What is the most usage of testing sieve analysis of soil

venkateswarlu

• Jan 2nd, 2013

According to is code sieve no. 4.75mm is used to classify weather the soil is coarse grained or fine grained.

Dipti

• Jan 30th, 2012

There are many size of sieves used in this testing of soil so the main thing of the soil test is compactness testing

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Describe Development Length(Ld) for M20 Concrete and Fe500 Steel in Tension,Compression zones

Aravinda Reddy.G

• Jan 28th, 2013

According to IS 456-2000,development length will be 50 dia.

rupali anjikhane

• Jan 19th, 2013

Development length is nothing but an embedment length. It is about 50 or 60 times the diameter of bar. There is one formula for development length = dia. x sigma s / 4 tou.bd.

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What is the composition of flyash bricks, by weight, by volume?

shahanth

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• 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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anjikhane rupali

• Mar 6th, 2013

Coping is the some shape given to the top of wall because of which the rainwater flows down due to slope and protect the wall from the water. Also it improves the appearance.

shahanth

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• Mar 1st, 2013

Coping: It is an unit or assemblage placed at the head of wall and designed to shed rain water from the top of the wall clear off all exposed surfaces of the walling beneath. effective and good coping will act as a
1. Shedding water
2. Frost resistant unit
3. Continuous rigid cavity closer

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Soil density test, bearing capacity of soil?

ANJIKHANE RUPALI

• Mar 6th, 2013

For Bearing Capacity, Plate load test is required to conduct and for soil density core cutter or sand replacement method is used.

VENKATESWARLU

• Jan 2nd, 2013

Soil density is found by using core cutter method or sand replacement method. Similarly bearing capacity of soil can be found by using plate load bearing test.

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What is the full meaning of 1 in 40, concerning slope of a rc roof

biswajit das

• Mar 6th, 2013

Slope 1 in 40 is the gradient of slope given, if the length is 40 meter then the vertical length will be 1metre. for ex. for 200 meter slope will be 200/40.

Ganesh k verma

• Sep 15th, 2011

Reinforcement /cement concrete roof means Roof casting after complete the reinforcement on shutring, in this mixture Called R C C roof Casting. Reinforcement work is so important for preparing the casting.

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shahanth

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• 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

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• 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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I would like to know in detail about the latest methods to detect cracks(micro cracks) in the building, especially the non destructive methods.

shahanth

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• Mar 16th, 2013

Methods to detect cracks in concrete are NEWS(Nonlinear Elastic Wave Spectroscopy), Template Matching , percolation algorithm method, Hessian-Driven Percolation methods..

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shahanth

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• Apr 5th, 2013

Orientation of building is the proper placement of building and its component rooms with respect to the weathering elements as the sun,wind and rain and environment factors like topography, and enchanting views of landscape. it enables the inmates to enjoy desirable features of NATURE.

tarun

• Apr 3rd, 2013

Orientation of the building is decided such that the effect of wind load is minimum

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shahanth

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• Apr 13th, 2013

Basic difference exist in the manner in which they act on structure.wind forces are external and proportional to exposed area,earth quake forces are inertia forces resulting from distortion of found...

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What is Steel Piling? What is the installation procedure?

shahanth

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• Apr 13th, 2013

Steel piles can be driven with very high capacity driving tools, depending on the site conditions. Hydraulic impact hammers are commonly used, but in many countries, where environmental aspects are of...

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what is the Difference between DEFLECTION AND DEFORMATION ? Explain

mohammed najeeb ansari

• Jun 6th, 2013

Deflection is temporary displacement due to moment action and deformation is a permanent displacement due to load action.

dipak

• Jun 5th, 2013

Deflection is a temporary phenomenon of displacement and deformation is a permanent displacement or physically irreversible phenomenon.

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Explain moment of inertia and its importance

Muhammad Aasim

• Jul 11th, 2013

The tendency of an object in motion to rotate until acted upon by an outside force. The moment of inertia is also known as rotational inertia.

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what is the quantity of 20mm concrete, sand used for 1 CUM R.C.C

Deepak

• Aug 19th, 2013

By finding X, we get volume of each one.........

sakthi

• Jul 19th, 2013

1:1.5:3 ratio concrete material calculate

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What is the effect of doing RCC raft foundation without PCC(If provide some protection like polythene sheets tp prevent direct contact of RCC with soil?

Deepak SUTHAR

• Sep 11th, 2013

Formula of pile foundation in cu mts.

Somashekhar Morabad (Structural Engineer)

• May 5th, 2012

It provides a solid base for the raft foundation n protect steel and concrete from corrosion. More over it help to maintain w/c ratio of raft concrete while it is casted green.

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How to differentiate the volumes of wet and dry sand / soil?

B.Mohamed Mansoor

• Nov 3rd, 2013

It should find out by Rapid moisture meter ,method moisture correction method.

IN Wet sand moisture become more and it dry moisture become less then wet.

In sand moisture should be allowing only 12 %

Bharath M

• Dec 9th, 2011

25% of Volume will be differ from the both.

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How much of the strength of concrete comes from post-production curing?

nsathish

• Nov 28th, 2013

7days-66.66%
14days-89%
28days-100%

B.Mohamed mansoor

• Nov 3rd, 2013

Concrete technology is study of age of the concrete and age attending strength of original concrete.Post concrete we are taking two times in compressive strength either 1st 7 days & 28 days .

It should be 7 days 67 % And 28 days it should attend 100 %...

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What is Shuttering? How it is done on site?

Md. Nesar Uddin (PowerPac, Bangladesh)

• Jan 9th, 2014

Shuttering is Temporary Structure. This Structure used for Placing of Permanent Structure according to Approved Drawing and Design. This structure generally Wooden or Steel.

kriahan panwar

• Jan 8th, 2014

Shuttering is a temporary structure which helps to construction work to continue in forward direction. It may be wood and steel.

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what is the method of calculation for require Cement qty. in 1 Cum brick work with CSM 1:6.

Md. Nesar Uddin, PowerPac, Bangladesh.

• Jan 12th, 2014

We know, for 1 cum brickwork done to need 35% dry cement mortar.
So, Cement Mortar for 1 cum=1 ?0.35=0.35 cum
Given, Ratio is 1:6 = 1+6 = 7
1. Cement= (0.35?1)/7=0.05 cum.
2. Sand= (0.35?6)/7=0.3 cum

Md. Nesar Uddin

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• Jan 12th, 2014

We know, for 1 cum brickwork done to need 35% dry cement mortar.
So, Cement Mortar for 1 cum=1 ?0.35=0.35 cum
Given, Ratio is 1:6 = 1+6 = 7
1. Cement= (0.35?1)/7=0.05 cum.
2. Sand= (0.35?6)/7=0.3 cum

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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.

panneerlakshmanan

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• May 9th, 2010

I section has lowest shape factor

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