Why Become a Civil Engineer? ArticlesStructural Engineering

Why Become a Civil Engineer?

By building up environment Civil Engineers play with nature. Civil engineering is a professional engineering…

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Earthquake Resistant Structures ArticlesSeismic

Earthquake Resistant Structures

In countries where earthquakes are of frequent occurrence, important buildings are now designed to withstand…

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Earthquake Induced Processes ArticlesSeismic

Earthquake Induced Processes

There are generally four types of earthquake induced processes: 1) Surface rupture, 2) Ground shaking,…

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Earthquakes – Introduction and Important Terms ArticlesSeismic

Earthquakes – Introduction and Important Terms

1. Introduction Earthquakes are vibrations of the earth caused by the rupture and sudden movement…

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Methods of Rock Reinforcement in Tunnels ArticlesFoundation

Methods of Rock Reinforcement in Tunnels

Rock support for tunnels and underground cavern design is a demanding and very complex task.…

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Introduction to Tunneling ArticlesFoundation

Introduction to Tunneling

A tunnel is an elongated, narrow essentially linear underground opening with a length greatly exceeding…

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Global Positioning System – Importance in Civil Engineering ArticlesSurveying

Global Positioning System – Importance in Civil Engineering

Object This System provides us with accurate horizontal and vertical measurements and gives us the…

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Introduction to Subsidence – Evaluating and Mitigating its Effects ArticlesFoundation

Introduction to Subsidence – Evaluating and Mitigating its Effects

1. Introduction Subsidence is displacement of ground surface vertically over a broad region or at…

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Subsurface Investigation – Boring and Sampling Methods ArticlesFoundation

Subsurface Investigation – Boring and Sampling Methods

Introduction Accurate and complete subsurface information is necessary for all types of civil engineering projects,…

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Chemical Weathering and Processes Involved in Decomposition ArticlesFoundation

Chemical Weathering and Processes Involved in Decomposition

Chemical weathering, or chemical decomposition, involves several important reactions between the elements in the atmosphere…

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