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  1. Asked: July 16, 2020In: Structural Engineering

    What is diffrence between retaining wall and breast wall?

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    BREAST WALL: Breast Wall is defined as the wall built to prevent the soil on a natural slope embankment from sliding down the slope from the harsh weather effects, i.e. land sliding, erosion e.t.c.It is on the downstream side of the road or a building. RETAINING WALL; Retaining wall is constructed oRead more

    BREAST WALL: Breast Wall is defined as the wall built to prevent the soil on a natural slope embankment from sliding down the slope from the harsh weather effects, i.e. land sliding, erosion e.t.c.It is on the downstream side of the road or a building.

    RETAINING WALL; Retaining wall is constructed on the upstream side of a road formation to retain the soil mass from falling down on the road. There many times of retaining types based on the height of the retaining wall.

    COUNTERFORT RETAINING WALL

    GRAVITY RETAINING WALL

    BRICK MASONRY RETAINING WALL.

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  2. Asked: July 15, 2020In: Construction

    Explain in detail about closer bricks?

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    CLOSER: Closer is a small piece of a brick cut along the lengthwise so that the one long face remain uncut to maintain the bond pattern at the end of the masonry walls. TYPES OF CLOSERS; QUEEN CLOSER: A closer when we cut a brick along it,s length into two halves which are equal to each other. KINGRead more

    CLOSER: Closer is a small piece of a brick cut along the lengthwise so that the one long face remain uncut to maintain the bond pattern at the end of the masonry walls.

    TYPES OF CLOSERS;

    QUEEN CLOSER: A closer when we cut a brick along it,s length into two halves which are equal to each other.

    KING CLOSER: King closer is a closer bigger than a half brick, more specifically a brick with one corner cut away making the header at that end half the width of a brick.

    BEVELED CLOSER: A kind of a closer in which the total length of a brick is chamfered in such a manner that the half-width is maintained at one end and full length on the other face end.

    MITRED CLOSER; The one end of a brick is splayed for full width with an angle of 45 to 60 degrees. The face of a longer brick is of full length, and the splayed end is of a shorter end.

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  3. Asked: July 16, 2020In: Foundation

    What is diffrent between strap footing and wall footing?

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    Added an answer on July 17, 2020 at 1:42 pm

    STAP FOOTING: Strap footing is the part of a building foundation. It belongs to the type of combine footing, composed of two or more columns footings connected together by a concrete beam. The beam is called a strap beam for transmitting of a moment. Wall Footing: Wall footing is a continuous stripRead more

    STAP FOOTING: Strap footing is the part of a building foundation. It belongs to the type of combine footing, composed of two or more columns footings connected together by a concrete beam. The beam is called a strap beam for transmitting of a moment.

    Wall Footing: Wall footing is a continuous strip of concrete that is used to spread the load of the load-bearing wall across an area of soil. It is also a type of shallow foundation.

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  4. Asked: July 15, 2020In: Geotechnical Engineering

    What is the difference between black cotton soil and clay?

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    Black Cotton soil ; Black Cotton Soil is a heavy clayey soil, varying from clay to loam.The black color in black cotton soil is due to the presence of Titanium Oxide in a little concentration. Generally, it is light to dark appearance. Found in central and southern parts of India. Clay SOIL; Clay soRead more

    Black Cotton soil ; Black Cotton Soil is a heavy clayey soil, varying from clay to loam.The black color in black cotton soil is due to the presence of Titanium Oxide in a little concentration. Generally, it is light to dark appearance. Found in central and southern parts of India.

    Clay SOIL; Clay soil is composed of very small fine particles and not much organic in nature. It contains clay minerals which, when get wet, develops plasticity. Clay minerals have hydrous Aluminium phyllosilicates.

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  5. Asked: July 15, 2020In: Geotechnical Engineering

    What is Creep in Soil Mechanics?

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    Creep; Creep is defined as the slow, often imperceptible downslope movement of soil is called Creep. Importance; It happened because of material moves slowly creating an empty vacuum, which results in settlement of that soil leading to the imbalance of the buildings because of differential settlemenRead more

    Creep; Creep is defined as the slow, often imperceptible downslope movement of soil is called Creep.

    Importance; It happened because of material moves slowly creating an empty vacuum, which results in settlement of that soil leading to the imbalance of the buildings because of differential settlement. It is a slow process that takes several years to show it,s disadvantages.

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  6. Asked: July 15, 2020In: Concrete

    What is Slag Cement? How it affect in cement property?

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    SLAG; Slag cement is a hydrated cement formed when fine Granulated blast furnace slag (GBFS) is used to replace a portion of a portland cement. SLAG: Slag is basically a by-product of an Iron Blast-furnace in the industries. Together Portland cement and slag enhanced the strength of an adhesive, RedRead more

    SLAG; Slag cement is a hydrated cement formed when fine Granulated blast furnace slag (GBFS) is used to replace a portion of a portland cement.

    SLAG: Slag is basically a by-product of an Iron Blast-furnace in the industries.

    Together Portland cement and slag enhanced the strength of an adhesive, Reduce Permeability, Increased the resistance against a chemical attack, and protect rebar corrosion.

    Slag is also beneficial for the environment as industrial waste is used in a creative way.

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  7. Asked: July 13, 2020In: Construction Site Related

    What is spirit leveling in survey work?

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    Spirit leveling is a process of using a spirit level to measure the horizontal plane to determine height differences above or below that plane. It is the first and foremost step usually done in any kind of land surveying work. Leveling is also used to measure the height differences between the highRead more

    Spirit leveling is a process of using a spirit level to measure the horizontal plane to determine height differences above or below that plane.

    It is the first and foremost step usually done in any kind of land surveying work.

    Leveling is also used to measure the height differences between the high and low points of land with reference to the horizontal plane defined by the spirit level.

    Spirit level is an instrument used in surveying.

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  8. Asked: July 10, 2020In: Construction Site Related

    Why are fly ash bricks not used so frequently as compared to red bricks?

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    Because Fly Ash bricks have low mechanical strength. The another major factor is the limitation on size of fly ash bricks.Only small and modular sizes of bricks are possible. Larger size of bricks have will have more breakages. In colder areas, fly ash bricks are unable to absorb heat. The lack of tRead more

    Because Fly Ash bricks have low mechanical strength.

    The another major factor is the limitation on size of fly ash bricks.Only small and modular sizes of bricks are possible.

    Larger size of bricks have will have more breakages.

    In colder areas, fly ash bricks are unable to absorb heat.

    The lack of trend is also an important factor of less use.

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