RESEARCH AT BITS 2009 Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani (Rajasthan) - 333031 January 2010 Appendix ‗L‘: Ref. BG Agenda Item No.63.11 Appendix ‗E‘: Ref. GB Agenda Item No. 49.07 RESEARCH AT BITS 2009 Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani (Rajasthan) - 333031 January 2010 PREFACE Research is an integral and important part of any higher education system. BITS‚ Pilani actively promotes research among its staff and students. In addition to basic research
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1. AADF= 1000 n=20 years r= 3.0% Open in 2020 Cummulative traffic=AADF×365×1+rn-1r =1000×365×1+0.0320-10.03 =9.808 million commercial vehicles AADF=1000 Midterm year of 20 years start of 2020=2030 Vehicle Damage Factor (VDF) VDF=0.350.93t-0.260.92t+0.0821.03.9F1550 Base year-1992 F= AADF=1000 Value of t; t=2020+202-1992 t=38 years VDF=0.350.9338+0.082-0.260.9238+0.0821.03.910001550 VDF=2.4065-2.0960.4156 VDF=2.4065-0.8712 VDF=1.54 Design traffic=VDF×cummulative traffic =1
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Acknowledgements First of all‚ we would like to give thanks to the 15 schoolmates who have volunteered hours of their time to participate in the focus group interview. Opinions from you all are much appreciated‚ and it helps a lot in doing this study. Also‚ thanks to the 175 respondents for spending their precious time on doing the questionnaire. Finally‚ thanks to our tutor Miss KV HO‚ whose guiding and encouragement too had provided fuel to us. There were also numerous of teachers from HKDI gave
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complex spatial structures that are supported by transport systems. The most important transport problems are often related to urban areas and take place when transport systems‚ for a variety of reasons‚ cannot satisfy the numerous requirements of urban mobility. Urban productivity is highly dependent on the efficiency of its transport system to move labor‚ consumers and freight between multiple origins and destinations. Additionally‚ important transport terminals such as ports‚ airports‚ and railyards
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Sustainable Energy 1. How can electricity be defined? Electricity can be defined as the flow of electrical power or charge. It is a type of energy fuelled by the flow of electrons from positive and negative points within a conductor. 2. What is an electrical circuit? 3. What components are required to create an electrical circuit? In order to create an electrical circuit‚ you need: a) A source of electric power (battery or generator) b) A load to absorb the power (lamp
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place to another place. This planning is related to the operation of the highway system‚ geometry‚ and operation of traffic facilities. Transportation planning‚ or transport planning‚ is involved with the evaluation‚ assessment‚ design and siting of transport facilities (generally streets‚ highways‚ bike lanes and public transport lines). Urban Transportation Planning is the process that leads to decisions on transportations policies and programs. In this process‚ planners develop information
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English A July 12‚ 2011 Public Transit vs Private Car What are some of the differences between public transit and private car? One person doing a everyday commute between his/her job and home can pick one of the two options and both of them will get a person from A to B during a daytime commute. A person will have to look at the cost of having a car versus the cost of taking public transportation. Then a person will have to look at how much time he/she spends traveling between the two points
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Transport . People walking in front of the bulk carrier BW Fjord Transport Modes Animal-powered Aviation Cable Human-powered Land Pipeline Rail Road Ship Space Topics History Timeline Outline Transport portal v t e Transport or transportation is the movement of people‚ animals and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air‚ rail‚ road‚ water‚ cable‚ pipeline and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure‚ vehicles and operations. Transport
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“As the global development of international forum for cooperation among its member states and with the world aviation community‚ the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) sets standards and recommended practices for the safe and orderly development of international civil aviation. In its ongoing mission to foster a global civil aviation system that consistently and uniformly operated at peak efficiency and provides optimum safety‚ security and sustainability‚ ICAO has established Strategic
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a daily basis and there are always some places where you need to switch between trains‚ buses and seabus to arrive. Compared with driving‚ using public transport is time-consuming and tedious‚ esp. when you have luggage with you. Another benefit that driving brings you is to expand your life horizon to the extent that any other kind of transport can’t reach. Before coming to Canada‚ I lived about 200 kilometers from the world’s second largest desert: Taklimakan Desert. What is fascinating about
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