UC Berkeley researchers are conducting a study to understand how people perceive risk and make decisions during earthquakes, combining earthquake simulation, virtual reality, and real-time self-report...
A study conducted by the Institute for Transport Planning and Systems at ETH Zurich has found that travelers on long-distance train journeys across Europe spend approximately a quarter of their total...
In parts of western Alaska, the ground is no longer behaving like ground. In the coastal village of Kwigillingok, along the Bering Sea, some areas now feel soft, wet and unstable — a local symptom...
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Engineers on High Speed 2 (HS2), Britain's new high-speed railway, have launched the first 170 m of the Duddeston Junction Viaduct over the Birmingham to Derby railway lines. HS2 says the operation is...
SCAPE has issued the Tender Notice for its next-generation Construction Works & Services Framework, a GBP8bn procurement covering public sector construction across England, Wales and Northern Irel...
Xiang Jacob Yan, an assistant professor in the University of Florida's Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering (CCE), is developing a tool aimed at incorporating cyclists' perspectives into road...
HS2 engineers have completed three major viaduct structures in Solihull, marking further progress on the West Midlands section of Britain’s new high-speed railway. The completed structures are Balsall...
A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake has struck Indonesia’s Flores region, killing at least 53 people, injuring more than 100 and leaving thousands unable to return home. The shallow earthquake hit ear...
A powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake has struck western Colombia, causing widespread building collapse, damaging hospitals and airports, and triggering a national emergency. The death toll was still de...
A high-rise building in Manhattan was declared unstable after two structural columns buckled during works to convert the former Pfizer headquarters into residential apartments. The incident occurred a...
The Golden Gate Bridge opened on May 27, 1937, and has since been standing as a landmark synonym to the city of San Fransisco. It was constructed between 1933 and 1937 in the Bay Area, and...
Given the rate and direction of full dip of a plane or seam, find the bearing of an apparent dip. Two directions noted, in which a given apparent dip occurs. Known values: Full dip direction = α...
Given the rate and direction of full dip of a plane or seam, find path gradients in three different directions, (a) due N, (b) N 75o E, (c) due E. Known values: Full dip direction = N 30o E Full...
Given the direction of full dip and the rate and direction of an apparent dip of a plane or seam, find the rate of full dip. Known values: Full dip direction = α Apparent dip direction = &b...
Given the rate and direction of full dip of a plane or seam, find the apparent dip in any other direction. Known values: Horizontal length along full dip direction = x Full dip rate = 1 in x Sol...
A vertical borehole passes through a seam with a known dip at 43o. If the apparent thickness of the seam as shown by the borehole core is 2m, calculate: (a) the true thickness of the seam and (b) the...
Calculate the coordinates of the intersection of two lines given the coordinates of four stations. Known values: Coordinates A (EA, NA), B (EB, NB), C (EC, NC), D (ED, ND) i.e. A &nbs...
