A new Bradco tree shear attachment for skid steers is capable of a 10-inch-diameter cut with its inch-thick cutter bar blades. The 1,122-pound Bradco tree shear, a product of Paladin Light ...

This second column taken from my new book Composites for Construction — Structural Design with FRP Materials (published by John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, N.Y.) focuses on the design of ...

Composite construction, which optimises the complementary strengths of materials such as steel and concrete, has become a mainstay in modern engineering. Central to these systems are shear ...

An investigation by a government agency and three universities found that the elevator and stairwell walls – key structures meant to absorb shear ... steel bars were used. “The failure stemmed from ...