Many transmission structures are tested to failure at full-scale, leading to an improved understanding of capacity compared to most structures. Typically when extreme wind events occur, the maximum ...

Civil-structural engineers like to do things by the book. They admittedly tend to be techno geeks who prefer to have automobile owner’s manuals on hand, whether or not they service their own vehicles.

American Petroleum Institute's pressure vessel and tank committee recently concluded a 5-year effort to revise Standard 650 that provides design rules for reasonable margins against failure of ...