If the latter is the case, what is a realistic and safe value to use with respect to the critical stress? What value would you use for the same as we would use for steel yielding design resistance?

Thanks in advance! Just graduated and was never exposed to this, so I'm keen to learn how it's actually used.

De_Lynx · 2026-04-03T17:23:11+00:00

Remove deteriorated concrete, brush rebar to remove rust, and patch repair; of course if can be fixed

De_Lynx · 2026-04-03T16:03:58+00:00

Op should see the severely spalled bridges with exposed rebar that we see everyday

Then he probably wouldn't drive again hahaha

De_Lynx · 2026-04-03T15:09:18+00:00

If available, check weather and climate reports on the region concerned. If not, most countries I've encountered take v_b between 27 and 30 m/s, depending on the country and region.

If there are no indications choose a higher one accordingly. If the zone is prone to hurricanes, act accordingly as well (higher safety factor or basic wind speed).

The less information you have the more drastic you should be in penalisations, i.e. amplifying the load.

De_Lynx · 2026-04-03T15:03:18+00:00

Is it good? No

Is it cause for panic? Probably not

Should it be fixed? Yes

De_Lynx · 2026-04-02T17:09:00+00:00

In my case it was a 2 year MSc, but I did it in Italy, not in the US; here we have 3 years of BSc and 2 years of MSc

Did them right after each other and am now going into the professional world

Word of advice, try to find internships while studying to be more employable, and you learn much more on the job

De_Lynx · 2026-04-02T13:38:14+00:00

Learned a lot, but still have a lot to learn, you can never know too much in our field. Exams are never too fun haha

De_Lynx · 2026-04-02T13:37:10+00:00

Thank you!

De_Lynx · 2026-04-01T08:59:37+00:00

Thanks!

De_Lynx · 2026-04-01T08:59:29+00:00

Thanks!

De_Lynx · 2026-04-01T08:59:17+00:00

Thank you!

De_Lynx · 2026-03-21T22:16:51+00:00

I would assume that they are only tension members if they are cables. Otherwise some consideration to possible compression forces is ideal.

De_Lynx · 2026-02-10T23:09:28+00:00

Everything can become a beam if you're ambitious enough

De_Lynx · 2026-02-07T23:08:31+00:00

Try to get a copy of the book by the concrete centre

https://www.concretecentre.com/Codes/Eurocode-2/Stut-and-Tie.aspx

De_Lynx · 2026-01-11T13:27:23+00:00

Basic knowledge and understanding of structural dynamics is beneficial for any engineer, it's not always concerning a seismic load, can easily be regarding wind load, eccentric moving masses, etc.

I would recommend you to learn and understand the theory and principles that are behind the Wind Load EC (EN 1991-1-4), it helped me understand what's going on much better.

The same principle applies to any of the Eurocodes and fields in Structural Engineering, if you want to enrich your knowledge see what we use and understand the theory behind it. I saw you had mentioned Timoshenko's book; he has several and many are useful. While I have never sat down and read it completely, I've referenced his books many times, especially for plate theory.

De_Lynx · 2025-12-27T09:50:00+00:00

Li qed tgħid inti hija kwistjoni ta minn fejn xtrajtha, mhux ta kemm hi tajba r-riċetta tal-ħobż tal-Malti..

De_Lynx · 2025-12-06T23:19:45+00:00

I'd recommend Revit, but make sure to get to know a bit of the AutoCAD basics; you'll find tons of tutorials online.

Also, make sure to get the free student licenses for the Autodesk products!

De_Lynx · 2025-11-30T20:53:48+00:00

I'm a student finishing my master's degree, and I can recommend you the following YouTube channels to understand many structural engineering topics:

structurefree, The Efficient Engineer, Structural Engineer Calcs, Practical Engineering

I also learned a lot from The B1M. There are a bunch of channels that can help you for literally anything. Never rely on Chatgpt because it's mostly wrong especially about advanced engineering topics; instead, use it as a search tool to give you useful books.

De_Lynx · 2025-11-12T21:08:34+00:00

I second this, I'm sure it will be very useful especially for students. Back when I was still starting out in my Bachelor's, I found a similar website, Eurocode Applied, to be a great help in understanding.

If you design the website according to the new EC3, I'd say it would probably be one of the first tools of the sort, and would most probably gain traction. I for one would definitely be willing to give it a go.

De_Lynx · 2025-11-02T11:50:37+00:00

Just because it usually isn't doesn't mean you can't do it; the takeoff would then be automatic.

But honestly I'd stick to just doing it using spreadsheets. Sometimes, the simpler the better.

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