With Week 13 coming to a close and only one game left for the No. 6 Ducks, it's time to start thinking about the College Football Playoffs. This... When it comes to home construction, strength, ...

The staggered-truss structural system incorporating steel trusses was developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the late 1960s. However, designers' interest in the system has lagged ...

Trusses are a fundamental tool in an engineer’s toolbox — a structurally simple way to transfer weight from one part of a roof to the walls or columns that are designed to withstand the effects of ...

Keywords: Retrofitting. Braced steel truss bridge piers. Eccentrically braced frames. Self-stabilizing tubular links. Seismic load resisting systems. Finite element (FE) analyses. Parametric studies.

The construction of the $1.8 billion, 65,000-seat domed Las Vegas stadium hit a snag last week, but officials say it’s nothing to be alarmed about. One of the massive steel canopy trusses was ...