mp EN1029 Laboratory: Compression Tests Objective To plot stress-strain relationships for steel and concrete when tested in compression. Equipment to be used Avery Testing Machine & Compression Press Experiment instructions You will be supplied with two “identical” steel cylinders (specimens A & B)‚ three “identical” concrete prisms and three “identical” concrete cubes. Measure the specimens and draw dimensioned sketches of the specimens. One of the steel specimens‚ A‚ will have electrical
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to have a dream during of time of those who are socially oppressed‚ to not live I location that are densely populated your own kind meant being black was only meant to be just to live your life. In collections in the book “The Rose That Grew from Concrete “are a group poem created by Tupac Amaru Shakur. His message much simpler and more direct rather than complex
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Abraham Lincoln‚ the sixteenth president of the United States of America‚ and Jefferson Davis‚ the first and only President of the Confederate States of America‚ share many similarities and differences in their education‚ presidency‚ military experience‚ and political standpoint. Both Davis and Lincoln grew up in a family of poverty-stricken standards‚ and had been born near each other in distance‚ and time. Abraham and Jefferson both served in the Black Hawk War in 1831‚ though Lincoln did not
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political gains for the “tough on crime” politicians. In a country with a population being 13% African American‚ an increasing rate of prisoners are African American women‚ which makes one half of the population in prison African American. Angela Davis argues in the book Are Prisons Obsolete? that African American incarceration rates can be linked to the “historical efforts to create a profitable punishment industry based on the new supply of ‘free’ black male laborers in the aftermath of the Civil
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The bloodiest war in American history‚ led by Abraham Lincoln for the north‚ and Jefferson Davis for the south‚ both presidents‚ but two different sides. Both garner for peace‚ yet one is willing to start a war‚ while the other is willing to accept it. This essay will compare and contrast the political‚ economical‚ and social outlooks on Lincoln’s and Davis’ Inaugural addresses throughout the civil war between the North and South. Slavery‚ laws‚ and state rights drove the South to start a war‚ and
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experiences in their poems.They are both short but have a lot of information. The Rose That Grew From Concrete by Tupac Shakur and Fire and Ice by Robert Frost have deep descriptions in detail and they have a similar tone but may lead in two different directions. The Rose That Grew From Concrete is about the struggle that the speaker experiences in their own life. Comparing life being as hard as concrete and that something beautiful can still come of it.”Proving nature’s laws wrong it learned to walk
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Jack Davis’ 1986 play No Sugar is a realist drama which examines the trials‚ tribulations and eventual survival of Millimurra-Munday family through the Great Depression as they are forcibly removed from their homeland in Northam to Moore River Native Settlement. The survival of their culture is dependant on the way that individuals shape their identity and in this play Davis shows how family is the cornerstone on which identity can be maintained even in the most traumatic of circumstances. Jimmy
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In this set of interviews‚ Angela Davis simultaneously addresses the issue of why we are stuck in this carceral state while also providing her solution‚ a solution that many would see as too radical. After first reading this interview‚ I thought immediately of the conversation we had with the two activists from Hands Up United. Society views her as an “enemy of the state”‚ as a communist and terrorist because of her use of violence as means to affect change‚ something very similar to what is happening
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Beams This method stabilises existing wall foundations either internally or externally whichever the most appropriate. Two mini-piles are installed‚ one compression and one tension. A pocket is broken out into the existing wall and a reinforced concrete beam is cast linking the two piles. This system is used where traditional underpinning is not appropriate due to the existing foundations being deep‚ or that good-bearing strata is so deep that it is uneconomical to dig. (Depths greater than
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Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Concrete is widely used in constructing buildings‚ houses and other structures‚ but in order to have a strong structure there are factors to be considered. One of which is compressive strength‚ this is important to the structure especially if it is a high rise building and will be used commercially. The compressive strength of a concrete is important especially to the column of a structure because it resists compression force. Columns must have
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