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If yes then look no further as engineeringcivil.com along with Er. Gobind Khurana and Er. Abhimanyu has taken an initiative to help civil engineering students in structure related queries. We are thankful to Er. Gobind Khurana, Er. Abhimanyu and Vincent T. H. CHU for being a volunteer in helping other engineers in solving problems related to structure design in R.C.C and Steel.

Expert 1
Name – Er. Gobind Khurana
Qualification:
1. Bachelor of Civil Engineering From Thapar University Patiala
2. Master of Structure Engineering from Delhi University.
Work Profile: Currently working as Consultant for structural problems in R.C.C and STEEL Design.

Expert 2
Name – Er. Abhimanyu
Qualification:
Bachelor of Civil Engineering From Thapar University Patiala
Training at site in Unitech ( during 6 month summer training)
Work Profile : Presently working as associate design engineer for Fluor Daniel India Pvt Ltd. Area of work is structural steel design and concrete foundations for both static and dynamics analysis ( mainly in oil and gas industry)

Expert 3
Er. Vincent T. H. CHU obtained the degree of civil and structural engineering in the University of Hong Kong. He is the author of the monthly column “The Civil FAQ” in the Hong Kong Engineer published by the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and is the author of the civil engineering monthly columns “The Civil Q&A” and “The Civil Corner” on the websites on World Federation of Engineering Organization and the University of Science and Technology (American Society of Civil Engineers – International Student Group) respectively. He is the recipient of the Ombudsman’s Award 2007 under complaint-related category and Young Engineer of the Year Award 2008 (Merit) organized by the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. He is also the author of the engineering book “200 Question and Answers on Practical Civil Engineering Works”, “Civil Engineering Practical Notes A-Z” , “Ask Vincent Chu (Common FAQ on Practical Civil Engineering Works)” and “The Underlying Reasons in Practical Civil Engineering Works”.

So if you have any query regarding the concerned matter, just drop a comment and we will try to solve it as soon as possible.

3,910 comments on "Ask An Expert"

prasad says:

what percent of bitumen is used in open graded premix carpet

Geoffery says:

Sirs, How could the pH value of a Bentonite slurry affect the diaphragm wall construction?

richard carter says:

what is the name of the cranes used specifically for the loading and offloading of containers. two cranes work simultaniously in a curved motion to load and offload the container .the container gets loaded lengthwise and gets offloaded right next to the truck.

Shripad Joshi says:

I would like to have the design mix for Bituminous Macadam (BM) & Trimix Carpet.

M.A.Hadi says:

please can anybody list the general British, American and Australian codes for used in civil engineering

Lokesh Bansiwal says:

I have a question to the experts, can you please enlighten me on what criteria the distance between the expansion joints in a box culvert is decided? Also what should be the distance between expansion joints in box culverts for sizes 2×1.3, 3×1.3, 4×1.3 (single cell) and 2x4x2 (double cell) ?

archie says:

Hi can you please tell me the meaning of WINDRO its associated with building or civil construction

gangadharan.n says:

dear sir, i am doing final year civil. i want to know the procedure to do the concrete cloth which is my project i chose….

vivek paprwal says:

sir,
i want a help.please help me that what is the material of concrete piles used for the foundation of burj al arab.are they of only of opc or other cement.please replay immediately,

Ranjit Singh says:

Sir,
what is the method of calculating the weight of MS chequered Plate.

biju says:

what does curtail bar means in beam

giri says:

i want to know which slab is suitable for a multi storeyed building??? one way or two way??? for a dimension 12 x 4 m

S T Prakash says:

What should be the Marshal Stability limit for Bituminous Macadam?

S T Prakash says:

How is Marshal Stability result obtained in Mix Design correlated to samples of core extracted from site?

olaide timothy says:

Sir, how can i calculate how many cubic meteres can fill up a pile hole of 15m and of 450 diamater, and how manypile points can a 30tons granite and sand do

charan says:

We are conducting a Civil Engineering National Technical Fest. Can you give me an idea on the name of the fest which we should keep……………..

hani mousa says:

Dear Sir

while anchoring using PC Strands through Secant pile using PC stands under water table level, we got huge volume of water under pressure and we fight to stop it, which has cost us lots of money, so how to prevent this from happining from the start, is there a followed procedure ?

Faisal says:

am working in Ma` Aden Aluminium Refinery Plant in KSA as a Document Controller, I need to know that there is a pre-assembly area, from where we have to send our material to in erection area as boxes & Pieces, this is for steel structure for this Ma` Aden Aluminium Refinery Plant, I want to control that how many tones they are using in a day, so what would be my plan to calculate that & how?

Paramesh says:

Drg calls for M20 grade, our contractor uses the mixure 2 bondlies of cement, 5 bondlies of sand, 6 bondlies of sand, he is saying it will come M20, is its ok, if not whats happen to my house ????

RATISH KUMAR says:

No as per proportion it 1:1.5:3, 1 Cement ,1.5 Sand and 3 Aggregate

sbssaravanan says:

i like to learn staad pro. kindly help me

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