BASE ISOLATION: FRICTION PENDULUM SYSTEM SARNOT ANUP A.‚ JAIN KRUTIK P‚ CHOUDHARY JUNAID A‚ U.G.Students Department of Civil Engineering D.M.College of Engineering Sector-3‚ Airoli‚ New Mumbai- 400 708 Abstract: The Base Isolation is one of the passive control techniques to reduce the earthquake effect on the structure up to negligible level. Base isolation system are‚ Elastomeric Bearing‚ Sliding Isolation System and Combined Systems. Elastomeric bearing has a problem of tearing of rubber
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determined by colorimetric titration‚ and the identity of an unknown acid was determined by potentiometric titration. In the first titration‚ a strong acid standard‚ potassium hydrogen phthalate (KHP)‚ was used‚ to determine the concentration of a strong base‚ sodium hydroxide (NaOH). In order to do so‚ we prepared NaOH solution‚ prepared a buret‚ and standardized this solution by performing a colorimetric titration of the KHP with the solution until a color change was present. The color change was introduced
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Base Details Siegfried Sassoon’s epic war poem "Base Details" focuses on a soldier’s bitterness toward the fact that old men wage war while young men fight it. Sassoon uses various literary devices to express his anger toward such injustice. The main ones being rhyme‚ strong connotative words and especially diction. The speaker‚ a soldier in World War I‚ contemplates what it would be like to be an officer in during war. By using a sarcastic and cynical tone‚ he is effectively able to condemn war
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Base Details In the poem‚ “Base Details‚” Siegfried Sassoon expresses his great disgust towards the majors in the military. He is disgusted and appalled at the way the majors act while men are dying out in the battlefield. Sassoon is angered by the fact that the majors are living a life of luxury while sending young men “up the line” out into the battlefield. The title of the poem suggests these ideas. “Base” indicates a military installation‚ but another meaning is morally low; and the word “details”
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GOTTHARD BASE TUNNEL‚ SWITZERLAND 1. INTRODUCTION Currently under construction to stretch a record length of 57 km‚ the Gotthard Base tunnel located in Switzerland spans the north of Europe‚ spanning through the Swiss Alps to the south of Europe. This railway tunnel has been designed to bypass the inefficient route of windy roads and cutting down travel time. The Gotthard Base tunnel consisting of twin tunnels is connected by cross passages at every 325m. The twin tunnels have been constructed
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liability of the shareholders. However‚ under certain circumstances the corporate entity may be disregarded. This is also known as piercing the corporate veil and is the most frequent method for holding the shareholders liable for the acts of a corporation. Corporate officers‚ directors and controlling shareholders have a general fiduciary duty of loyalty and care which should govern all their corporate conduct. Unless they breach that duty by gross negligence or acts in bad faith‚ they usually will
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The trebuchet is a large machine of the trebuchet family formerly used as a siege weapon and now for history reenactment‚ recreational or engineering purposes. It was formerly one of the most powerful weapons in history‚ being able to fire a projectile to a distance of up to three hundred yards accurately. It consists of a lever arm laid across a supporting crossbeam (the fulcrum)‚ a heavy counterweight on one end‚ and a sling on the other. The sling would hold the load (projectile) during battle
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Drilling Machine Chapter-4 Drilling machines Any component manufactured has one or more cylindrical hole in them. The process of making a hole is known a drilling. The cutting tool‚ which is used for making holes‚ is known as drill. The drill is a multipoint cutting tool. Definition: Drilling is the operation of making holes in a work piece using a drill bit. The hole is generated by the rotating drill‚ which exerts large force on the work piece clamped rigidly on the machine
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1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANY Morelli Electric Motor Corporation manufactures electric motors for commercial use. The company produces three models assigned as standard‚ deluxe and heavy duty. The company uses a job costing system with manufacturing overhead applied on the basis of direct labour hours. The system has been in place with minimum change for 25 years. 1.2 THE CURRENT RISING ISSUE For the past 10 years‚ the company’s pricing has been to set each product’s budgeted price
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Research Question: With the upcoming Scottish Referendum‚ how have two Northern Irish newspapers‚ The Irish News and The Belfast Telegraph‚ reported on the issue? Can this portrayal be linked to contemporary unionist and nationalist identity in Northern Ireland? In Autumn 2014 the Scottish people will go to the polls to decide on Scotland’s future independence from Britain. This topic is one which may have direct repercussions on the mind-set and identity of those in Northern Ireland‚ and therefore
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