The Three Groups of Rock

February 6, 2010 by Mr. Vine
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Rock itself is both construction materials (e.g. for fill and reclamation materials) or part of engineering structure (e.g. in cutting of slope, stability of foundation and excavation of tunnel). It is formed thousands of years [Read further...]

How to Test Moisture Content of Soil

February 5, 2010 by Mr. Vine
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Moisture content (or water content) of soils measurement, both in the natural state and under defined test conditions could offer us an extremely useful information of classifying cohesive soils and of assessing their engineering properties. [Read further...]

Rock Mechanics in Civil Engineering

February 5, 2010 by Mr. Vine
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Rock mechanics is one of engineering branch that applies the principles of mechanics in studying the behaviors and characteristics of geological materials (rock, discontinuities, and related structures) and the reaction of these materials towards loading [Read further...]

Most Favorable Software

February 4, 2010 by Mr. Vine
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There are many awesome computer-aided software around the market today. The product aimed significantly for making our work more productive and less time-consuming. In engineering, most notable software such as Auto-CAD or Solidworks has been [Read further...]

Conversion Factor of Imperial and SI Units

February 3, 2010 by Mr. Vine
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Sometimes other people asked me what is the conversion from this unit to this unit, say meters to inches . And then I started to count in my head or think of some clue…ohh, gushhh…I [Read further...]

The Facts About Concrete

February 1, 2010 by Mr. Vine
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Concrete is a mixture of Portland cement, aggregates, sand, water, and in some cases which respect to the purpose, admixtures. It is known to the world of construction as the most widely used material for [Read further...]

Article: Civil Engineering Career

January 28, 2010 by Mr. Vine
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Another series of additional articles regarding civil engineering career news from various website resources. The contents of the articles would explained briefly about the respective civil engineering sub-divisions (disciplines) like job description and qualification needed. [Read further...]

7 Info You Should Know About Soil.

January 20, 2010 by Mr. Vine
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Soil is described as a natural body which consist series of layers (the soil horizons) of mineral particles of changeable thicknesses, which are different from the parent materials in their morphological, physical, chemical, and mineralogical [Read further...]

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