In civil engineering, flexural beams are used to control the effect of vibrations that can cause cracks to appear in surfaces (concrete slabs) and beams. This is particularly important in buildings ...

Motorists on Talbot Road in South Windsor this week may catch a startling sight: Enormous concrete beams as long as two school buses, a basketball court, or a blue whale. “These are called NU girders.

Lego-like 3D-printed beams offer lightweight alternative to concrete By Nick Lavars March 09, 2021 According to research team behind them, the new 3D-printed beams weigh up to 80 percent less than ...

Where a cantilevered concrete system may be a fairly common feature in today’s concrete buildings, a cantilevered concrete system that the majority of the building rests above draws some attention.