Strength of reinforced concrete structural elements such as beams can be reduced due to unintentional error in design, non-compliance of standards, increasing of service loads and others. Therefore, this study deals on ...

Different researchers have conducted researches on steel plate shear wall considering different parameters to show the effects of lateral load resisting system against seismic environment to investigate the overall behaviour ...

The Surface of Reinforced Concrete deck slab bridge is exposed to change in surface temperature, which is affected by different parameters and can produce additional stress. Previous studies and code provisions did not ...

The research is intended to study the effect of opening location, effect of opening location with varying strength of concrete and effect of vertical and horizontal web reinforcement at opening of reinforced deep beams. ...

The consequence of a long and complete rainfall record is very important for working a hydrological analysis effectively. Generally, the data series in these records may contain miss for various reasons. Among these reason ...

According to the new Ethiopian Standard Code ES EN 1998-1:2015, the Lateral Force Method (LFM) of analysis is allowed for building that are regular in plan and elevation. Building not regular in elevation can also be ...

In most cases, buildings are constructed in Ethiopia without properly taking into account the impact of lateral loads due to earthquakes. Design of buildings to earthquakes is not given appropriate attention, even in ...

Today, our country, Ethiopia needs to grow rapidly in terms of many aspects, for instance with respect to infrastructure. The population of the country is increasing day by day. Peoples are migrating from the neighboring ...

With the expansion of cities it is required to construct high storey buildings, bridges and other structures. Composite construction has been proven to be promising for multi storey buildings. As a result, composite columns ...

Bridges are structures including supports erected over a depression or an obstruction for carrying traffic and other moving loads. Currently, the Ethiopian government has given special attention for road construction ...