prehistoric times. The ancient Egyptians‚ Babylonians‚ and Greeks all used it. The purpose of the arch in these cultures‚ however‚ was limited to supporting small structures‚ such as storerooms‚ and people often used columns to support the roof. This design limited the size and scope of a building. As a result‚ builders could not construct extremely large palaces or government buildings. The ancient Romans created an arch that could support huge amounts of weight. How did the Romans accomplish this
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BDA 30803 – Semester II Session 2013/2014 DEPARTMENT OF MATERIAL AND ENGINEERING DESIGN FACULTY OF MECHANICAL AND MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA (UTHM)‚ JOHOR ______________________________________________________________________ MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN (MED) 2nd ASSIGNMENT Fatigue Failure Resulting from Variable Loading S1. A schematic of a clutch-testing machine is shown. The steel shaft rotates at a constant speed . An axial load‚ 1.xxx
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Chapter 1: Introduction Dr. Rosario Rosas-Vega IE 4355 : Facilities Design Texas State University Introduction About 8% of Gross National Product (GNP) has been spent in new facilities in US. Facilities planning has taken on a new meaning in today’s competitive global marketplace. In the past it was considered a science. Today it is a strategy. Formerly competing entities are now organized into supply chains to remain competitive. What is a Supply Chain? Facilities must help
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MATH 4321 Spring 2013 Assignment Solution 0-Sum Games 2 1. Reduce by dominance to 2x2 games and solve. 5 4 4 3 (a) 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 4 3 1 2 10 0 7 1 (b) 2 6 4 7 6 3 3 5 Solution: (a). Column 2 dominates column 1; then row 3 dominates row 4; then column 4 dominates column 3; then row 1 dominates row 2. The resulting submatrix consists of row 1 and 3 vs. columns 2 and 4. Solving this 2 by 2 game and moving back to the original game we find that value is
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Reading Module #2 On Your Own Vocabulary Strategies Directions for Reading #1 and #2: After reading each passage‚ use vocabulary strategies to define the key words that are listed in the boxes below each passage. Proofread your answers before uploading the exercise to the Dropbox for this week. Reading #1: Improved Eating for the College Student Food Allergy or Food Intolerance At some point in time‚ food allergies or food intolerance will affect nearly everyone. You eat something‚
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C MODULE Transportation Models PowerPoint presentation to accompany Heizer and Render Operations Management‚ Eleventh Edition Principles of Operations Management‚ Ninth Edition PowerPoint slides by Jeff Heyl © 2014 © 2014 Pearson Pearson Education‚ Education‚ Inc.Inc. MC - 1 Learning Objectives When you complete this chapter you should be able to: 1. Develop an initial solution to a transportation models with the northwestcorner and intuitive lowest-cost methods 2. Balance a transportation
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and focal point are principles of art that draw attention to specific locations in a work. Emphasis is the principle by which an artist draws attention to particular content. A focal point is a specific place of visual emphasis in a work of art or design. Most works of art have at least one area of emphasis and multiple focal points. Those few artworks that do not have areas of emphasis or focal points usually have little or no variation. An artist can emphasize focal points through the use of line
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"I think‚ therefore I am‚" the epitome of Rene Descartes’ logic. Descartes came to the understanding that there was little he actually knew because he felt unclear about some things‚ besides the subject of mathematics‚ in which he felt was clear and distinct. For him to truly have knowledge he would have to toss out all prior knowledge and start anew with a better foundation of self. The main foundation of his education was from the senses or through the senses. (D 60) Descartes proves that the
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SYSTEM DESIGN Introduction When the requirements document for the software to be developed is available the design activity begins. The main aim of design process is to produce a model or representation of the system‚ which can be used later to bind the system. The produced model is called design of the system. A system design is a top down approach to minimize complexity and make a problem manageable by subdivided it into smaller segments. The most changing phase of the
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1. What layer device is a switch? What address is used to make switching decisions? Layer 2‚ MAC address 2. What are the three layers of the Cisco hierarchical design model? Access‚ distribution‚ core 3. What are the functions performed at each of the layers and what features are common at each layer and what features are different at each layer? Access switches‚ poe‚ port security‚ 100Mbs‚ link aggregation‚ QOS Distibution‚ link aggregation‚ security policies‚ 10 Gbs‚ redundancy‚ qos‚ Core
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