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Tilted Buildings: Causes and Solutions, you'll learn ...
- What causes structures to lean?
- Methods of rectifying leaning structures
- Examples of famous leaning structures throughout history, including the causes and mitigation efforts
- Real case study of a micropiling process that was developed to stop the continuous tilting of a 9-story residential building in Dakahlia, Egypt
Overview
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Credit: 3 PDH
Length: 35 pages
The objective of this course is to help engineers understand what causes structures to lean and the best rectification methods. Straightening a leaning building is never easy. There are no standard solutions. Several historic leaning structures have not been rectified, mostly because in their current shape, they are a tourist attraction.
From a structural engineering perspective, rectification of leaning buildings is sometimes necessary to prevent complete failure. The aim of the course is to describe the various reasons why buildings lean and to present solutions that have been successfully applied which can be useful to engineers and designers to prevent similar situations.
The importance of this course lies in the fact that there are very few references dealing with this topic, so it was designed as a guide for structural engineers.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Issues that arise when a building leans.
- The threshold at which a leaning structure must be rectified.
- Problems associated with subsoil properties.
- Problems associated with foundations.
- Problems connected with anthropogenic activity.
- Rectification methods: lowering the higher parts of the building and lifting the lower part of the building.
- Real case study of a micropiling process that was developed to stop the continuous tilting of a 9-story residential building in Dakahlia, Egypt.
Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 15 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
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Preview a portion of this course before purchasing it.
Credit: 3 PDH
Length: 35 pages
