The Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers recently announced the launch of a U.S. version of the U.K.’s Confidential Reporting on Structural Safety program. SEI ...

For structural engineer Glenn Bell, the collapse on July 17, 1981, of a pedestrian bridge inside the Hyatt Regency Kansas City Hotel—which killed 114 people and injured more than 200—stands out as a ...

It had been a month since the Fern Hollow Bridge in Pittsburgh’s East End collapsed, and the memory was fresh in the mind of Westmoreland County Public Works Director Greg McCloskey as he gathered his ...

Engineers are looking into what caused a concrete apartment balcony in Long Beach to collapse, injuring five. Long Beach fire officials say a second-floor balcony on Shore Road detached from the side ...

Rochester Institute of Technology engineering technology students are using the tragedies of the past to help prevent tragedies in the future. Students in professor Abi Aghayere’s structural analysis ...

Last week’s deadly collapse of a 12-story oceanfront condominium in a small town on the same barrier island as Miami Beach, Fla., is raising concerns among structural engineers and designers about how ...

Crack propagation analysis is a critical area in structural engineering that addresses the prediction and management of crack growth in materials under diverse load conditions. This field combines ...

Mechanical parts are more frequently subjected to cyclic loads than solely static loads. Fatigue issues are commonly observed in turbine blades, aerospace components, locomotive systems, large ...