Rubberized Asphalt Concrete (RAC) Building & Repair Materials
Rubberized asphalt concrete is extremely useful for road construction projects since it is economical. It is prepared from used tires that otherwise …
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The Falkirk Water Wheel in Scotland: Rotating Boat Lift
The Falkirk Wheel was completed in 2002 as part of the Millennium Link project. The project cost £84.5 million and had the objective of restoring the …
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The Largest Underwater Pipeline: Langeled Pipeline
The Ormen Lange undersea gas field lies off the shore of Norway and holds one of the planet’s richest natural gas reserves. Originally known as …
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Beam Bridge Construction & Design -Types of Beam Bridges
Simple beam bridges may use wood beams, but modern beam bridges use light and strong materials. Construction of a multi-beam bridge involves the use …
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Characteristics of Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete (GFRC) for Consumers
Glass fiber reinforced concrete is an engineered material that contains cement, polymers, and glass fibers that are ingrained in the cementious …
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Coal Burners in Large Thermal Power Plants
Coal burning releases heat energy that down the line produces electricity in a power plant. To learn about the mechanism of coal burning in a large …
Continue ReadingComputer Aided Process Planning (CAPP) Manufacturing Capacity Planning by Computers
The use of computers for process planning is called as Computer Aided Process Planning or CAPP. There are two approaches for computer aided planning …
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Green Ship Design for Ship Building
The increasing pressure of environmental concerns is forcing the shipyards around the world to make their ships “eco-friendly” in nature. …
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Land Survey Basice
Surveying is an old technique that has advanced from the use of simple measuring instruments to the use of modern precise instruments. GPS map …
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Marine Engineering Jobs: Marine Engineers Areas of Specialization
In my last article, a brief history of Marine engineers and their nature of work on board a merchant ship. Let us now discuss the areas of …
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