ABSTRACT
With the last few decades, Nigeria has been experiencing a great transformation in terms of population growth and the provision and development facilities for the wellbeing of the masses; the built environmental was not left out in the process. This because construction of houses and infrastructures are essential to man next as air, water and food (salau 1996). There structures serve as residence, place of work, workshop. Entertainment, as means of transportation etc.As the population and economic activities continue to explode. The demand became more pressing. The country in recent time. But an embarrassing feature of our building and infrastructures developmental strive is the failure rate verified among the existing structure and those under construction. The cost of these collapses in terms of human being and economic waste cannot be over emphasis. As the effect of the global warming began to take its toll in many part of the world including Nigeria as the country improve professional and craftsman that will reduce the menace drastically.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page
Certification – – – – – – – – – ii
Dedication – – – – – – – – – – iii
Acknowledgements – – – – – – – – iv
Abstract – – – – – – – – – – v
Table of Contents – – – – – – – – vi
Chapter One
1.0 Introduction – – – – – – – – – 1
- Statement of the Problem – – – – – – 3
- Objectives and of the Study – – – – – – 5
- Research Questions – – – – – – – 5
- Scope of the Study – – – – – – – 5
- Significance of the Study – – – – – – 6
Chapter Two
2.0 Literature Review – – – – – – – 7
2.1 Structural Design – – – – – – – 8
2.2 Structural Integrity – – – – – – – 9
2.3 Structural Analysis – – – – – – – 9
2.4 Causes of Structural Failure – – – – – – 10
2.5 Building Code – – – – – – – – 11
2.6 Structure – – – – – – – – – 13
2.7 Ultimate Limit Design – – – – – – – 13
Chapter Three
3.0 Methodology – – – – – – – – 15
Chapter Four
4.0 Analysis of Data, Results and Discussion – – – – 16
Chapter Five
5.0 Conclusion and Recommendations – – – – – 23-25
References
CHAPTER ONE
- INTRODUCTION
Structural integrity and failure is an aspect of Engineering when deal with the ability of a structure to support a design load without breaking, tearing apart or collapsing. Structural failure may be unique with every building, however, the reason a structure will collapse will generally be attributed to either natural or man made infrastructure disaster.
