Structural Engineers

🟠Your column passed the stress check. Great.

But did you calculate the slenderness ratio? 🧵

Most junior engineers stop at the stress interaction check. But a column that's perfectly fine in strength can still buckle & buckling is a geometry problem, not a strength problem.

💬 Have you ever caught a slenderness issue that others missed? Drop it in the comments.🟠

🚨That open ground-floor parking? It might be a seismic death trap.

Soft storeys are responsible for countless building collapses during earthquakes. Understanding this concept is crucial for every structural engineer and architect.🏢

Swipe through to learn:
→ What defines a soft storey
→ Why they fail catastrophically

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