Practical problems to keep in mind before foundation design
Foundation design There are, in foundation design, a number of practical construction problems and costs to be considered. The chief ones are: 1. The foundations should be kept as shallow as…
Design Procedures For A Building Foundation (Step By Step)
Design Procedure of foundation Good design must not only be safe but must aim to save construction costs, time and materials. The following procedures should help to achieve this and…
How To Determine Weight Volume Relationship Of Soil? [Step By Step]
Weight Volume Relationship Of Soil The physical properties of a soil give insight as to the identification of the soil and the determination of its characteristics and load response. These properties can…
6 Different Types Of Weathering Of Rock Mass
Weathering Of Rock Mass ‘Weathering is the process of alteration and breakdown of rock and soil materials at and near the Earth’s surface by chemical decomposition and physical disintegration’ Of…
PID Controllers
Automatic controllers are used onboard ships for the adjustment of one or more parameters in a system. Function of the controller is to maintain the parameter as per desired value…
What Is The Effect Of Tree Roots On Building?
Fast growing trees close to buildings can cause unequal settlement when active tree roots dry out the soil causing differential soil shrinkage. Shrinking clays affect the bearing capacity and lead…
ON-OFF Controller
On-Off control is the simplest form of feedback control. An on-off controller simply drives the manipulated variable from fully closed to fully open depending on the position of the controlled…
The Feed Forward Controller
The most popular architectures for improved disturbance rejection performance arecascade control and the “feed forward with feedback trim” architecture introduced below. Like cascade, feed forward requires that additional instrumentation be purchased,…
Employer-Employee Communication
Case 5 Effective Communication Helps Foster Harmonious Employer-Employee Relationship and Increase Efficiency Recently a construction company noticed that the work progress of a particular work site was slower than expected.…
Difference Between Open Loop & Closed Loop System
One of the significant difference between the open loop and closed loop control system is that in an open loop system the desired output does not depend on the control…
