Inspired by Turkish American businessman and Co-founder, Engin Yesil, RENCO developed its mineral composite fiber-reinforced product. RENCO came to exist in Florida in the year 2012. Over nearly eight ...

In my November 2024 column, I began discussing the building block approach for crashworthiness testing of composite structures. This approach features a multistep process for designing composite ...

Buildings made of mass timber – layers of wood bonded together – are gaining popularity as greener and faster alternatives to concrete and steel structures. With new building codes recently updated to ...

Non-destructive testing (NDT) investigates the material integrity of everything from machinery to industrial plant infrastructure to buildings but with the distinction of leaving no damage in doing so ...

Civil/Structural engineers design and maintain buildings, bridges, and other structures constructed from various materials (concrete, steel, timber, masonry, and reinforced plastics). They use modern ...

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Keywords: NEESWood project. Light-frame woodframe structures. Seismic performance. Full-scale tests. Multistory structures. Experimental tests. Shaking table tests ...

Researchers at Fiji National University are conducting advanced strength tests on giant bamboo to determine its suitability ...

The country’s eyes have been on Surfside, Fla., for months now as search crews and investigators continue looking for answers in the wake of the tragic condominium building collapse. As details of the ...

In my two previous columns, I discussed the lower and intermediate levels of the building block approach for crashworthiness testing and analysis of composite structures. I focused on the commercial ...