tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79101570576913062512024-03-13T19:41:53.237+05:30Civil Empirecivil and much more...CIVILPRINCESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10745455550940639794noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910157057691306251.post-62411230911394375142012-05-06T22:04:00.000+05:302012-05-06T22:33:36.867+05:30Are We Now Trying To Compete With Nature?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px;">Some say man's work cannot be on par with nature. But sometimes I feel "<i>Is man trying to take the nature's job into his hands</i>?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px;">This is because in some of the recent innovations in the last decade man has made sure he got rid of any obstacles if he had naturally and converted the surroundings to suit his needs. As a civil engineer it makes me think if this progress is for the good or bad?</span></div>
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Now consider the <b>kansai airport in the Japan</b>. It was built in a place where none would have even dreamt of constructing anything some decades ago. It was built right on water. An artificial island was built some 3 kms away from the land. The challenges posed by nature like the clay soil strata in the sea bed, rough waves were all taken care of. This happened because the city had space constraints and needed to make an artificial island to house the airport.</div>
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The above example shows that man had created artificial islands to overcome some problem. But next is an example of a similar artificial island built for the bon vivant class.</div>
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The <b>palm islands of dubai</b> ( palm jebel ali, palm jumeirah, palm deira ) were all constructed for hotels like burj al arab and some residential blocks. This new year also saw the opening of the luxurious five star Rixos Palm Jumeirah hotel in Dubai.</div>
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And now here is another one construction... the difference here being that it has been a concept from nature!</div>
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The<b> Nautilus House in Mexico</b> where the house is built resembling a shell! Have a look at it and think if there are anymore limitations for engineers... This poses no harm. But I want to show you how we are now capable of imitating the Nature. </div>
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So from these few examples itself it is evident that man is capable of delivering high standards of engineering, by replication of nature's work. Some is commendable and helps mankind in it's progress. Some just for the sake of it... for showing uniqueness and superiority. Man must know that he has certain limitations. The works like the first one is absolutely necessary and more such engineering which will help the society must be done. But the others?</div>
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This doesn't apply just to the civil engineering field. I have covered examples from my field to make you understand the idea. But man has in all fields started challenging nature. Vegetables are grown the artificial way to make profits these days. The obstacles that nature posed for us is no more an obstacle. </div>
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If we come up with innovations to help us it is good. But we must try not to meddle with the nature too much too! What say? Just a thought... :) </div>
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</div>CIVILPRINCESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10745455550940639794noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910157057691306251.post-12362619016877159402012-01-02T14:26:00.000+05:302012-01-02T14:26:43.557+05:30Welcome 2012!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Hello friends! <div><br />
</div><div>Hope the last year was eventful and good :) I was preparing for a competitive exam and so I was irregular in here. Starting this year you'll find more regular posts coming up in this space! </div><div><br />
</div><div>The last year saw some awesome constructions coming up. Many records were broken and new records created! </div><div><br />
</div><div>Here is a post that i made for Crazyengineer's official blog VoiCE which lists the achievements made last year in the industry which made civil engineers proud.</div><div><br />
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</div></div>CIVILPRINCESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10745455550940639794noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910157057691306251.post-19525178719270509472011-09-19T20:25:00.000+05:302011-09-19T20:25:04.148+05:30Celebrating one year of writing!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GdvtEldB4wU/TnNfvx8uDCI/AAAAAAAAAHw/2mRlexq59_0/s1600/one.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="381" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GdvtEldB4wU/TnNfvx8uDCI/AAAAAAAAAHw/2mRlexq59_0/s400/one.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was in February 2010 that i created this blog just out of curiosity after seeing some blogs of my friends ( <a href="http://iharshad.wordpress.com/">harshad italiya</a>, <a href="http://sahithipallavi.blogspot.com/">sahithi pallavi,</a> <a href="http://rajsramblings.blogspot.com/">sandeep</a>,<a href="http://unpredictableblog.wordpress.com/"> raj verma</a>, <a href="http://superblog.crazyengineers.com/">Big K</a>, etc., etc.)! But I never tried posting anything in here till 19th, september, 2012. That was my first attempt to see if I could write anything sensible at all. ;) </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">I received the first comment in half an hour from fellow CEan raj verma and the second was my friend sai! :) Then I started coming out with simple posts which were a lot general and slowly started writing posts which involved more of civil engineering. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Writing these technical articles had given me some confidence to try writing the civil engineering related articles for the official technical blog of crazyengineers-<a href="http://www.crazyengineers.com/category/voice/">VoiCE</a>. I authored around 20 articles at <a href="http://www.crazyengineers.com/author/niranjana/">http://www.crazyengineers.com/author/niranjana/</a>. It is not a major feat but one that i'm proud of. And for that opportunity I thank Big_K. :) </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Spending time with my blog made me appreciate structures and engineering further. I've learnt lots of things this one year... not just technical but also general stuff. I also made some new blogger friends and some of my friends had also started blogging by then and so I enjoyed the whole experience. :) </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">With the passing time it was around May that I realised that I was confused with the purpose of the blog. So I created another blog <a href="http://civilprincess.wordpress.com/">The Civil Princess blogs here... </a> for all the casual postings and dedicated this blog completely for Civil Engineering. :) </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">The last three months I had been away from blogging for various reasons and this blogoversary has given me an opportunity to get back to blogging and active this time.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is the one year history of this blog and my experiences here! I thank all who have stopped by to read my blog and also encourage me. :) </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here is a list of some of the posts that i'm proud of:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><b>favourite blog post:</b></span> <a href="http://civilprincess.blogspot.com/2010/12/thursday-challenge-is-construction.html">http://civilprincess.blogspot.com/2010/12/thursday-challenge-is-construction.html</a></span><br />
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><b>best hit: </b></span><a href="http://civilprincess.blogspot.com/2010/09/leaning-tower-of-abu-dhabi.html">http://civilprincess.blogspot.com/2010/09/leaning-tower-of-abu-dhabi.html</a> (even now it keeps getting a lot of traffic) </span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Here I go again : “Chennai Rocks!!!” :) I just can’t say it the other way despite the fact that the temperatures here are killing me and the traffic is driving me crazy!!! But at the end of the day, it my very own Chennai! And we Chennai <i>vaasis</i> love it… :) </div><div class="MsoNormal">You want one good reason? Like how Ash says it in the L’Oreal ad, “I’ll give you five!” :p In fact its just the top five, believe me we are crazy about this superfast city for a million reasons :) But it is not humanly possible for me list them all. </div><div class="MsoNormal">So let’s get started:</div><div class="MsoNormal">The Fifth place is taken up by Mahaballipuram (or shortly called as “Mahabs” :P ). A perfect choice for a day’s visit for a family or even better, a gang of friends. It is the usual hot spot for budding photographers. The beautiful place, statues and the temples are the best for one to kick start his encounter with photography. It’s not just about Mahabs that I am talking about… it’s also about the other Temples in the city. (There is dearth for them). A must visit when one wants to get away from the hustle and bustle of life for at least an hour of peace. </div><div class="MsoNormal">The fourth place is taken up by the collage of arts that the city represents. The cultural atmosphere in the city is an amalgam of different dance forms, singing and music. People from far and wide take the pains to travel to Chennai ( and mind you, just Chennai! :p ) so as to take up a crash course on the art they want to learn. I am a classical dancer and I’ve seen dozens of people approach my dance teacher during the summer hols to get hold of the dance forms. Chennai’s yearly calendar is just not complete with out the December festival where different people showcase their talents in different forms of art during the month long festival. (Do try and make it to Chennai at least once during December. You’ll know what I’m talking about :) )</div><div class="MsoNormal">The long list of festivals that are celebrated round the year are a trade mark of Chennai. And its specialities are the <i>nonbus</i> or fasts and the sentiments that come attached with it. It starts with the new Year celebrations and Pongal in January and ends with Christmas and new year eve celebration ;) All kinds of festivals are celebrated with equal enthusiasm and of course Diwali tops them all. The really long list of festivals does give the kids a reason to celebrate, of course it the holidays that accompanies them :) For that reson they are given the Third spot :p </div><div class="MsoNormal">The second spot goes to the Shopping and hang out points in the city. The city offers you so much variety in anything you would like to purchase. You want a saree? Feel free to chose from the wide varieties from a cotton saree though designer sarees to <i>pattu</i> sarees. Just hit the shopping hotspot of Chennai ( T.Nagar / Panagal Park) you can never say you never got what you wanted. They have almost everything. And hi-fi malls are mushrooming across the city at a crazy rate. So in short you can not get bored in Chennai. If you still fell so, you are at the wrong corner of the city. </div><div class="MsoNormal">And the coveted first spot goes to FOOD!!! The variety at Chennai from Dosas, Idlis, Pongal to Upma are the standard breakfast items. One can just not stay away from them as long as they are in Chennai. In fact a guy won a Cookery contest in U.S.A I guess (not sure though) by cooking the humble Upma! See how they rock!!! :) Even in a single dosa you can choose between various versions of it. <br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">This is for one of my close buddy who is celebrating here blogoversary on 19<sup>th</sup> of September.</div><div class="MsoNormal">She is a crazy civil engineer who is aspiring to do MBA in IIM-A. The viewers of her blog might know her as Civil Princess, but to me she is Niru( that’s how I call her). </div><div class="MsoNormal">She is pursuing her final year in Civil. I have been knowing her past 4 years and she remains the same. That makes you special, young lady! <span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span> She is an intelligent,shrewd,friendly and sweet person. She has all qualities to get into IIM-A. The one thing which makes her special is she spreads positivity throughout. She tries to correct her mistake when told. We have shared all kinds of emotions!! She is one person who has heights of belongingness. </div><div class="MsoNormal"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">Her blog is mostly concentrated on trends in civil, and social issues. One of my favourite article of hers is the tensegrity structures which she posted for the VOICE in crazyengineers.</div><div class="MsoNormal">Capital gate- Abu Dhabi, Khansai Airport, Green terraces are worth mentioning . </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div></div>CIVILPRINCESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10745455550940639794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910157057691306251.post-66822001113617075142011-09-17T18:33:00.001+05:302011-09-17T18:33:18.183+05:30Sustainable farming with the use of Civil engineering<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">The first Guest Post is by my friend, fellow CEan and blogger Ishan topre! He is an enthusiastic and Crazy Mechanical Engineer who also enjoys writing he tracks the technological trends in mechanicl engineering for the Crazyengineers official blog <a href="http://www.crazyengineers.com/author/ishan-topre/">VoiCE</a>. He also has his own blog <a href="http://ishanjayanttopre.wordpress.com/">Kautilya's Diary </a> where he expresses his thoughts.<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">From the dawn of human civilization, if we have seen an almost continuous development in any science then it is perhaps architecture and structural sciences. If we take a look at the Stone Age houses or Egyptian pyramids, or Assyrian civilization or the Aryan Civilization we might be surprised that every human settlement and every generation of that settlement have continuously added to this branch of engineering in some way or the other. However in saying all this, I am neither praising civil engineering nor do I intend compare it with other sciences. My sole point of discussion is that, it is high time that we try to engage more of civil technology in farming, thereby making farming a sustainable trade for our society. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">There is a concept called natural cooling and climate maintenance. Nowadays we also have many of the buildings constructed that way. Mankind has been making advances in technology in general and every technocrat on this earth knows what the concept of green house is. It is thus evident that we combine these civil sciences with the technology for conserving plants and crops. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">The green houses which we talk about mostly range anywhere between INR 15,000 (~$334) to 200,000 (~$4450) that too for a small room sized green house. The total cost of covering a considerable part of a plot, scale up astronomically high. It is thus the need of hour that we construct cheaper alternatives of green houses which can help the countries having agriculture as their satellite industry. It is not even as if we have to invent something new. We already know it. The concept that I am talking about is to find out different materials which can change their thermal conductivity as per the weather outside. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Presently we have green houses located at places where ample sunlight is available. Moreover, the coverings on them are mostly limited to plastic glazed coverings, the reason being they transmit photo-synthetically active radiation effectively (PAR). While normally people do not go for glass glazed coverings only because of the cost factor involved. As a counter measure, Fiber reinforced polyester is used, but we can still have better varieties of green house coverings and a very little is being done in this field. Due to lack of research our choice is narrowed down to five prominent materials namely Acrylic, Polycarbonate, fiber-glass Polyethylene film and polyvinyl chloride film. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">We do not necessarily have to follow the example of Mr. Chester Baker who donated a green house to University of Missouri. Rather, if we direct our efforts to develop low cost alternatives and widen our existing range of materials we can really help the Farmers and thereby hugely contribute to society. The research of civil engineering out of the normal construction business would probably bring out another green revolution. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">"Need is indeed the mother of all innovations." Japan now has around four airports built of shore to cater to the demands also taking into consideration the public convenience. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">This is the <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Kansai airport</span></b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">located on an </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">artificial island</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"> in the middle of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Osaka Bay in Japan</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">off the shore of the cities of Sennan and Izumisano.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The kansai airport was the first of this kind. The airport was constructed at some distance from the main land on an artificially constructed man-made island. The need for this offshore airport was mainly attributed to the developments in the Osaka to regain the economic power it had lost to Tokyo in the last few decades. The airport had threats from the typhoons and earthquakes. So the engineers had taken all this into consideration and designed this airport. The airport of size 4km by 2.5km was suggested. The terminal here spanning 1.7km is the longest terminal. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The sea wall was made of rocks and tetrahedral concrete blocks. The island was made by filling <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">21,000,000 m</span><sup style="line-height: 1em;">3</sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"> of landfill obtained by excavating three mountains. The technical problem here was the soil below water was alluvial clay so the sinking of structure would be more. So the engineers decided to use sand piles. These sand would absorb the moisture of the clay. Though it had been filled more than required engineers predicted some sinking to occur. But here the sinking was more than expected leading to extra costs. It sank for 8m. The engineers suggested sliding joints for the aseismic deign. This worked most effectively. It was evident form the results obtained when japan faced the Kobe earthquake on </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">17 January 1995. The airport remained undamaged. The next test came in 1998 when the airport faced </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">a typhoon with wind speeds of up to 200 km/h. The airport survived without any damage. The only connection of this island to the mainland was the sky gate bridge. It was completed on 1990 with a cost of dollar one billion. This trussed bridge carried the railway in lower level and the motor way in the upper level. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">The techniques applied here with some modifications to prevent the excess sinking was applied in the construction of more airports like this which were <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><b>New Kitakyushu Airport, Kobe Airport, and Chūbu Centrair International Airport.</b></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Thats how the need created a path for the wonder and this wonder was the inspired and made way for many more such structures! :) </span><br />
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</div>CIVILPRINCESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10745455550940639794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910157057691306251.post-77288427790177680902011-05-02T12:02:00.001+05:302011-05-10T09:40:36.206+05:30Hiya :)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">hello guys,<br />
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i was away from blogging for some time since i was busy with exams. now its over and it's time i spend some time for my blog :)<br />
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i have some posts lined up for civil empire. hope it will interest you guys.<br />
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i also have another announcement to make. civil empire has conquered another province. :D in simple words i've started another blog :p this blog will henceforth be devoted only for civil engineering related posts.<br />
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all the casual posts will henceforth be posted in <a href="http://civilprincess.wordpress.com/">Civilprincess blogs here...</a> :)<br />
hope you guys enjoy the articles at both the blogs! :D<br />
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Update: i've moved all the casual posts to the wordpress blog. and only the civil related posts remain in civil empire! :)<br />
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cheers!<br />
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</div>CIVILPRINCESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10745455550940639794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910157057691306251.post-66021945502662874442011-03-07T20:27:00.003+05:302011-03-29T10:21:01.622+05:30kudos to the budding engineers!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">hello folks :D</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it's a long time since I've made my last post. so here is one simple but marvelous engineering i recently learnt.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">i had been to attend a civil engineering tech fest at IIT Madras (India) last week end. every year during this festival the students make it a point to make some engineering project which is not easy and display it. this year's marvel (the name they give the projects) was a inflatable rubber dam.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this inflatable rubber dam is just a tube like structure made of a hard rubber like material. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;">the material is a multi layer fabric made synthetic fibre which may be rubberised on one or both sides and possibly coated with a plastic film.</span> they are made to a cylinder like structure after initial scrubbing to make the material hold tight when glue is applied. then the edges are firmly stuck and pressed to remove any locked air bubbles. then the circular shapes of the same material is cut and pasted to the sides. now this is the basic structure of the inflatable dam.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this bag like structure is then filled with air or water or both. there is an opening on top for this purpose.this structure is then anchored to the base of the dam. in this case the students used glue as it was sufficient for the size they were building. when the air is filled it inflates and holds itself to the sill of the dam. it hence is capable of working as a weir or barrier to water flow.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it has its own advantages and disadvantages. being cheap, easy to construct are its advantages. the disadvantages are the facts that they are vulnerable to damage by people, life span of 20 years.</span><br />
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</div>CIVILPRINCESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10745455550940639794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910157057691306251.post-17592836904032084162011-01-30T20:36:00.001+05:302011-03-29T10:22:03.186+05:30Anybody wants to go green?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">For those who love to stay close to nature, Roof garden may be the closest option these days. In the present scenario where most of the people in urban areas live in apartments, having a garden will seem out of question. The main constraint is the space which the builders claim they can use to build another whole block.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">A few decorative items and good choice of plants will make a world of difference. It does not only change the looks of the surroundings but also alters the environment. The gardens can be located in two places. One is the balcony and the other alternative is the roof.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div>This concept was developed in Germany in 1960s.Green roofs are made up of a system of manufactured layers, placed one above the other over roofs to support growing medium and vegetation. Green roofs are categorized as intensive, semi-intensive or extensive, based on the depth of planting medium and the amount of maintenance they require. The green roofs <b>protects against heat ingress</b> through the roof.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The roof gardens/green roof can also be made to serve another purpose. They can be laid at a proper slope in such a way that they provide proper drainage for the water falling in the roof. Thus the water can be put to proper use without many other expenses like the piping for the rain water harvesting and other alternates. This roof garden can also be used to unleash your creativity. You can experiment with potted plants or grass carpet or garden accessories.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">water</span></b></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20px;"><i><b> symbolizes the retention of wealth”</b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">this is the concept behind one of the most beautiful fountains ever built. the structure that i'm talking about is the "fountain of wealth" situated in the suntec city of Singapore in the middle of a lot of shopping malls. It recorded in the 1998 edition of the </span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Guinness Book of Records as the </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">world's largest fountain made of bronze. </span></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">during the day there will be no water flowing in the fountain and people can walk to the centre point which is a good f<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px;">eng shui point and wish for good luck. in the nights there will be laser shows and nusic shows in there. </span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as already mentioned the fountain is made of brass. the circular ring is of circumference 66m. the base of fountain is at the basement level and the circular ring is situated at the ground level and the fountain has a height of 13.8m. this ring is supported by four slanting columns also made of brass.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this fountain was built with an aim of providing sufficient visual impact which the buildings surrounding it would not be able to do alone.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the other interesting aspect of this structure is it has five buildings surrounding it. these buildings represent the thumb and other four fingers of the left hand. so this fountain forms the palm of the hand. this fountain plaza now focal point of the suntec city and heart of marina centre area. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Below ground, at the Fountain Terrace, all the buildings are interconnected by shops and restaurants. The complex is also connected to its neighbours by both underground and street-level pedestrian linkways.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that's all that made this out of the box thinking a wonder! :D</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this fountain festured in the asia amasing race 1 & 3.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">It was featured in the Indian hit movie,</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="text-decoration: none;">Krrish</span>, <span style="color: black;">when Krrish played by</span> <span style="text-decoration: none;">Hrithik Roshan</span> <span style="color: black;">used it as an observation point to locate the position of his Nemesis's helicopter that he is chasing. ;)</span></span></span><br />
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</span>CIVILPRINCESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10745455550940639794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910157057691306251.post-11207101487020141702010-12-12T15:30:00.002+05:302011-03-29T10:25:52.657+05:30How fast do you think a building could be built?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">With new technologies and innovations taking over in the various fields the world is moving at a very fast pace. In construction field, the prefabricated constructions is the new rule. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">These prefabricated parts like beam, column, floor slab, etc. are manufactured in the factories and transported to the construction sites. Then by simple assembling process, the building rises at a very fast speed that none could have foreseen. some buildings that proudly show this fact are the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #535353; line-height: 18px;">The New Ark Hotel in china, the rotating towers of dubai, london, paris, etc. </span></span><br />
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</span></span></span></div>CIVILPRINCESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10745455550940639794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910157057691306251.post-66390694343715880352010-12-08T19:38:00.002+05:302011-03-29T10:26:25.705+05:30the thursday challenge is "construction"!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This Thursday challenge is "Construction". And i was excited the moment i read the topic :D this was one topic sculpted for me! (don't start pelting stones at me ;)) :mj</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">we had done a model of a building showing the ways in which it could be made "green". our class as a whole accepted the work and we started of planning.:d once done with it we got all the plywood, paints, nails, saw, hammer, markers, etc. then started the best part putting the plan together.:rainbow :$ we had a group of girls marking the lines for doors, windows, ends of walls, etc. and the boys taking the saws in their hands. have a look at it... 8)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7Qd2Q-JaOlw/TP9-zZFuf1I/AAAAAAAAAFo/oO1skOib0aM/s1600/DSC01531.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7Qd2Q-JaOlw/TP9-zZFuf1I/AAAAAAAAAFo/oO1skOib0aM/s320/DSC01531.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">stage 1: discussing the plan and marking. 8|</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7Qd2Q-JaOlw/TP9_vhuNjkI/AAAAAAAAAF0/zxoTkqX0NPE/s1600/DSC01555.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="230" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7Qd2Q-JaOlw/TP9_vhuNjkI/AAAAAAAAAF0/zxoTkqX0NPE/s320/DSC01555.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">stage 2: nailing the plywoods together and painting them (1st coat)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7Qd2Q-JaOlw/TP-N6H0j2NI/AAAAAAAAAGE/2fZR1YYLf3Y/s1600/DSC01566.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7Qd2Q-JaOlw/TP-N6H0j2NI/AAAAAAAAAGE/2fZR1YYLf3Y/s320/DSC01566.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">stage 3: after second coat of paint our "building" is transferred from the "manufacturing" site to the final site.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">our final product! :h</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">dedicated to the whole class who enjoyed doing it :D III year civil students of MSEC... this is for you :b</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Cheers!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/121/03A803434CBF3A4D69964544CC11A1CE.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/121/03A803434CBF3A4D69964544CC11A1CE.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div></div>CIVILPRINCESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10745455550940639794noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910157057691306251.post-40540451319241584312010-12-04T12:41:00.002+05:302011-03-29T10:26:58.452+05:30My first Blog post in CE VoiCE!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I have been regularly reading the articles published in the CE-VoiCE which is the official Blog of the <a href="http://www.crazyengineers.com/">Crazyengineers</a> website. I had wanted to write blog posts on the civil engineering topics at the VoiCE and so submitted my first blog post.<br />
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Here it is : <a href="http://www.crazyengineers.com/akashi-kaikyo-the-pearl-bridge/">The Pearl Bridge</a><br />
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Guys do read it :) that's construction project is engineering at it's peak!<br />
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The thing i liked the most about it is they employed their own country men for all jobs right from the foremen to the project head. Even the softwares and technology they used were what they invented themselves. They didn't depend on the best people from other nations and took the job in their own hands. That's what i admire about these Japanese. And they mad it a point to have precision to the millimeter scale in this project. :D ISN'T THAT GREAT ENGINEERING?<br />
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cheers!<br />
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</div>CIVILPRINCESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10745455550940639794noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910157057691306251.post-35145626359388318482010-12-03T13:00:00.003+05:302011-08-27T20:55:09.077+05:30My first Architectural plani had done some drafting of floor plans for my uncle earlier. but this was the first time i did it with full enthusiasm and this is more professional than the earlier ones. but this is not the best plans. this is the best for students like me :D these were not planned by me. i just did the drafting part.:) here are some screen shots of the draft in autocad.<br />
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<div>cheers!</div><div>CP</div>CIVILPRINCESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10745455550940639794noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910157057691306251.post-65192720863146743492010-11-29T12:55:00.002+05:302011-03-29T10:27:24.393+05:30Back with a bang!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">i was away from my blog with just 2 posts this month since i was held up with exams.:( I was myself feeling so bad watching my blog dormant.:c well i've given my blog a make over and i'm starting to make it be active. :D<br />
starting now you can look out for interesting articles related to civil engineering marvels and the other interesting stuff too.<br />
i'm gonna do my best for my blog now :) it deserves it :d<br />
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cheers!<br />
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</div>CIVILPRINCESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10745455550940639794noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910157057691306251.post-28648292235118974422010-10-19T16:56:00.000+05:302010-10-19T17:09:40.159+05:30Traditional Architecture.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><i><b>Buildings are the Worst Killers than the Earthquake. Earthquakes don’t kill; badly built houses do.</b></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">In certain hilly areas there were many traditional methods of construction which could allow the buildings to withstand the high intensities of earthquakes.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I would like to brief you guys on one such</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="highlight" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">ancient</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">design of a structure in the hilly regions which has stood through the time without destroying when the earth quakes strike.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The building I’m taking about id</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b><span style="color: purple;">“CHAINI KOTI TEMPLE” </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">or</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: purple;"><b>“kath kunni”</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">as it is locally known. This building lies in the himachal Pradesh in India. it is more than 5oo years old. These are actually built as temples for the local deities but became watch towers during wars.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">The Chaini Koti temple is a tower style temple. that the verandah all around extends beyond the walls to form a cantilevered structure. Even the staircase is cantilevered.</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Chaini Koti temple is a stone temple rising 26 metres at 2,200 metres above sea level Himachal lies in</span><span class="highlight" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">seismic</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"> zone 4 and 5, and the seven-storey Chaini Koti temple uses stone, wood and indigenous structural engineering to withstand the forces of nature. The main aspect of this structure is </span><b><span style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">“the aesthetics of using local wood and stone without any cement plastering in this pristine backdrop.” </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Known as kath kunni, or wooden corners at right angles, this stone-and-timber technique delivers quake resistance comparable to modern construction science.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">The temples are also repositories of traditional knowledge and materials. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">The main aspects of this design is:</span></div><ul style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 2em; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Deodar, wood of the gods found in the Himalayas, is insect and borer </span><span class="highlight" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">resistant</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">; it can also take extremes of rain and snow. Its timber, which can bear lateral stress, is ingeniously crafted by traditional master masons. That’s why the </span><span style="color: purple;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">nail-less and cement less towers </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">have been holding out against ground tremors for 500 years.</span></li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Quake </span><span class="highlight" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">resistant</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"> houses should have tie-bands (to act like beams) just above the level of the floor, the level of the doors and windows, and another at the roof level.</span></li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Corners are the most vulnerable and ought to be strengthened. Elasticity of the structure can be enhanced with flexible steel rods or wood batons at corners.</span></li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Doors and windows should be few, small and symmetrically placed away from the corners.</span></li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">The house should be as light as possible.</span></li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">it has a heavy base or plinth, which keeps the centre of gravity within the base.</span></li>
</ul><div style="text-align: left;">all this has allowed this structure to remain unharmed even in during the hard earthquakes.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">such ingenious architecture has been implemented even when our ancestors didn't formally have engineering qualifications. Hats of to them :)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Cheers,</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</span></div>CIVILPRINCESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10745455550940639794noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910157057691306251.post-5965843396114950042010-10-10T18:55:00.000+05:302010-10-12T19:58:12.067+05:30world's tallest clock tower<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Mecca Clock Tower </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(</span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Abraj Al-Bait Towers) </span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">will be more than 600 meters tall and six times the height of London's Big Ben .</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">it is under construction and is expected to be completed by this year end. </span></span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The hotel tower is topped by a four-faced clock. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The tallest tower in the complex will also contain a </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">seven-star hotel</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> to help provide lodging for the over five million pilgrims who travel to Mecca annually to participate in </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">hajj</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span><br />
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</span>CIVILPRINCESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10745455550940639794noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910157057691306251.post-42889490157870737002010-09-27T15:28:00.000+05:302010-10-04T16:00:10.663+05:30a post card pic...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">these are the pic my sis had taken a few months back on our trip to the charminar, India. nice, isn't it? like in a post card. :)</span></span><br />
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</div><span id="goog_1306992893"></span><span id="goog_1306992894"></span>CIVILPRINCESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10745455550940639794noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910157057691306251.post-81736892785149677002010-09-27T14:58:00.002+05:302011-08-27T21:02:22.664+05:30the leaning tower of abu dhabi<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The buildings coming up in the recent times all have some unique feature in them that makes them all wonders. one such building with innovation and splender is the Capital Gate of Abu Dhabi. also called the "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>leaning tower of Abu Dhabi</b></span>", it has got a place for itself as <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;"><b>"the </b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;"><b>World’s Furthest Leaning Manmade Tower’</b></span></span>. </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) Wanted a spectacular structure in Abu Dhabi.</span></span><br />
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<div style="line-height: normal;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;">1. 160 </span>metres above ground</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;">2. westward incline of 18 degrees. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;">3. ‘World’s Furthest Leaning Manmade Tower’.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;">4. 7,000 m3 of concrete used in the foundation, which contains 490 piles drilled up to 30m deep.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;">5. 8,500 structural steel diagrids/ beams/ columns/ embedment .<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;">6. 12,500 different glass panes form more than 720 distinct diamond-shapes on the tower’s external façade.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;">7. outdoor swimming pool, restaurant on the 19th floor with a panoramic view overlooking the Sheikh Zayed mosque<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
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there is nothing that i'm learning worthwhile :( it's only in the exam point of view and not in the life point of view. the engineering is something i need to remember for a life time and not forget within just one semester.<br />
but i'm not generalizing each and every college in the country... just some like my college. :( and on statistics, my college has been placed number one among the affiliated colleges in my state for Civil Dept. so i hope you get the scenario.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">We are made to learn the problems by writing them some number of times (I hate to call it... “Imposition“) instead of getting the basics right and then proceeding, that too in the structural design paper. This is not the way I want to learn engineering. The trainings we took up at the construction sites, for some two weeks during the summer, proved to be more fruitful than two years of my engineering put together. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">i'm seriously considering quitting my engineering and joining as an apprentice at some construction site, at least that way i'l get the knowledge i want and do some real engineering. ;) *just kidding*<br />
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</span>CIVILPRINCESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10745455550940639794noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910157057691306251.post-22741324233038960642010-09-15T20:43:00.000+05:302010-10-04T16:13:16.375+05:30NATURE’S ENVY…<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Civil engineering is the mother of all engineering say some. I’d say civil engineering is the other name for innovation. One sees innovations coming up in all new constructions around us. Each and every building rising around us have a unique feature in them and are each a marvel. Nowadays “spectacular” is the bench mark for any new construction. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If we take the world’s tallest man made wonder every one can immediately name burj kalifa. The unique feature in this is the height and looks. But we all know that engineers don’t stop with one endeavor. He tries to break his own record. Now the plan to construct the building taller than this is underway. Another wonder is the capital gate of Abu Dhabi. Though it is a mind blowing wonder it was not as popularized as the previous one. This capital gate was built as the “world’s farthest leaning man made tower”. Civil engineers have creators of today’s world and taken the nature’s job in their hands. The artificial palm islands of Dubai stand an example for this. The recent Indian wonder is the bandra worli sea link. One can go on listing the recent marvels of civil engineering. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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