Construction Life Could Be Fun

March 7, 2010 by Civil-Guy
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Construction works could be hard and exhausted but it would not stop the workers from having a bit of their enlightenment moments at workplace. It is important to keep the balance between work and stress [Read further...]

Particle Distribution for Soil Test

March 3, 2010 by Civil-Guy
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For classification of soil for engineering purposes, we oath to know the distribution of the grain sizes in any given soil mass especially the one obtain from the construction site or burrow pits. Particle size [Read further...]

The Basic Principles in Structural Mechanics

March 1, 2010 by Civil-Guy
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What are structures in civil engineering? Why is it important to understand? Structures can be defined as shapes or forms such as buildings, bridges, dams, and walls, are designed significantly to resist any applied load [Read further...]

Rocks in the Forms of Minerals

February 27, 2010 by Civil-Guy
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Minerals is the naturally occurring inorganic solids, which posses a definite internal structure and specific chemical composition. Rocks (igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary) consist of one or more minerals (e.g. mineral: calcite; rock: limestone). There are [Read further...]

The Typical Sections of Building

February 24, 2010 by Civil-Guy
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Hallo again from me, Mr. Vine… I’m quite busy during this few days…fuhh! OK, in this today’s episode I would like to introduce to you the typical sections of building structural. In my presentation, I [Read further...]

Introductory of Fluid Mechanics Properties

February 19, 2010 by Civil-Guy
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Fluid is defined as in formal state, is a substance which deforms continuously, or flows, under the application of a shear stress. The fluid embraces in either a fluid or a gas. A given mass [Read further...]

Insight Fundamentals of Hydrology

February 13, 2010 by Civil-Guy
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The availability of water is crucial to all living species and to maintaining the ecosystems of our precious blue planet. As said before, the existence or lack of water at sufficient quantity and quality could [Read further...]

Foundation In GeoTechnical Perspective

February 9, 2010 by Civil-Guy
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Every structure that sits on the Earth surface requires foundation. Functionality of the foundation is to transfer or transmit the building structural loads (dead and live loads) equally and safely on the ground. A larger [Read further...]

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