The flow of liquid through a channel with a free surface is defined as open channel flow. This free surface of the liquid is subjected to atmospheric pressure. Hence, open channel flow can also be defined as the flow of ...
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What is Irrigation? What are the Types of Irrigation?
Irrigation is defined as the science of artificially providing water to the land in accordance with the “crop requirement” throughout the “crop period” for the complete nourishment of the plant. The main types of irrigation are briefly explained in this ...
Dynamic Compaction: Advantages, Purposes, and Uses
Dynamic compaction is an efficient and cost-effective soil improvement technique that uses the dynamic effect of high energy impacts to densify weak soil. The dynamic effect is generated by dropping a static weight (15-40 tones) from a defined height (10-30 ...
What are Road Humps? Features and Classes
Road Humps are traffic calming devices that help in controlling the speed of the vehicles. The geometry of road humps affects the degree of discomfort experienced by the road users along with the speed controlling effect. Road humps are also ...
Lime Concrete – Mix Proportions, Uses and Properties
Lime concrete is composite mixture of lime as binding material, sand as fine aggregate and gravel as coarse aggregate in appropriate proportions. Lime concrete mix ratio depends on the type of construction, but in general, it can be taken up ...
What is Tie Bar in Construction? Functions, and Design Specifications
Tie Bars are deformed steel bars, deformed epoxy coated steels, or connectors that are used to hold faces of rigid slabs in contact, as per AASHTO, 1993. Not only are they used to decline transverse cracking but also avoid separation ...
8 Main Purposes of Dams
The primary purpose of dams is for storage and safe retention of water in large quantity which is subsequently released to achieve various purposes such as irrigation, hydropower, recreation, water supply, flood prevention etc. 8 Main Purposes of Dams 1. ...
Rat Trap Bond – Construction, Advantages, and Disadvantages
Rat trap bond is a modular type of masonry bond in which the bricks are placed in a vertical position which creates a cavity in the wall while maintaining the same wall thickness as that of the conventional brick masonry ...