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Assalam-o-alaukum! In engineering institutions, normally all the teachers having PhD degrees are busy in carrying out research in their respective areas of expertise, because of their service requirements. For this purpose, most of them will have new ideas and topics to carry research on. Accordingly, IMO, the best and the easiest way to select a topic for your FYP, is to contact your teachers (especially those having PhD degrees), and get their views about what kind of topic they propose to work on. From the ideas, obtained in this way from various teachers, you may select a topic (you might be interested in) to start preliminary working on and to adopt it later for your FYP after polishing the topic in various respects. Regards.

Assalam-o-alaikum! The term 'load bearing structure' is commonly referred to a structure, in which the superstructure loads are transferred to the foundation, through masonry walls. These walls may consist of plain or reinforced masonry. Here are a few good books dealing with design of structural masonry: 1. Manual for Des of Plain Masonry in Building Structures, Institute of Struct Engineers, UK, 1997 2. Design of Structural Masonry by McKenzie, 2001 (BS & Eurocode 6 based) 3. Structural masonry designers’ manual by Curtin et al., 2006 (BS 5628 based) 4. Masonry Structural Design by Klingner, 2010 (IBC 2009 & MSJC-2008 based) 5. Design of Reinforced Masonry Structures by Narendra Taly, 2010 (IBC 2009 & MSJC-2008 based) Besides, you may find several other resources on the internet, dealing with design of load bearing masonry structures. Regards.

Assalam-o-alaikum! Step wise process, for ETABS version 9, is as under: 1. Go to 'Analyze' -> Set Analysis Options' 2. Check 'Dynamic Analysis' 3. Click on 'Set Dynamic Parameters' 4. Select 'Ritz vectors' in 'Type of Analysis' portion. 5. Press 'OK'. Regards.

Assalam-o-alaikum! Here is the case of a civil engineering building, located in Canada, that had to be demolished, after developing structural problems soon after completion of construction. Worth reading by civil, and particularly structural engineers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algo_Centre_Mall