Soil Liquefaction occurs when a saturated or partially saturated soil loses its strength and stiffness under cyclic loadings such as an earthquake or sudden change in stress condition. In this phenomenon, the soil material which is solid in general behaves like a liquid. This phenomenon is most usually encountered in saturated, loose sandy soils because […]
Structural health monitoring is the process of establishing a damage detection for engineering structures such as buildings, bridges etc. It enables us to know the current condition of the structure. Since any structure gets deteriorate with the passage of time. Therefore it is necessary to have a structural monitoring system. Qualitative and non-continuous methods have
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Base isolation system is introduced in high rise buildings is to prevent the damage due to seismic forces. In base isolation system suspension or series of bearing pads is introduced in-between sub-structure and superstructure. When the earth shakes due to seismic forces, the suspension prevents the force transfer from ground to the superstructure. The isolators
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The shelter is the basic need of human being. But this may be out of the means of the low-income householder. The construction of low-cost housing is possible with the use of low-cost building materials and planning. Low-cost housing construction is basically based on three factors which are structural design, method of budgeting and cost-cutting
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Foundation is one of the most important elements of a structure, the purpose of which is to transfer load from structure to the ground by acting as a connection between both. Based on the use, soil condition, load from the structure Foundation can be classified and hence used accordingly. Before commencing any construction project, the
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Construction site safety is required to save the lives of workers employed at the construction site. Construction is the second-largest activity, next to agriculture in India, which employs illiterate/semi-literate migrant workers intensively. The construction sector is dynamic in nature and highly accident-prone. A small accident at a construction site may affect the entire workflow and
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Engineering geology deals with the study of the structure of the earth in relation to the civil engineering for the execution of safe and cost-effective design for construction projects. Every civil engineering works involve earth and its features. Geological information are necessary in every stage of the project be it planning, designing or construction phase
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Railway Sleepers are the transverse members that are laid to support the rails. The Typical components of railway tracks are: Rails, Sleepers (or ties), Fasteners, Ballast (or slab track), Subgrade The Function of Sleepers in Railway: Sleepers hold the rails in proper gauge by fixing them in position. It transfers the loads received from the
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