When designing earthquake safe structures the first consideration is to make the highest bit‚ the roof‚ as light as possible. This is best done with profiled steel cladding on light gauge steel Zed purlins. This can also have double skin with spacers and insulation. It can have a roof slope between 3 and 15 degrees. If it is required to have a ’flat’ roof‚ this could be made with a galvanised steel decking and solid insulation boards‚ and topped with a special membrane. Even a ’flat’ roof should
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This volcano had its largest eruption on May 18‚ 1980. The ash and dust from the eruption reached as far as the Central United States. A total of 57 people died during the eruption that lasted 9 hours. 85 miles of highway and 15 miles of railways were destroyed. What would someone say about this natural disaster who was there? It was a normal day for my grandma‚ but when she turns on the news it became very far from normal. She see’s that Mt. St Helens erupts. After that‚ she looks outside‚ but
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the torrential Tungabhadra river on one side and surrounded by defensible hills on the other three sides. The site is significant historically and architecturally. The topography abounds with large stones which have been utilized to make larger than life statues of Hindu deities. A structure of historic importance appears every quarter of a mile. The Archaeological Survey of India continues to conduct excavations in the area‚ to discover additional artifacts and temples. [edit] Geography [pic]
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A Project Report On “Earthquake Vibration Control In Building Frames” Submitted in partial fulfillment of The requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Engineering Department of Civil Engineering i ABSTRACT The design of building and bridge structures for earthquake resistance by the ductile design approach is covered‚ including performance criteria‚ structural configuration‚ design seismic forces‚ mechanisms of post-elastic deformation‚ capacity design‚ detailing of reinforcement
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January 12th 2010 4:53PM‚ the phone rang….Hispaniola whom which I call Haiti was bawling. Her heart‚ Port-au-prince‚ was completely ruined‚ she bleed and bleed and heard the bones intensively crashing brutally against each other until they converted into ashes. Her green dress metamorphosed into a white costume‚ her veins and arteries were ripped… she had no shelter. Once she realized that her brain was damaged‚ a depression impulsively engulfed her body and left her with nothing more than a reprieving
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1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 ORIGIN OF THE REPORT: One of the biggest steps toward leading an independent life is financial independence. This means taking control of our money - both the money that we save and the money that we spend. Money is necessary to live and also to live well in our society‚ but we don’t need a lot of money to be independent‚ successful‚ and happy. Indeed‚ we do need to know how to manage the money we have and make it work. Now-a-days undergraduate students
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Contemporary society equates education with success. The more one knows‚ the more opportunities one will have. An ever expanding globalized economy requires much more than an elementary comprehension of mathematics‚ history‚ the sciences‚ and language arts-- it requires a working knowledge of the world and its cultures. Schools across the country use an introductory study of geography to familiarize students with the world around them and how it functions. Defined‚ geography is “the study of spatial
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In Saving Normal‚ Frances‚ who is the former chairman of the task force that organized the 4th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders‚ warns readers that the DSM-5‚ offers an irresponsible set of proposals that will turn everyday stressors into mental illnesses. Outlining faddish syndromes of the past‚ Frances argues that whenever we freely label a set of human behaviors as a "disease‚" we lost a bit of our diversity and adjustability. Frances acknowledges that we all
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION College is an important chapter in the life of the students. It is the stage of relative “freedom” to the students. Some decisions usually done by the parents are already delegated to them. One of the key decision-makings is related to finances. Students‚ most especially those who came to Cotabato City for college education are given allowances; the least enough for 15 days or a month budget for their daily needs on food‚ fare‚ school projects‚ room rental and others. Being
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College Saving Essay Why is saving for and attending college important to you and your family? Have you ever saved money for something or watched another person save? Describe what you learned in the process of saving or what you learned from watching the other person. How will you apply what you learned in order to achieve your savings goal with this scholarship? College is extremely important for my family and I. Once I get my job over the summer if time allows then I committed myself to save 10%
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