Dr Lee (right) with the help of his students demonstrating how the structure of a small scale building will react on a shaker. MALAYSIA’s proximity to the Pacific Ring of Fire – an area of significant ...

A message from the former Vice-Chancellor, Professor Max Lu, about the passing of Professor Patrick Dowling: It is with great sadness that I report the passing of the University’s third ...

Snow sliding of roofs is a threat to the structural safety of roof structures by causing a surcharge of local snow load on the lower roof and may pose a serious threat to pedestrians and vehicles on ...

Disaster risk research’s reliance on past events has proved inadequate when it comes to extreme events. This shortcoming stems from limited records (for example, due to the vast differences in ...

Abstract: This paper contains a critical review of the simplified method, proposed in the standard EN 1992-1-1 Eurocode 2: Design of Concrete Structures. Part 1-1. General Rules and Rules for ...

Structural simplicity pertains to the provision of obvious, simple and straightforward load path to transfer seismic forces from different part of the structure to its foundation. Not only does the ...

Large structures generally fail under stresses significantly lower than those of small ones. This is the size effect on strength, one of the oldest problems of engineering, already discussed by ...