WBM stands for Water Bound Macadam, and the term WBM road was derived in the memory of an engineer by name Macadam who designed and formulated this road section. This road is laid by binding the in-situ layers of boulders, stones, fine aggregates and fillers. The filler is made from the mixture of sand combined with either moorum quary dust, or soil that is avilable in that locality.
The filler is mixed with water and is used to fix stone boulders and the layers of coarse stones of varying sizes by compacting with a road roller to form the base of a road. The road can be used in this form itself.
As an improvement, you can apply concreting or black topping above the WBM to make it better.
Please see related link for the method of preparation a WBM road.
How can you assess whether you are not looking far enough ahead when you drive?
You make frequent, quick stops. (from the DMV 7-question practice test at practicetest.idrivesafely.com)
Elevators are very safe. They have many built in features to ensure this
Can you get an online degree in coastal engineering?
Coastal engineering is amongst the few very recent degree programs which have been into play and making their own space in the professional field. with the improving technologies and technological requirements, the need for the professionals also grows. The trend for the degree pursuades many to join the degree program and get through it. sometimes there are various students who, having the potential to perform best in the degree, cannot get the chance to get admission in campus schools for certain reasons primarily being the fee. For such potential students, there are now the online schools providing online degrees. there are various schools offering online degree in coastal engineering which can be searched through various online resources. going through numerous sites it would help in selecting appropriate online schools providing quality online education and best online degree programs related to engineering and specially coastal engineering.
What do engineers construct to test a new design?
A prototype or model. This may be "real" or "numerical".
A real model or prototype is a version of the design built from the same materials as the final object but often at a much smaller scale. This can be used to undertake tests in a laboratory on variables or parameters that are too complicated to treat (test) mathematically.
With the rapid advancement in the processing power and memory capacity of computers over the last 30 years, increasing use is now made of numerical modelling software.
In this process, a numerical model or prototype is created within a piece of computer software that would allow you to test the behaviour of the design under differing conditions and to make changes very quickly to a design to see what effect they may have.
For example a bridge design may be input into numerical modelling software which would allow you to "create" variable wind strengths that act on the bridge. You would also input realistic strength and stiffness properties for the material and also realistic "oscillation" properties and the software would calculate the response of the bridge to the varying conditions. This may demonstrate that the bridge is "safe" or that refinements are needed to the design which can be made rapidly in the numerical model and retested without the requirement for a new real prototype to be constructed.
The field test of cement are
1.Insert the hand in cement bag,one should feel cool.
2.Rub the cement between fingers,one should feel silky
3.Through handfull of cement in a bucket of water it should float before it sinks.
In steel reinforcement bar what does the prefix T signify?
The prefix 'T' signifies a ribbed bar profile. This is as opposed to a bar with an 'H' prefix which has a smooth profile.
Difference between T-beam and rectangular beam?
Dasign of T- beam is some what similar to rectangular beam, in design slab thickness is determined first. the slab is acts as compression flange in designing the beam. the flange acts as compression zone, which is balance by steel embeded in the bottom web of the beam.
slab thickness= t, in.
effective depth= d, in.
width of web= b', in.
flange width= b, in.
width of flange should be least of the three alternatives,
1. span/4.
2. b' + 16t.
3. centre to centre spacing of beams.
Shear test for SI joint dysfunction?
Patient = prone
Examiner = places the palm of their hand over the posterior iliac wing
Test = inferiorly directed thrust produces a shearing force across the SIJ.
The better way provides an efficient supply of gatch, which is a limestone material generally used as a road base. This building component is mainly found to be naturally occurring in arid and semi-arid regions of the world, with high evaporation rates.
Does concrete still gain strength after 28 days?
yes,up to one year. However the rate again of strength is very slow.
In civil engineering, the invert level is the base inside level of a pipe, trench or tunnel the carries liquid, considered the "floor" level. It is used to determine the hydraulic gradient.
What is the highest qualification in civil engineering?
The highest academic qualifications in civil engineering are the PhD or EngD (Doctor of Philosophy or Doctor of Engineering in Civil Engineering respectively).
The highest professional qualification depends on the country. In the UK this is Chartered Engineer status and the individual will also be either a Member or Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (MICE / FICE), or Institution of Structural Engineers (MIStrucE / FIStrucE). In the US, a professional engineer will be granted Professional Engineer status (and is entitled to use the post-nominal letters PE).
Do the pipline losses reduce after the pipeline are in use for 1 year or so?
No. The pressure drop remains the same. The only thing that could led to a smaller pressure drop after 1 (or more) year, is the internal surface friction coefficient. But this coefficient does not change in a measurable way. Perhaps small particles are re-arranged inside the pipe, but the coefficient remains the same. So does pressure drop.
When the combined footing is generally used?
1) space outside the external column is limited by property line, pipes, ... etc.
2) Two columns are closed together and separate footing would over lab.
What does the s mean in concrete?
The 's' stands for 'slump'. How wet the concrete is. S1 is prity dry (for laying kerb stones). S2 is wet (for foundations). S3 is very wet (pump mixes).
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Colin, a Tarmac concrete batcher.
2nd Answer:
It should be noted that the concrete should be as dry as practical to enable it to attain the highest potential strength.
Concrete should never be so wet that it flows into the forms like tomato soup. In foundations in particular, you want the best strength you can get, as the entire structure will apply force to them. It should take some handwork with shovels to "ker-chunk" the concrete into the nooks and crannies of the forms. For vertical forms, using a 'stinger' or vibratory device is preferred to settle the concrete into all the nooks and crannies.
A 4" slump is about as wet as you want the concrete mix to be. If you pick up a handful (with gloves) of fresh concrete and mold it into a fat cigar shape, it should hold that shape when you open your fingers. When the concrete mix comes down the chute of the delivery truck, it should stand up on the ground in a little hill, but with some spreading out, too.
For all but the dry structural concretes, you can increase the fresh concrete's slump (wetter) by adding 1 gallon of water for each cubic yard of concrete for each additional inch of slump desired.
Common density of corrugated steel bars?
So for as I know, there are no corrugated steel bars. Only metal sheet (mostly galvanized/ zinc coated) are corrugated. Generally the density of mild steel is taken as 7.85 g/cm3.
Irfan
What is thermo mechanically treated steel?
TMT means Thermo mechanically treated steel its a new-generation-high-strength steel having superior properties such as weld-ability, strength, ductility and bend-ability meeting highest quality standards at international level..
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Quality Control Engineer
Amreli Steels Limited, Karachi
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What is the melting point of asphalt cement?
Asphalt cement is an amorphous polymer, which makes defining the melting point difficult. It's more common to refer to the glassy-transition temperature and the softening temperature.
The glassy-transition temperature of asphalt cement is between -35 °C to -10 °C and the softening point ranges from 30 °C to 150 °C. While these temperatures vary for each asphalt, exact values an be determined with a DSC test and the ring and ball test respectfully.