PLASTIC COLLAPSE OF A PORTAL FRAME AIM The purpose of this experiment is to find out how a portal frame deflects when horizontal and vertical external loads are applied to it. This experiment will then help in the comparison between what is theoretically expected to happen to the portal frame and what is actually recorded to happen during the experiment. The portal frame in this experiment is part of a statically indeterminate structure. BACKGROUND INFORMATION For any material‚ there
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The Death and Social Collapse in Lord of the Flies Man’s relationships with death are themes often used in literary works to depict mankind’s spiritual‚ emotional‚ and social weaknesses. Sometimes authors use the theme of social collapse to interpret how the relationships of characters begin to wear off‚ which is also shown in William Golding’s novel‚ Lord of the Flies‚ where he further enhances his theme by his portrayal of death and the crumbling structure of civilization. It is evident that
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company creating manufacturing and non-manufacturing ISM Reports on Business “(www.ism.ws). Published on the first business day of each month‚ these manufacturing reports are considered by many investors as the most reliable economic indicators on the market. The ISM reports represent questionnaires on general manufacturing activity that are sent on a monthly basis to 18 different manufacturing industries1. From these 18 industries each consisting of different types of raw materials‚ the ISM index is
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TOPIC: AN APPRAISAL OF HOUSEHOLD PARTICIPATION IN HOUSING DELIVERY CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Interest in the subject of housing is not new. It has been a major issue for many years and has attracted many diverse contributions. The National Housing Policy (2004) defined housing as “the process of providing a large number of residential building on a permanent basis with adequate physical infrastructure and social services in a planned‚ decent safe and sanitary
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create a utopian country. In a command economy‚ the government makes all decisions on jobs‚ land‚ and production‚ which leads to many social and political ramifications. This fact‚ along with a multitude of other factors‚ led to the Soviet Union’s collapse. In general‚ there is scarcely a command economy in history that has had success‚ this due to the fact that the negatives of a centrally controlled economy far outweigh the positives. The elements that led to the failure of
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Housing and stability are uniquely influenced by race and are reflected in the everyday experiences that people have. Therefore‚ a person of one race can have a different experience in housing and stability while having similar circumstances as a person who is of a disadvantaged race category. It is hard to isolate race as a contributing factor in housing and stability as the system has always factored in this component and is influenced by it. In Mathew Desmond’s book Evicted he writes about both
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DISSERTATION SYNOPSIS Modular Housing System in the Indian Context Guide: Mr. M.L.Bahri ‘ Akshay Malik A/1850 Contents ▪ Introduction i. Preface ii. Need Identification iii. Aim and Objective iv. Scope ▪ Case study – Analysis ▪ “Modular” Housing system ▪ Flexibility (High-rise Group housing) ▪ Value – addition ▪ Un(dis) – organised sector ▪ The inevitable – Growth
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HARVARD GRAD STUDENT HOUSING SURVEY Understanding the process of questionnaire designing MM – II Case Presentation Group 5 • The real estate price hike threatening the student recruitments at Harvard – leading to 2001 survey • Harvard attempting to understand the consumer market for its housing complexes through new 2005 survey • Allston Initiative The Case in Brief Deciding the new research design for 2005 survey Analysing & drawing insights from the 2001 survey Merits/
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The aim of the writing was that ‘verifying most clearly and certainly the necessity of what the Tokugawa feudal system collapsed’ from a point of view‚ for instance‚ history of thought‚ thus followed the crushed process of such legitimate worldview in the feudal Japan as Confucian‚ especially neo-Confucian in the country‚ then‚ explaining ‘a pattern of modernization in Japanese thought widely and in Japanese society narrowly’. Moreover‚ this work has three parts that appeared each independently
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I. The Irish Potato Famine was a catastrophic event in Irelands history. Almost a million people died during this harsh time. They had lost their main food source and barely had food for one person let alone their families witch consisted of 5-7 people on average. At the time they were considered a part of Britain but Britain did not help much during their crisis. The Irish Potato Famine of Ireland in 1845 resulted in a great population loss‚ a changed economy‚ and a substantial emigration of citizens
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