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What is composite massonary and how is bonding done for it?
dijuponnarambil
- Jun 23rd, 2009
The masonry which is constructed with two more combination of materials, like stone facing and brick backing, stone facing and concrete backing etc.Bonding of masonry is same as ordinary masonry using cement mortar, lime mortar etc.
hemasanthosh
- Oct 15th, 2008
1. Using of composite materials such as fibre reinforced polymer composites (FRPC) instead of steel in masonry structures is nothing but composite masonry. 2. Mainly composites have been extensively ...
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Civil Engineering Project Advice
I am studying in NIT, kurukshetra. My branch is civil engineering. Please advice for civil engineering projects I can do
Syamala
- Mar 3rd, 2007
Hi Kumar, Doing a Project in GIS is a gud option for you along with Transportation.You can find Gud oppurtunities for GIS People,ALong with GIS you better Do Primavera n other Softwares.. too
ragvendar
- Aug 21st, 2006
i wanna do project in GIS applied to transportation or to structuresplease guide me the topics(hi-fy ones)
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What is the best design for building bridges?
Manoj Kumar Tanwar
- Jan 31st, 2007
Concrete Pre Casted Bridges are best for building bridges.
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What is the best book for building construction?
ekram alam
- Oct 7th, 2011
Practical building construction and its management (sandeep mantry
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What will happen to the structure
If a tall structure subjected to only dead load and live load. there is no earthquake or wind load on the structure.a)settlement in internal structureb)settlement in external structurec)differential settlementd)none.and why??????
sauvirsingh01
- Dec 7th, 2008
It is not possible without air pressure, if structure is enough strong and foundation is strong this will settle internally.
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Soil Mechanics
What is Quick Sand Condition?
ravibarun
- Feb 23rd, 2009
The phenonmenon of lifting up of sand due to high head of the water above the ground level.
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Open Foundation
What is Open Foundation?
bassam abu zuaiter
- Sep 4th, 2011
1 Drawing plans for execution the foundation
2 Preparing the ground for execution
3 Complete documentation about the foundation soil (under and over) the foundation soil
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4-Lane Expressway
How many layers are required for a 4-lane Expressway in general? What are they?
S.KALAIYARASAN
- Apr 27th, 2009
There are 4 layers.1.) Bitumen layer2.) Concrete3.) Metal bed4.) Gravel
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Rein Forced Concrete
What method needs to be adopted for designing Water Retaining structures?
abhishekcivil
- May 14th, 2009
Because the shape effect is the least for the 15cm cube and we get a fairly accurate idea of the strength of the concrete as such.
abhishekcivil
- May 14th, 2009
The reinforced water retaining structures should be based on working stress method of design.Secondly the crack thickness and the width of the crack is also to be watched for.Use of water bars during ...
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Bending Moment
What is bending moment?
kuldeep.professional
- Nov 30th, 2009
Bending moment is actually meant for check whether the member can take the load or not technically there is method to find out BM at any point but on overall bending is maximum at that point which is ...
bhupi1588
- Aug 14th, 2009
Bending moment at a section is defined as the algebraic sum of moment of forces either on the left or right side of the section. The load can be any loads point load or uniformly distribute...
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Building Wall Cracks
When you find lot of cracks on the completed apartment wall, How will you arrest them?
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I Section Beam
Why I section of beam are generally used?
vijay Kumar
- Jan 31st, 2014
It provides large stiffness in lateral direction and more MOI with same section.
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Flyash Bricks
What is the composition of flyash bricks, by weight, by volume?
shahanth
- Feb 27th, 2013
Fly ash (70%) Lime (10%) Gypsum (5%) and Sand (15%) For fly ash brick.
Fly ash 50%-60%, sand/stone dust/quarry dust 30%-40%, O.P.C 8%-10%ADITYA BHAT
- Nov 29th, 2012
3%-4% can beused
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RCC Pipes
What is the difference between Hume pipes, spun pipes, NP 2, NP3, NP4, pipes?Test requirements of above pipes.
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Concrete Cube Testing
If the concrete cube was casted on 20/11/10, then the 7th day test will be carried out on either on 26/11/10 or 27/11/10
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Building cracks
What is the reason of cracks developing between the joints of concrete beams and block walls
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What is open graded aggregate?
shahanth
- Mar 11th, 2013
Open graded aggregate contains only a small percentage of aggregate particles in the small range. This results in more air voids because there are not enough small particles to fill in the voids betwe...
suji
- Mar 7th, 2012
Open graded aggregate is the base of single-sized, angular pieces it is washed to remove fines, stone size can vary between 3 in to ? in. It has Low-settling compaction, void spaces may constitute up...
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DMC piles
what is the minimum size of DMC piles?
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