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    Sensorial Materials

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    Essay 15: What is the purpose of the sensorial materials? Describe the essential qualities needed in a sensorial apparatus. “The first of the child’s organs to begin functioning are his senses....instruments by which we lay hold impressions‚ and these‚ in the child’s case‚ have to become “incarnated”‚ made part of his personality.” The Absorbent Mind‚ Chapter 8‚ p. 84 A child’s journey in life begins as a physical embryo right from the time that he is in his mother’s womb

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    Building Materials

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    BUILDING DEPARTMENT | U10BD1035| M. ABDUSSALAM | 5/15/2013 | Write on the following building materials * Steel * Cast iron * Aluminium * Pipes used in building construction * Light roofing materialsConsidering the following; * Definition * Sources * Types * Uses * Advantages/disadvantages * Limitation | STEEL AS A BUILDING MATERIAL Steel is a structural material which consists mostly of iron and carbon. It can‚ however‚ contain other additives which might change

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    Bill of Materials

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    |   |   | Description of Materials | Unit | Unit Cost | 1. FOUNDATION‚ CONCRETE COLUMNS‚ BEAMS AND CONCRETE HOLLOW BLOCKS WALLS |   |   | Portland Cement | BAG | 212.00 | Sand (S-1) | CU.M. | 3200.00 | Gravel or Crushed Stones (G-1) | CU.M. | 600.00 | Earth Fill | CU.M. | 2700.00 | C.H.B. 4" THK | PIECE | 7.50 | Steel Reinforcing Bars‚ Deformed |   |   | 10mmX6.00 meters | PIECE | 121.00 | 12mmX6.00 meters | PIECE | 173.00 |

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    Strength of Materials

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    STRENGTH OF MATERIAL TENSILE TESTING OF METALS STRENGTH OF MATERIAL TENSILE TESTING OF METALS OBJECTIVE : Tension test is carried out; to obtain the stress-strain diagram‚ to determine the tensile properties and hence to get valuable information about the mechanical behavior and the engineering performance of the material… INTRODUCTION: A tensile test‚ also known as a tension test‚ tests a material’s strength. It’s a mechanical

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    Ssb Material

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    GD  topics   Should military training be made compulsory‚ Basis for reservation in elite institute‚ Sports in India‚ Why crime/terrorism is increasing in society/nation‚ Which is the biggest problem in India-poverty‚illiteracy‚population How cans brain drain can be stopped‚ Criminalization in politics‚ Who is responsible for crime against women‚ Whether women should be recruited in army or not Solution for indo-pak problem Shortage of officers in defense forces army Should there be

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    STRENGTH OF MATERIALS

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    deflection‚ we will be conducting controlled experiments of various beam materials and sizes and we will also be studying change of properties such as shape deflection and circular bending. This lab experiment report details our practical and theoretical experimentation with graphical aids and reasoning. DESCRIPTION OF THE EXPERIMENT We will set up the required tools and materials to experiment and study the deflection of a cantilever‚ simply supported

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    Magnetic Materials

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    TYPES OF MAGNETIC MATERIALS Paramagnetic materials have a small‚ positive susceptibility to magnetic fields. These materials are slightly attracted by a magnetic field and the material does not retain the magnetic properties when the external field is removed. Paramagnetic properties are due to the presence of some unpaired electrons‚ and from the realignment of the electron paths caused by the external magnetic field. Paramagnetic materials include magnesium‚ molybdenum‚ lithium‚ and tantalum

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    sustainable material

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    Sustainable material -POROUS PAVEMENT -- OPEN-JOINED PAVING BLOCKS Introduction: This essay will focus on the application of open-joined paving blocks to minimize the impact of urban development on natural drainage system-capturing‚ slowing and absorbing storm water in the urban condition. In the natural system‚ 10% surface flow‚30% evapotranspiration‚ 40% infiltration‚ 20% interflow‚ while in an urban condition‚ 75% surface flow to pipes‚ 15% evapotranspiration

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    Material and civilization

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    Essay Title: Material and civilization According to dictionary‚ material is anything that serves as crude or raw matter to be used or developed and civilization is an advanced state of human society‚ in which a high level of culture‚ science‚ industry‚ and government has been reached. There are basically 4 periods of materials science development in history of the world: Prehistory‚ Antiquity‚ Middle Ages‚ and Modern materials science. This essay covers the history of materials science on how different

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    How did the project(krrish) created taking into consideration the Indian diaspora abroad?? We need to recognize right away that Bombay-based Hindi cinema’s output in its entirety does not reach and/or succeed in markets abroad. It is a specific kind of cinema that has‚ since the mid-1990s‚ ‘brought the NRI decisively into the center of the picture as a more stable figure of Indian identity than anything that can be found indigenously’. The popularity of films such as DDLJ‚ kaho na pyaar hai‚K3G‚ etc

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