STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING FORUM OF INDIA [SEFI]

Thank you for bringing out a few inaccuracies prevalent in the practice and codal provisions regarding torsional response.

A 3D dynamic analysis (both RSA and THA) will account for torsional effect ...

Dear Colleagues,

It has been about two years since the new editions of seismic codes IS 1893 Part 1 and IS 13920 have been published and are in use. Several new provisions have been introduced in t ...

Dear Colleagues,
It has indeed been an interesting fortnight of discussion over flat slab systems. Over this period we have had the chance to deliberate on wide range of issues covering the entire s ...

Dear Colleagues,

For buildings in high seismic regions, the current US practice is that
the flat slab systems will cater to the needs of gravity loads alone and
the entire seismic load will be ...

Dear Colleagues,

It gives us immense pleasure to see that many of us at SEFI have been
participating in the e-Conference on such a specialized topic of flat
slabs and about 100 messages were po ...

Dear Colleagues,

A hearty welcome to you to the e-conference on flat slabs at SEFI!
Flat slab structures have become a common sight in our neighbourhood.
However, the recent past failures of flat ...

Moderators’ Closing to E-Conference on Steel Reinforcement (27 June – 24
July, 2005)

Dear Colleagues,

It has indeed been a wonderful four weeks to talk about a material that we
use every day in ou ...

Dear Colleagues,

It has been an interesting week on this e-Conference, though there have
been fewer postings than expected. We are aware that a few of your
postings may have been lost as our servers ...

Dear Participants,

During the last few days of the e-conference some very insightful comments
and useful suggestions for improvement have come forth. I am really
thankful to all the discussers for ta ...