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2008-08-01 Careers: Engineering & Electrical Trades - Engineer in wind power: The Tehachepis mountains, and the Livermore Altamont Pass, is HUGE wind power. 10's of thousands of wind generators. I think the only problem is....not a great demand for engineers....wind wise..just...
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2008-07-29 Civil Engineering - Construction Methods: Hi Tricia, This sounds like a slab of width 4m and length 8m, with rebar of 12mm diameter (Y means high-yield rebar)spaced at 250mm centers near the bottom of the slab (B1-01 means bottom first layer...
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2008-07-29 Civil Engineering - Inclined columns: Hi Satish, They can be designed as vertical columns but taking care to design for the additional moments due to self weight and also the additional shear forces due to the inclination. I am assuming...
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2008-07-28 Civil Engineering - E TABS: Hi Imran, This is a very general question and really depends on the type, size and complexity of the structure. For example, if it is a simple beam, hand calculations or a program like Prokon would...
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2008-07-27 Civil Engineering - Compaction and compaction eqpment: Hi Yogesh, Compaction requires different machinery for different materials- e.g. for concrete you need a vibrator, for soil you need a vibrating roller and for making concrete masonry you need a machine...
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