Introduction Concrete mixtures can be designed to provide a wide range of mechanical and durability properties to meet the design requirements of a structure. The compressive strength of concrete is the most common performances measure used by engineer in designing buildings and other structures. The compressive strength is measured by breaking concrete specimen in a compression-testing machine. The compressive strength is calculated from the failure load divided by the cross-sectional area resisting
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Engineering B45 Concrete Lab Report Introduction: Concrete is a mixture of sand and rock or similar inert material (aggregates) held together by a cementing material. Usually the cementing material is Portland cement‚ but sometimes binders such as asphalt or gypsum are used‚ in which case the concrete may be called asphaltic concrete or gypsum concrete. Properties of concrete are governed not only by the properties of its ingredients (cement‚ water‚ sand‚ and coarse aggregate) but also‚ to a great
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single-dwelling occupancies D. impact-resistant gypsum board is easily differentiated from regular gypsum board 7. Which of the following is MOST likely to contribute to rapid structural failure in a wood-frame dwelling? A. gypsum board interior walls B. concrete basement floor C. plywood subfloor covered with carpet D.
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The poem ’Concrete Angel’ by Martina Mcbride is a very strong and outspoken poem. This poem represents some of the large issues we deal with in our society today. The poem touches base with the children that struggle with abuse from their parents or other family members. Martina uses many symbolistic words that represent child abuse. Martina Mcbride is speaking in third person during this poem. She uses lines‚ such as‚ "but her dreams give her wings‚" to symbolize how the child is staying strong
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introduction of concrete as a construction medium and the true arch as a structural component made it possible for the Romans to build strong‚ elaborate‚ expansive structures that would endure the test of time. Concrete Roman concrete‚ called opus caementicium‚ was made by mixing traditional lime mortar with stone aggregate called caementa. This material used less water and was very thick compared to modern concrete; therefore it was laid rather than poured (Roman Architecture‚ n.d.). Concrete was an important
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Manage Operational Plan Assessment Activity 1 Describe the purpose of the operational plan and describe its relationship to the strategic plan. An operational plan is an organisational planning document derived from the strategic plan. The strategic plan provides a high-level outline of the organisation’s mission‚ general direction and broad goals and the operational plan is a detailed document that outlines how the organisation’s strategic goals will be achieved in practice. The operational
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IDENTFY A PROJECT: * A leadership day at the college PROJECT OBJECTIVES: * The objective of the day is to expose our students at the college to different types of leadership . * We invite leaders in the community to come and orientate the students on the following leadership styles : * Directing * Coaching * Supporting * Delegating * Coercive * Authoritative * Democratic * Relationship – based * Transformational * Coaching
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MATH2013 Simulation Assignment The problem The management of a call centre has hired your simulation consulting firm‚ SureSim‚ to provide decision support on call centre operations. They have provided the following problem definition and data. The call centre serves two types of calls. There are three types of agents (servers). Agent types 1 and 2 are specialists for call types 1 and 2‚ respectively. Agent type 3 is a generalist that can serve either call type (not at once). The call centre
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Improvement of an Automotive Claims Process at Flat Town Insurance Introduction Chris Donn‚ Manager of Claims Processing at Flat Town Insurance (FTI)‚ was thinking about the upcoming Kaizen event to improve claims processing. Chris oversaw four departments in Claims Processing: Automotive Claims; Home Owners’ Claims; Business Claims; and Injury Claims. FTI’s new CEO‚ Pat Jones‚ had developed and championed a new Lean Initiative not long after taking over. After achieving substantial improvements
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Practice Problems: Chapter 2‚ Operations Strategy in a Global Environment Problem 1: Identify how changes in the external environment may affect the OM strategy for a company. For example‚ what impact are the following factors likely to have on OM strategy? a. The occurrence of a major storm or hurricane. b. Terrorist attacks of 9/11/01. c. The much discussed decrease in the quality of American primary and secondary school systems. d. Trade Legislation such as WTO and NAFTA
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