Executive Summary Concrete is the most heavily used construction material in the modern world‚ and given the current global trends towards sustainability there is a need for significant advances‚ particularly in the construction sector. Geopolymer concrete (GPC) is a recent development in construction materials demonstrating similar structural properties to that of Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) based concrete‚ yet whilst at the same time addressing the environmental footprint of the industry and
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Material testing I. Topic: Tension testing 2.What is tension test? Tension test is a fundamental material science test in which a sample is subjected to uniaxial tension until failure. The results from the test are commonly used to select a material for an application‚ for quality control‚ and to predict how a material will react under other types of forces. Properties that are directly measured via a tensile test are ultimate tensile strength‚ maximum elongation and reduction in area. From
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I have held a keen interest in the way that construction affects the way things work since primary school‚ when I took part in a one-day CITB construction course. As part of the day’s activities we had to construct a roof which would remain rigid‚ and a bridge that could support a weight‚ and this sparked my interest and made me think about the partnership between science‚ maths and design. My studies over the past two years‚ particularly the Mechanics modules of my Maths course‚ have re-enforced
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PLANNING DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING TECHNOLOGY Topic: UTILIZING FINANCIAL ENGINEERING PRODUCTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY: THE PERSPECTIVE OF GHANA An Undergraduate proposal presented to the Department of Building Technology of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of a Bachelor of Science (BSc.) An honors degree in Quantity Surveying and Construction Economics. Student: Joseph Kwamena Mensah Supervisor: Dr. De-Graft Owusu-Manu
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Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering Chapter 1. Introduction Hyung-Joon Shin School of Mechanical and Advanced Materials Engineering Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) UNIST 2011 Spring AME20201 Introduction • Course Objective: Introduce fundamental concepts in Materials Science • You will learn about: • material structure • how structure dictates properties • how processing can change structure the final grade. Please actively take part in the class
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Your employer is debating what sustainable Construction technique he should focus on. To help him/her make this decision select and explain a sustainable construction technique for each of the following issues: i) Energy ii) Materials iii) Waste Energy – Solar panels are a great sustainable construction technique. If they are placed in the right areas and face at the right angle these solar panels can harness a lot of energy from the sun. This energy can then be used to heat water‚ power
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“The problem with educating stupid people was that they didn’t know they were stupid.” Lucky for me‚ I knew I wasn’t too smart in my early years. For starters‚ I couldn’t read at the beginning of first grade‚ and I understood that I’d need to work hard to get to where I needed to be. In second grade‚ I was at the bottom of my class in the number of math facts we could do in five minutes. After that I started to excel in my grades. Then in third grade I was one of seven fourth grade students to be
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title of assignment: Unit 10 Properties of Materials 1: Classifying Materials Moderated by (print): BTEC in a Box Date: Group: Portfolio Ref (if applicable): Date assignment issued: Date Required: Date Received: Resubmission Required: Resubmission Received: Assessment Criteria No. Assessor decision on achievement Assessor’s Feedback / Student Action Points Toward LO 1: Be able to describe the structure of and classify engineering materials P1 P2 P3
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Introduction: Smart textiles is the modification of fibers‚ fabrics and special articals which is produceing day by day in different way and different techniques. Many intelligent textiles already feature in advanced types of clothing‚ principally for protection and safety and for added fashion or convenience. Smart materials or textiles can be defined as the materials and structures which have sense or can sense the environmental conditions or stimuli‚ whereas intelligent textiles can
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An investigation into Materials Wastes on Building Construction Projects in Kampala-Uganda L. Muhwezi *1‚ L. M. Chamuriho2 and N. M. Lema2 *1Department of Civil and Building Engineering‚ Kyambogo University‚ P.O Box 7181‚ Kampala‚ Uganda 2Department of Structural and Construction Engineering‚ University of Dar-es-salaam‚ P.O. Box 35131‚ Dar-es-salaam‚ Tanzania *1Corresponding author: email-lmuhwezi@hotmail.com Abstract Increased economic growth and urbanization in developing countries has
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