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Footage captures landslide destroying homes in Bolivia (video)
Several houses were destroyed in the Auquisamaña area of La Paz, Bolivia on February 15, 2017, as a landslide rolled off the mountainside into the neighbourhood of the Bolivian capital. Several...
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A new resource-efficient way to construct a concrete dome has been developed
Researchers at TU Wien have developed a construction method for concrete domes, requiring far less amounts of labor and materials than the conventional resource intensive formwork. Invented by Dr. Ben...
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Calculation Example - Calculate the location of support.
Calculate the distance x for locating roller support so that the moment on the beam at point B is zero. Calculate the distance x for locating roller support so that the moment on the beam at...
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Italian village is being torn apart by slow-moving landslide (video)
Τhe landslide is moving at a rate of about 1 meter per day since February 12, tearing apart the village of Ponzano, in the Abruzzo region of central Italy. ?he landslide is moving at a rate of about...
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New metamaterial offers natural cooling without power input
It acts as a type of air conditioning system for buildings It acts as a type of air conditioning system for buildings Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have developed a glass-polym...
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Bogoslof island has tripled in size after volcano’s continuing eruptions
Bogoslof volcano is in an active eruption sequence since December 12, 2016. The series of short-duration explosive events - more than 27 of them up until now - has led to significant changes in the is...
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The January Issue of TheStructuralEngineer.info Newsletter has been released !
This month TheStructuralEngineer.info is excited to announce the first Newsletter for 2017 Issue#107! January issue bring you with 3D printed houses, structural sponges, structural collapses, member...
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Historic Iranian windmills are still functional nowadays
A village in northern Iran has been taking advantage of the wind for the last 1000 years A village in northern Iran has been taking advantage of the wind for the last 1000 years Really old windmil...
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Landslide crumbles down San Bernardino County’s mountain in California (video)
A video by San Bernardino County firefighters captures the moment the large volume of snow, rock, soil and timber slides off the mountainside. A video by San Bernardino County firefighters captures t...
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The January Newsletter issue of TheCivilEngineer.org is out!
TheCivilEngineer.org is pleased to announce the first Newsletter of 2017 ! In January's issue, you will find the latest most interesting industry news of interest to civil engineers, directly from...
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