This pole suffered a failure in the welded seam at an overlapping slip splice. A tubular steel transmission pole generally consists of a series of welded assemblies. The pole shafts and arms are ...

This course will discuss the selection of member sizes for flexural, compression, and tensile member, design of bolted and weld connections for shear and axial forces; use of AISC Steel Construction ...

Although some engineers have had success in spot welding steel and aluminum together, it has largely been considered impossible to achieve reliable, continuous welds directly between the two ...

Over 100 skilled welders started their work last Wednesday, using a total of 2 000kg of welding rod. They overcame two technical difficulties. One is the rigorous temperature requirement: it should be ...

The lead designer of the new Bay Bridge eastern span warned Caltrans in 2010 that welds used to hold ill-fitting steel road-deck sections together were vulnerable to damage in a major earthquake, ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Acting Wednesday on the 95th anniversary of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, experts from the Federal Emergency Management Agency called for new quake-resistant design and ...