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Date: May 16th, 2008

Why We Research

16 May, 2008 (23:08) | Engineering, Research | No comments

Research into bridge loading applies existing science and techniques to solve what is quite obviously a practical problem. Even so, I’m often asked what good is the research, and “sure isn’t that all known about already?”. Those involved in pure blue-skies research must have it much worse than I do. In reading Petr Beckman’s A [...]

Presentations Added

16 May, 2008 (18:09) | General | No comments

Presentations on research papers and general structural engineering topics that I’ve made are now available here. There’s also a presentation made to 5th and 6th year second-level students during maths week, October 2007. The presentations are all in PDF format so some animation effects are missing, but such is life.