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Engineering is an art and profession devoted to designing, constructing, and operating the structures, machines, and other devices of industry and everyday life.

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What is the typical length width and depth of an olympic swimming pool expressed in centimeters.?

In meters, the dimensions of an Olympic size swimmming pool are: 2 meters deep, 50 meters long, and 25 meters wide. If 1 meter equals 100 centimeters, just multiply each dimension by 100.

What are the steps to rebuilding a ruined house?

The first step, is to determine how badly 'ruined' is actually meant by the statement that its 'ruined'. Obviously that is not a term that is equally understood in all person's minds. (For instance my wife says a wood floor is 'ruined' now that the dog has scratched it up a bit) and really that could only be quantified as a floor that is 'marked'. The 'ruins' of an old historic house that is nothing more than a foundation with some rotting wood rafters and floor beams laying inside the basement crawl space, are remarkably different.

That said, the parts that are 'ruined' either have to be reused (if still usable )reinforced if usable, but weakened, or removed and replaced. Supposing that the rebuild is for function and not for historical and personal exactness (such as a perfect renovation or period restoration of a landmark for a museum) - the level of reinforcement or replacement should be a) at least to the original strength and function, AND 2) at least to current codes for strength (or design). So if an old house has a 'ruined' roof, and its rafters are 3" x 6" rough sawn oak on 24" centers, with 3/4" x 4" poplar planks running perpendicular - you'd certainly want to return it to at least what it was. But if oak is not available, or poplar, and you substitute hem/fir #2, and standard finish vs. rough sawn, and plywood sheathing for roofing underlayment, vs, the poplar planks - you'd first have to calculate or compare Hem/Fir to oak, plywood to planking and increase the sizes/thicknesses of your material to develop the same kind of strength the house had when 'newly' built. THEN, you'd have to compare what you are rebuilding to current codes. For instance, assume for this discussion that 3x6 rough oak, could be 'replaced' with 2" x 8" hem/fir #2 rafters. And, lets assume that planks of poplar (on 2' centers) could be replaced with 7/16" A/C exterior plywood, or 9/16" OSB Exterior sheathing. Fine as far as that goes. But lets also assume that the code in your part of the world is NOW (modern day) that your roof has to be 120lbs/sqare foot, and 2x8" on 24" centers will NOT work. Or that sheathing must be at least 17/32" for 24" spans, to be allowed in your zone or jurisdiction. Clearly you would then have to upgrade to less distance on center for rafters, bigger lumber on 24" centers (such as 2x10 or 2x12)and surely the plywood has to be thicker than the 7/16" that was originally considered good enough.

Assuming that the 'ruined' house is going to be rebuilt under a local permit, I'd say the permitting process, and the local building codes may have to be followed EVEN IF THE AREA OF THE HOUSE THAT IS NOT BEING REBUILT IS SUBSTANDARD. For instance, in our example, the bigger material for local code compliance is called for. IN the part of the roof that might not be previously judged 'ruined', the local building code may dictate that it, TOO, may have to be brought up to code, even if it's not 'ruined'. In some jurisdictions, if you are doing a major tear out (of ruined stuff) and patching new to old, you may have to upgrade the remaining old.

So, the steps are simple (and this is qualified by the earlier point that we don't really know if this questioner is considering ruined to be the same as I have developed it to mean here. Also, lets assume that the house is not totally ruined, and/or that is is 'ruined' by a current event. (hence point A. is most imperative)

Finally lets assume the questioner, or the person/s that are rebuilding are qualified and skilled craftsmen and builders, and understand basic construction, and can determine proper safe methods for working in a damaged/ruined structure. OSHA rules for demolition are different and specific vs. rules for building.

A. Before Entering, determine what is safe and stable, and what is potentially a imminent failure - whether to fall upon you, or someone else, or to fall down and create other damage.

B. Always, reinforce, and shore up the parts that could be a danger, but only when reinforcing or shoring can be done from a position of safety.

C. Remove or guard against being crushed or killed by falling damaged parts. Remove crushed, fallen, weakened, and failed parts from above, or using equipment that can reach into and onto the building.

D. Remove weakened parts from the building, and guard/protect the building against additional or continued damage:

E: Once clean, safe, protected from future damage, and stable, then:

1. Determine what is failed, and what is still useful, and strong enough for reuse, or to remain

2. Determine what is still strong enough to be used, but not strong enough to be up to code.

3. Determine what local codes are, and what special conditions exist for your special circumstances.

4. Design, (with help of qualified persons, and proper data, or if code requires a design professional) the new improved or replicated parts of your building. If stamped drawings are required, hire a licensed engineer to do the sketches, drawings.

5. Get training on areas you are not familiar with, or retain expert contractors to do that work.

6. Secure and properly wear protective gear for eyes, face, body, hands, feet, respiratory (especially if old materials include toxins, hazardous materials, or animal wastes, or if methods cause hazards (dust, heat, fumes, mists, gasses, vapors, flying objects, fall protection from heights over 4', falling objects, sharp objects, moving or shifting parts or objects, etc.)

7. Determine the special sequences and dangers of demolition, removal of items that are damaged. Always shore or reinforce areas before demolition or removal of any member that may affect the adjacent areas. As shoring is installed, take the load onto the shoring. Never let a load 'fall' and expect it to be caught by the shoring. The shoring should be properly built, and secured, and braced to accept the loads and should properly transfer the loads down and through the existing structure to a solid footing.

8. determine the sequences of installation of each item, as logical, and in special recognition of shoring, guarding, and reinforcing that may be in place. As the new materials and structures are built or placed, the sequence of taking the load off the shoring, or releasing the load from the shoring to be borne by the new structure should be analyzed with the help of design experts. It may be necessary to shore or brace even the new construction, in order to remove some shoring, but before you finish the new construction. After the new construction in such affected area is done, then the intermediate bracing or shoring may be able to be removed.

9. Special planning and qualified expertise may have to be retained, or learned, or on site, during demolition and rebuilding, especially as it relates to special hazards, or special bracing and transferring of loads and installing, removing, and special intermediate steps for bracing and shoring.

10. In restoration, and in rebuilding, it is sometimes necessary to jack or hoist items, including sagging and displaced structures that fell down or moved as a result of a 'ruined' part. Only skilled craftsman and special attention to transfer of loads should be part of any jacking or hoisting, tugging or forced movement of any structural parts, as well as the above hazards and special precautions being followed for shoring and bracing, including temporary or stepped reinforcement or bracing or shoring.

In following the steps, to properly ascertain the weakened, damaged, and salvageable material and sections of the structure, protection what you have, securing and strengthening what is left to assure its safety, planning, properly engineering and securing of proper replacement materials, safe demolition after shoring and reinforcing, determining proper and safety methods for rebuilding, and being aware of the possibilities of dangers and hazards from load transfer, and using skilled and trained persons to help with the project, a 'ruined' house can be rebuilt satisfactorily. This general answer must be specifically tuned to the circumstances of the actual conditions of each project.

How many tractors are needed for 100 acre area?

it is not about the no of tractors even we can use 2 to 5 tracter per aecr but we hv to consider about the time if we want to finish all the 100 aecr work at the short period of time means we can go for maximum no of tracters

Why d flip flop called as delay flip flop?

"D" in D flip flop stands for "delay". It basically means that the "D" value is not read immediately, but only at the next positive clock edge.

Rank of uiet kuk in haryana?

uiet kuk placement is greatly improves in previous three years . each year nearby 90 percent students got placements in highly reputated companies.Electronics Labs are highly best in this institute.I think that it is a institute in which every engineering student want to study.

Similar Words meaning panacea?

There is such thing called thesaurus dear...

No don't go buy one, check the link

What are the subjects and their syllabus for the fourth semester for automobile engineering in mg university?

There is no MG university to may knowledge. the initials stand for Morris Garage. the division (MG) and the parent company Morris limited, are no longer in business. One is reminded of the (Kicky) version of a Biblical verse= In My Father"s Garage, there are many stalls!- but sorry- someone is pushing a bad joke, there is no MG university- there is a Ford Foundation , that"s something else.

Is FADEC used in the military?

The F-35 has it, but military pilots wouldn't want it. FADEC systems have no manual override; if the FADEC quits working, so does the engine. The Air Force uses digital engine controls on planes like the C-17 and C-130J, but they'd want to be able to override the system if necessary.

Drum of a photocopying machine of length 42cm and radius 6cmfind charge?

That's not enough information to find the charge. You can find out the surface area with that information, but to actually know the charge, you would also need to know how much charge is stored per unit area.

What type of welding machine use in spot welding or resistance welding?

Mainly In spot welding & resistance welding two type welding machines are used :- 1. Air Cooled & 2. water Cooled.

Who do engineers write technical reports to?

Engineers have mastered areas involving physics, chemistry, aerodynamics, materials science, and electricity just to name a few of their areas of expertise. More often then not, they provide technical reports to senior engineers within a company or to technical people who work in the US Patent Office and to engineers in other companies. Eventually these reports are broken down to simple language for company managers not familiar with high technical writing.

Construction cost management?

Estimating Project Costs

Estimating project cost means developing an estimate for the monetary resources needed to complete the project work; that is, activities. These estimates are based on the information available at a given time. The estimates in the beginning are less accurate; for example, their accuracy may be only as good as + or - 50 percent. For example, if you say the cost will be $50,000, it could be anywhere between $25,000 and $75,000. As the project moves along and more information becomes available, the cost estimates can be improved to get better estimates.

Determining Project Budget

Determining the project budget is the process of aggregating the cost estimates for all project activities and assigning a timeline to them. Cost aggregation is the technique used to calculate the cost of a whole by summing up the costs of the parts of which the whole is made. You can use the bottom-up estimation technique to aggregate the costs of all the components and activities to calculate the total cost of the project. The timeline assigned to this cost will be important to reconcile the expenditure with the funding limits. The reconciliation may require rescheduling some activities.

Controlling cost means monitoring and controlling updates and changes to costs, budget, and the cost baseline of the project. Monitoring and controlling costs has two dimensions to it: expenditure of project funds and the work performed as a result of those expenditures. One major aspect of cost monitoring and controlling is to determine the relationship between the expenditures and the accomplishments. The cost performance depends on this relationship. The other main aspect is to control the changes to the approved cost performance baseline.

Trivia:

Like any other change, change in cost and budget must also be processed through the integrated change control process and should only be implemented after its approval.

To be more specific, monitoring and controlling the project cost includes the following tasks:

• Influence the factors that can create changes to the approved cost baseline.

• Monitor the following:

o Work performed against the funds expended

o Variance of cost performance from the approved baseline • Prevent unapproved changes from creeping into cost reports and expenditures.

• Act to keep cost overruns within the planned acceptable limits.

• Ensure the following:

o Change requests are dealt with in a timely fashion and managed as they occur.

o Expenditures do not exceed the approved budget by period or by total amount. Any change to the budget must be approved before implementation. • Communicate with the appropriate stakeholders about the cost associated with the approved changes.

What necessary skills and abilities does environmental engineering have?

this is a pretty hard question and sorry but ima not able to answer but i can tell you that their job is ver impotant

Working principle of induction type instrument?

it works on the principle of induction i.e. on the production of eddy currents in the moving system by the alternating fluxes

Which College course will give you the best career opportunities?

Harvard Law School is the obvious answer, but if you want something that is useful, I would recommend electronics with a specialization in RF technology.

What does GEAR stand for?

Growth Employment and Redistribution

Would a door lock work if the bolt was made of aluminum?

It would work, but not very well. Anyone with patience and a hacksaw could cut right through it while locked, and aluminum bends too easily.

What does mhawk engine means?

the mhawk technology which is known as the micro-hybrid technology.

-- switches of the engine when the scorpio idle for a preset period.

-- switches the engine back on, the instant your leg touches the clutch pedal.

Is there a relationship between density and stiffness?

the natural frequency of a system involves a equation relating mass and stiffness i.e f=1/2pi root of k/m

where f : frequency

k :stiffness

m:mass

mass is nothing but density*volume from the relation density = mass/volume

another relation may be

from the basic force equation

f=-k*x

we know

f=m*a

substuting for f we get

m*a=-k*x

How does a helicopters rotor blades make the helicopter turn left and right?

By adjusting the speed of tail rotor, which points to the side, the pilot can turn the helicopter in flight.

The main upper rotor actually plays only a minor part in making helicopter turn. The part supplying most of the control is the tail rotor. Because the main rotor is spinning in one direction, without a tail rotor, the body of the helicopter would spin around in circles in the opposite direction. The reason for this is explained in the first part of Newton's third law of motion: for every action there is an equal and opposite action. The torque generated to make the rotor turn also exerts torque on the body of the helicopter "willing" it to spin the opposite direction. However, the tail rotor spins, pushing air to the side. This creates force in the opposite direction, keeping the helicopter stable. By simply adjusting the speed of the tail rotor, the helicopter can be turned in flight.

Any one know what happend to bill spaulding of ground saucer watch a UFO debunker?

Mr Spaulding lives and works in the Phoenix metro area

,that is true.

He was working for Honeywell Engines (Formerly Allied Signal and Garrett) and retired from that position recently. He now has his own auditing company though I forget the full name, it does contain the GSW letters.