a lot of concrete and descriptive language in his work. Langston Hughes’s essay “Salvation” uses detailed descriptions to impact the reader. Description is “a sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species” (“description”). Authors use concrete language to influence readers. Concrete language is “based off the five senses which are hearing taste‚ sight‚ touch‚ and smell” (“Concrete”). Hughes
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Ray Bradbury’s The Illustrated Man: The Concrete Mixer Imperialism Ray Bradbury’s “The Concrete Mixer‚” tells the story of a Martian named Ettil‚ who refuses to invade Earth on the theory that the people of Earth have greater morale than the people of Mars. Ettil had feared that his people were doomed to the same fate as the people in his books: whom at the end of every story were conquered by Earth. When the Martians’ arrive to Earth nothing is as any of them thought it would be. They had been
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Alliance Concrete Executive Summary The economy in which the read-mix industry operates may have a potential slowdown. Despite Alliance’s success and potential growth‚ the company is facing with a difficult decision to choose between renegotiating debt obligations‚ postponing long overdue capital improvement‚ or reducing the dividend payment to National. Being a ready-mix concrete company‚ Alliance’s obligation is to have their product deliver to the customers on time. However‚ the main issue
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7166M01.qxd_lb 6/3/09 09:38 AM Page 1 1 BASIC CONCEPTS 1.1 INTRODUCTION Concrete is strong in compression‚ but weak in tension: its tensile strength varies from 8 to 14 percent of its compressive strength. Due to such a low tensile capacity‚ flexural cracks develop at early stages of loading. In order to reduce or prevent such cracks from developing‚ a concentric or eccentric force is imposed in the longitudinal direction of the structural element. This force prevents the cracks
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soil Vegetation Tool Kit for Engineers 4.10/ P/ 2 Non Structural cracks: Moisture Changes Building materials expand on absorbing moisture and shrink on drying. These are generally reversible. Shrinkage in concrete or mortar depends on a number of factors • Cement concrete: Richer the mix greater is the drying shrinkage. • Water content: More water in mix induces greater shrinkage • Aggregates : Large aggregates with good grading has less shrinkage for same workability as less water
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Geopolymers are new materials for fire- and heat-resistant coatings and adhesives‚ medicinal applications‚ high-temperature ceramics‚ new binders for fire-resistant fiber composites‚ toxic and radioactive waste encapsulation and new cements for concrete. The properties and uses of geopolymers are being explored in many scientific and industrial disciplines: modern inorganic chemistry‚ physical chemistry‚ colloid chemistry‚ mineralogy‚ geology‚ and in other types of engineering process technologies
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Course Title: Value Chain Management Course Institution: Course Tutor: Student Name: Student ID : 10005322 Greenwich ID: id805 Assignment title: Explain how operations strategy is influenced by customer and business prospective and where in a standard value chain you would expect to see your chosen topic addressed Contents Operations strategy 3 INTRODUCTION 3 OPERATIONS STRATEGY 6 OPERATIONS STRATEGY PROCESS 8 Easy Jet Case Study 11 OPERATIONS
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[pic] BSBMGT402A – Implement operational plan [pic] Version 1.0 – August 2010 BSBMGT402A – Implement operational plan Assessment Introduction This document outlines the assessment requirements for the unit BSBMGT402A – Implement operational plan. This unit is from the Business Services Training Package (BSB07) and can be used as credit
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past on these test is in th e following two points: 1. Difficulties in molding (Getting good specimens). 2. Large variability of test results. It is important that the resul tant mixture (Cement + sand + water) has the same properties as concrete. So the standard sand was chosen and the following properties were determined to it: 1. Consist of pure siliceous material. 2. The particles are nearly spherical shaped. 3. The size of its particles is smaller than 0.85mm (Pass through 15
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PRESTRESSED CONCRETE The development of early cracks in reinforced concrete due to incompatibility in the strains of steel & concrete was perhaps the starting point in the development of new material like “Prestressed Concrete”. Prestressed Concrete is a method for overcoming concrete’s natural weakness in tension. INTRODUCTION Prestressed Concrete is basically concrete in which internal stresses of suitable magnitude & distribution are
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