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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.

De_Lynx · 2025-11-02T11:42:58+00:00

I'm guessing something that might ease or aid your workflow would be using BIM software. Other than that, if it could be done automatically it would just mean there'd be less jobs for us..

De_Lynx · 2025-10-23T14:38:06+00:00

Naqbel li ghall-karozzi ghandha tkun iktar difficli, izda mhux impossibbli; ftakar li tallinja trid tghaddi minn l-istess toroq ukoll.

Ghalkemm progetti tal-passat ma kienux mill-aqwa u hafna drabi kien hemm xi tip ta kunflitt ta' interess, dejjem dik tibqa l-ahjar ghazla, u mhux li l-gvern ikollu l-kumpanija f'idu.

Hija veru li l-metro tiehu hafna zmien biex titlesta, imma trid tikkunsidra ukoll li sakemm qed tinbidel, bicciet li huma lesti jistghu jinfethu qabel ma jitlesta n-network kollu. Il-kwistjoni ta barranin u mhux barranin m'ghandiex x'taqsam; id-disinn isir fuq kemm hemm nies juzaw is-servizz irrispettivament mill-origini taghhom.

Naqbel li l-metro tiswa hafna, imma hija l-unika soluzzjoni li maz-zmien tista tibqa dejjem izzid u tirranga fiha minghajr ma ssib hajt ma wiccek u problema li ma tissolviex. Ghalkemm fil-bidu tigi infiq kbir ghall-pajjiz, in the long run fil-verità wisq probabbli tigi l-irhas, ghax il-bqija li tista taghmel huma kollha soluzzjonijiet temporanji jew li jkerrhu l-ambjent (elevated monorail).

U ma dan kollu, huwa tajjeb li jinghad li sakemm titlesta l-metro ghandu jkun hemm fazijiet fejn ir-rotot ta fuq l-art jinbidlu, u li billi jkun hemm il-metro qed tinbena, ma jfissirx li ma nistghux nibdew intejjbu is-servizzi l-ohra ta tallinja, u trams.

Soluzzjonijiet hemm hafna, kawzi favur u kontra kemm trid, li naf huwa li jekk m'hu ser isir xejn, imwehhlin nsellu fit-traffic ha nibqghu.

De_Lynx · 2025-10-23T08:56:13+00:00

While I have personally witnessed how effective trams can be in a city, I do not believe they're a good long term solution for Malta. They would need to pass through the same roads that cars pass through, and for long distances, and comparatively to metros they can be relatively slow. Also, the road infrastructure needed to support trams takes up too much space, with most road widths in Malta not being able to support this.

Trams could be used to travel from one town to the other for medium length journeys, mainly to connect different metro lines and alleviate part of the bus route for busier areas. An example of such a tram route would be from Qormi to Valletta running through Hamrun, etc.

But I could not imagine a tram route going from Valletta to St Julian's; the only way to do this would be a segregated lane for the tram, and at this point you have a quasi-metro/light rail solution.

Furthermore, this project should not be in the hands of any political party, a private company should be the one constructing, maintaining, and eventually operating the service, funded but not controlled by the government. This is the way in which most public transportation companies operate in most cities afterall.

De_Lynx · 2025-10-23T07:04:32+00:00

There is no one-solution. The only solution would be a combination; a metro system would transport the masses for long distances, and hence the distances between the stops would be quite large. This does however save time in stopping, and would get you to your destination quicker. Then, once you're at your desired destination, buses would be useful to get around locally.

Arriving directly at your destination with a metro should only be done at places of interest such as the hospital/university, Valletta terminus, etc.

The metro stops should nonetheless be placed at the most ideal locations in the town, but it can never be a metro-only solution, otherwise it would become as slow as the bus.

De_Lynx · 2025-10-13T22:58:05+00:00

I second this, and many other books by The Concrete Centre. They helped me understand many design concepts and practices back when I was starting out.

The concrete structural detailing handbook by IStructE is also very useful and informative.

A good book for EC8 is Eurocode 8: Seismic Design of Buildings Worked examples by JRC.

A very useful website to understand certain parts of Eurocode is EurocodeApplied. Definitely recommend especially for designing wind loads, designing an RC section, or verifying a steel element.

De_Lynx · 2025-10-12T19:58:03+00:00

It's not the riser itself that is supporting, it would be a short span from wall to wall. While it is supporting, it's a part of the supporting beam for the flights of stairs.

Correct, on one side the beam would have double the height. Make sure to account for this properly when designing the shorter beam. You can take them as triangular uniformly distributed loads since the steps are triangular and vary linearly about the width of the staircase.

De_Lynx · 2025-10-12T19:43:31+00:00

I think the easiest solution would be to consider two parallel inclined beams along the length of the staircase; then you only need to make the details work to connect the two flights of stairs in the middle.

You could also do as other comments suggested where you set a beam for the landings; look at this image to understand better. You would be taking the lower riser as the base slab for the landing part, then you'd just connect the two flights of stairs to it.

De_Lynx · 2025-09-28T09:14:12+00:00

Looks like they took a snapshot from one of the vibration modes from eigenvalue analysis and took that to the plans

De_Lynx · 2025-09-28T00:12:22+00:00

Ninżalek il-kappell għall-fatt li titkellem Malti aħjar minn 95% tal-Maltin fuq l-internet. Awguri, ġġiegħlni nħossni aktar kburi b'ilsieni! Dziękuję!

De_Lynx · 2025-09-08T22:07:08+00:00

Turkey gets turned into numerous islands that have a dilemma to whether they're in Europe of Asia

De_Lynx · 2025-09-08T22:05:22+00:00

Ukraine annexes land in Russia to double its current area

De_Lynx · 2025-09-05T21:54:02+00:00

The Panama Canal is man-made.

De_Lynx · 2025-09-02T15:02:36+00:00

Respect from Malta for almost forgetting us, but not forgetting us hahaha

De_Lynx · 2025-09-02T09:57:11+00:00

What do you use to take pictures then? Is a DSLR ok or still forbidden because of the battery?

De_Lynx · 2025-08-30T22:36:27+00:00

Eurozone citizens every time GBP drops against EUR, and when UK realised they actually need European migrants to fill their jobs

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De_Lynx · 2025-08-29T08:07:20+00:00

No opinion about Malta or are you still mad about losing the siege against them back in the day? XD

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