Base plates may look simple — just a steel plate bolted to concrete. But beneath that connection lies a complex set of engineering decisions about pressure, stiffness, anchor strength, grout, and ...
Leveraging robotic technology, Allied Steel Buildings eliminates multi-vendor complexity. MCGREGOR, TX, UNITED STATES, ...
X-energy’s Xe-100 Gen IV reactor uses TRISO fuel and helium cooling to deliver meltdown-resistant, modular nuclear power.
Sub-bottom profilers extend hydrographic surveys beneath the seafloor. These systems emit low-frequency signals capable of penetrating sediment layers, revealing subsurface structures such as buried ...
NANJING CITY, JIANGSU PROVINCE, CHINA, February 4, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The warehouse storage sector has expanded ...
Design engineers routinely rely on bolted joints, yet most guidance focuses on axial stiffness—often overlooking moment (pitch) stiffness, which can dominate compliance in ...
With record-breaking greenhouse gas levels and global temperatures rising, the global integrated design firm DLR Group today announced it has reached a new milestone in decarbonizing the built ...
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Every column funnels force into a small steel plate at its base . That plate spreads pressure into concrete and anchors the structure against wind and uplift. If this connection fails, everything ...
Seattle's Crosslake connection works thanks to solutions like “track bridges,” which let the bridge move freely while keeping ...
None of the sites proposed for the Bears create connections between Gary and the city’s existing and potential amenities.
Abstract: This paper introduces a novel simplified modeling approach for tuned liquid column dampers (TLCDs) designed to enhance the response control of single degree of freedom (SDOF) systems. The ...
Abstract: For the intelligent recognition of complex table structures facing dense cells, local details are difficult to extract, and the computational complexity of long-distance table frame line ...