Planning and Design Considerations of Low Cost Water Supply System The general considertions for planning and design of a Low Cost Water Supply System in developing countries include: The quality of the water supplied should not…
Excel Sheet Name: Footings.xls Author/Writer: allaboutfreebooks.com Every structure needs a foundation to withstand against natural disasters and to carry lateral and vertical pressure. Civil and structural engineers often need to design footing foundation. Footing foundation…
Darcy’s Law: In 1856, Darcy published a simple equation for the discharge velocity of water through saturated soil,which may be expressed as.. v=ki where, v=discharge velocity,which is the quantity of water in unit time through…
‘Influence Lines of Structures’- Lecture Sheet Influence line definition: An influence line is mostly used to clarify the moving load over any structure. Generally it is a graphical representation of how the structure will act…
Tall Building – Structural Analysis & Design of Multistoreyed Framed Buildings Books Name: Tall Building – Structural Analysis & Design of Multistoreyed Framed Buildings Author/Writer: Ghias Ud-Din Habib (Superintending Engineer,construction circle,Lahore) Publisher: Ghias Ud-Din Habib ISBN: Edition:…
Books Name: Design and Analysis of a 47 Storey Hotel Building Author/Writer: Dennis C.K. Poon P.E., Thornton Tomasetti This paper is about Futian Shangri-La Hotel Tower construction and structural design consideration,lateral force resisting system,sloping concrete columns,long…
Books Name: Handbook of Civil Engineering Calculations, Second Edition (McGraw-Hill Handbooks) Author/Writer: Tyler G. Hicks and S. David Hicks Publisher: Mc-Graw hill ISBN-13: 978-0-07-147293-7 ISBN-10: 0-07-147293-2 Edition: Second What is the other name of ‘Civil…
Top 6 famous ancient civil Engineers of the World Civil engineers are the creator next to God. They create the way for the betterment of this universe. There are 6(six) civil engineers who did a…
Definition of Beam: Beam is a horizontal member of a structure which transfer the loads to the vertical members of the structures. Assumptions for Designing of Beam: 1. The concrete is assumed to be homogeneous….
Definition of beams and Beam types Definition of Beam: Beams are the horizontal parts of the structures which transfer the dead and live loads to the vertical members of the structures.The beams are subjected to…
Workability and Shrinkage of Concrete Definition of Workability: Workability of concrete may be defined as a composite characteristic indicative of the ease with which the mass of plastic material may depositedin its final place without…
Definition of Slab: Slab is a structural member of FLAT,THICK hard material which primarily takes the load and then distributes to the beam and column. Types of slab: 1) One way slab 2) Two way…
There is certainly some differences between WSD (WORKING STRESS DESIGN) and USD ( ULTIMATE STRESS DESIGN). The differences are stated below: Difference between WSD and USD design WSD- WORKING STRESS DESIGN: Stress condition of structural…
Books Name: 200 Questions and Answers on Practical Civil Engineering Author/Writer: Vincent T.H. Chu Publisher: Vincent T.H. Chu 200 Questions and answers on Practical Civil Engineering is one of the best books that is written for…
Excel Sheet Name: RECTBEAM Purpose: Design and analysis of Rectangular, Square and T- Beam (Excel Programme) This small software of just 538 Kb does tremendous job in designing and analyzing beam and slab section. Rectangular…
Excel Sheet Name: California Bearing Ratio-CBR Author/Writer: Allaboutfreebooks.com Publisher:Allaboutfreebooks.com ISBN: NA AASHTO Designation: T-193 ASTM Designation: ASTM D1883 California Bearing Ratio (CBR) Calculation is one of the most complicated calculation in civil engineering tests. Generally…
Books Name: Calibration of Laboratory Soils Testing Equipment Author/Writer: US Army Corps. Soil is one of the major element in civil engineering design considerations. As soil keep the total loads imposed on it, so it…
Every civil engineer is required to do a lot of tests that includes tests on almost all of the construction materials. Here is a List of Different Civil Engineering Tests that is generally required on all…
Excel Sheet Name: Excel Sheet to Design Slab Author/Writer: allaboutfreebooks.com Publisher: allaboutfreebooks Slab Definition: A slab is widened structural member that carries superimposed load over it. In modern buildings, it is generally made of concrete. In…
Stress- Strain Relationship of Reinforcing Bar Reinforcement bar is a very important engineering material for both Civil and Mechanical Engineering. Stress- Strain Relationship of Reinforcing Bar generally describes the properties of a reinforcement bar used…
Project Name: Meghna and Gumti Bridge Rehabilitation Project Project Value: 4361.4 million BDT Client: 16 Engineers Construction Battalion (16 ECB), Bangladesh Army. Contractor: Infratech Construction Company Ltd. and Hercules Engineering (Malaysia) Details of Existing Meghna…
Books Name: Beneficial Uses of Dredged material Author/Writer: US Army Dredged material is a very important material in civil works. Often people use the dredged material and could not make the best use of it….
Test Name: Methods for determination of Aggregate Crushing Value (ACV) Code: BS 812 Part 110, IS 2386 Definition of ACV: Aggregate Crushing Value (ACV) gives an relative measure how the aggregate act under an gradually acting…
Books Name: Fundamentals of Concrete Mix Design Concrete mix design is one of the most important part of any civil structural engineering. For any civil engineers, it is must to do the mix design in laboratory…
Books Name: AutoCAD: Secrets Every User Should Know Author/writer: Dan Abbott Publisher: Wiley ISBN: 978-0-470-10993-9 Size: 18.32 MB AUTOCAD Secrets every user should know is a very good book to learn autocad.AutoCad is a worldwide renowned…