Marvin Young

The building structural components constructed above the ground level constitutes the superstructure. The basic components of a building’s...

Researchers are beginning to employ Bayesian methods in developing optimal models of thermodynamic properties. Research focused on hafnium (Hf), a metal emerging as a key component in computer electronics.

Researchers have used X-ray computed tomography (CT) to visualize in real time how cracks form near the edges of the interfaces between materials in solid-state batteries. The findings could help researchers find ways to improve the energy storage devices.

A rock is aggregate of mineral constituents, which forms the earth’s crust. Rocks are also one of the important building materials. The...

Before designing the next generation of soft materials, researchers must first understand how they behave during rapidly changing deformation. In a new study, researchers challenged previous assumptions regarding polymer behavior with newly developed laboratory techniques that measure polymer flow at the molecular level.

Researchers have made a strange and startling discovery that nanoparticles engineered with DNA in colloidal crystals -- when extremely small -- behave just like electrons.

Quick sand condition is the floatation of particles of cohesionless soil, like fine gravel and sand, due to vertical upward seepage flow. As sand...

A new wearable technology that is made from stretchy, lightweight material, could make heart health monitoring easier and more accurate.

A variety of bathroom floor tiles are available in the market of which the most common ones are vinyl, ceramic and porcelain. Selection of best floor...

Researchers have created a flexible optical plastic that is stain-resistant and superomniphobic, finding inspiration in a surprising place: the shape of Enoki mushrooms.

Total weight of steel bars can be determined by knowing the unit weight of each bar. Once the steel quantity is estimated, the next step is to...

Tide gauge is an instrument used to measure the changes in water level with respect to a vertical datum. The variations in sea level during high...

Sand or fine aggregate is one of the most important construction materials at any construction site. Its selection should be done very carefully as...

The uniformity coefficient (Cu), curvature coefficient (Cc) and the effective size (D10) are the grading characteristics of the soil. These are the...

A new study connects the proximity of fracking to higher household concentrations of radon gas, the second leading cause of lung cancer in the US.

Isolated or single footings are structural elements which are designed to transmit and distribute loads of single columns to the soil without...

There are various types of isolated footings such as spread footing, stepped footing, sloped footing. They are usually square, rectangular or...

The basic components of a building substructure are the foundation and plinth beam. These components safely transfer the load from the superstructure...

A slope is an inclined boundary surface between air and the body of an earthwork such as highways, cut or fill, railway cut or fill, earth dams,...

A Bioswale or biofiltration swale is a narrow strip of a vegetated area that redirects and filters stormwater. A typical bioswale is long, linear and...

A new method of discovering materials using data analytics and electron microscopy has found a new class of extremely hard alloys. Such materials could potentially withstand severe impact from projectiles, providing better protection for soldiers in combat.

When an elastic body is stressed, the strain will be produced. The amount of strain produced is directly proportional to the amount of stress...

The shield-like tail segment, or telson, of the smasher mantis shrimp is a multiscale structure with ridges on the outside and a structure shaped like a spiral staircase on the inside. It's inspiring a new class of lightweight, impact-resistant materials for helmets, cars, and more

Some have dreamt of the perfect cloak to make buildings impervious to stress waves caused by bombs, earthquakes or other calamities. Sorry, researchers are now dashing the dream. But there's still hope. They also say it's possible to make imperfect, real-world cloaks that will actually do some good by adding significant partial protection against some common earthquake waves.

Plastic analysis is the method through which the actual failure load of a structure is calculated. This failure load can be significantly greater...

Earthquake is the most dangerous natural phenomenon that generate sizable destruction in structures. It is reported that, two sources of mistakes...

There are various types of materials which are used for the repair of concrete structures. For instance, unmodified Portland cement mortar or grout,...

In an increasingly connected world it helps to engage with other cultures without prejudice or assumption. This is true in engineering as it is in any other field, but researchers reveal shortcomings in how intercultural communication is taught to potential engineers.

For engineers, polar bear hair is a dream template for synthetic materials that might lock in heat just as well as the natural version. Now, materials scientists have developed such an insulator, reproducing the structure of individual polar bear hairs while scaling toward a material composed of many hairs for real-world applications in the architecture and aerospace sectors.

Researchers have developed a new way to design pistons that replaces their conventional rigid elements with a mechanism using compressible structures inside a membrane made of soft materials. The resulting 'tension pistons' generate more than three times the force of comparable conventional pistons, eliminate much of the friction, and at low pressures are up to 40 percent more energy efficient.

In fluid mechanics, Dimensionless numbers or non-dimensional numbers are those which are useful to determine the flow characteristics of the fluid....

Stress- strain curve describes the behavior of steel bars under loads. It is created by testing of steel specimen. The steel specimen is gradually...

The construction industry has been actively looking out for more and more eco-friendly construction materials. Hempcrete or hemp concrete being a...

Wall footings are pad or spread and strip footings which are used to support structural or nonstructural walls, and to transmit and distribute their...

Different types of defects occur in plastering such as blistering, cracks, efflorescence, flaking, peeling, popping, softness and uneven surfaces....

Concrete pavements for car parking are constructed as slab-on-grade structures which are not subjected to heavy traffic and movement as compared to...

Ceramic tiles are commonly used flooring material for all types of buildings such as residential, commercial or public buildings. Ceramic tiles...

There are various types of flooring used in building construction, but these 5 special types of flooring are different from commonly used types. They...

A waffle slab foundation is also called as ribbed slab foundation whose structure is plain at top and has a grid-like system, called the ribs in the...

The basic components of a building are divided into two, namely substructure and superstructure. The component of the building below the ground level...

The application of Civil engineering in the construction of Smart infrastructure is the foundation for all the other key elements in a Smart city...

Cross wall construction is a building construction technique in which the precast load-bearing walls are placed perpendicular to the lateral axis of...