150 North Riverside Location: Chicago, IL Engineer: Magnusson Klemencic Associates (MKA) Why it's interesting: Located in the riverside of Chicago the 150 North Riverside Building was constructed using a pencil-type concept to respond to constraints related to limited footprint area that was available. The lateral force resisting system consisted of… read more →
A truss is a structure that is very often used in civil engineering, such as bridges, steel buildings, towers and roof structures (as seen in the image below). They also appear in many mechanical and aerospace structures such as cranes, offshore platforms, space structures, and so on. Timber roof truss… read more →
At SkyCiv, we’re striving to provide powerful structural engineering software that are intuitive and easy to use, so that engineers can be more efficient with their workflow. With SkyCiv Beam, we’ve designed and optimised the modelling workflow, making beam structure analysis a faster and easier process. In this article, we… read more →
They say that the hardest aspect of designing a steel structure is the design of connections. SkyCiv has been hard at work to catch up with the incumbents of structural analysis software, but rebuilding the software in a way that is faster and easier to work with. Being on the… read more →
SkyCiv is excited to announce the release of the much anticipated NDS Wood Design Module for the National Design Specification for for Wood Construction. This is in addition to a number of great new US design modules being released this month, such as Reinforced Concrete Modules ACI 318 and Connection… read more →
In this article we will explore the difference between truss and frame members. This difference exists mainly due to the way they are connected to other members and it affects the structure's behaviour in response to loadings. Often structural software like SkyCiv Structural 3D will have an option for selecting… read more →
Team SkyCiv hopped on a plane to visit our neighbours in Adelaide recently for the Australasian Structural Engineering Conference (ASEC). ASEC 2018 brought together structural engineers from near and far for a conference that focused on the theme of “Engineering our Future”. For SkyCiv, it was a chance to talk… read more →
Beam Behaviour Before discussing the moment capacity calculation, let us review the behavior of a reinforced concrete simple beam as the load on the beam increases from zero to the magnitude that would cause failure. The beam will be subjected to downward loading, which will cause positive moment in the… read more →
Vertical members that are part of a building frame are subjected to combined axial loads and bending moments. These forces develop due to external loads, such as dead, live, and wind loads. Simply put, an interaction diagram (or curve) displays the combinations of acceptable moment and axial capacities of a… read more →
The cross sections that a structural engineer works with range from common I-sections to complex composite or built up sections. SkyCiv’s Section Builder makes it easy to model your member’s cross section to determine complex shear, bending, and torsional properties. With SkyCiv Section Builder, you have a number of great… read more →
