Transport – Materials of an Aircraft 

Wright Brothers, the innovative brothers who created one of the best outbreaks in history, the first successful airplane. December 17, 1903 marked the date where Wilbur and Orville Wright changed history and the word aviation was born. After this remarkable discovery, airplanes are further utilised for ‘travel, commerce, war, and communication’ (Wright Brothers Impact, 2017). A century later, with numerous improvements and modification, the airplane is … Read more

Improving bearing manufacturing process

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1. Company Profile Austin Engineering Company Pvt. Ltd. believe in two things: the power of innovation and the sheer force of focus. Ever since our inception in 1973, company had continuously upgraded their skills, production capacities, infrastructure and services. From an outfit of 10workers, that manufactured cylindrical roller bearings and deep groove … Read more

Application of robotics for mobile security services

A. Introduction There is a growing body of literature that recognises the importance of robotics devices, and with the recent improvements in robotic technologies, the trend has become that replacing human resources with robotic devices. Robotic devices have become widely used in a variety of different applications such as industrial applications, medical applications, search and … Read more

How optical communications work

Optical communications have become a part of everyone’s life without many people realizing it. We hear from Verizon about their high optical speeds but unless you’re in the telecommunications industry you don’t really know what exactly they are talking about. Optical communications are communicating using light to transport information. In this paper, we will look … Read more

CaGBC’s and REALPAC’s recommendations related to the built environment

The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) and the Real Property Association of Canada (REALPAC) would like to commend the B.C. Government for its leadership towards a low-carbon economy and developing an innovative and ambitious long-term Clean Growth Strategy that maps out solutions to reduce carbon emissions from the buildings sector. Innovative policies, like labelling building … Read more

Construction Safety and Health

Construction Safety and Health Introduction Different companies or organizations are expected to conduct their construction activities following regulations that are laid down by these bodies and institutions. For instance, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is an institution of the Department of Labor in the United States that its responsibility is to ensure healthy and … Read more

An improved noise cancellation system

However, it causes large estimation errors. Meanwhile, low estimation errors as well as slow convergence rates are resulted when the projection order and the step-size are set to small values [3]. These problems have been the focused on by many researches in recent years. An example of these algorithms is the fast APA proposed in … Read more

Miscellaneous construction q & as

Answer 1 The principal objectives that a construction engineer should have when planning a construction project are. 1. Planning of each action: The construction project planning should identify and include every action of the project in a consecutive order. Every activity should be scheduled in a timeline for tracking of construction project. 2. Construction Means: … Read more

SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION OBSTACLES TO EDUCATIONAL BUILDINGS IN EGYPT

SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION OBSTACLES TO EDUCATIONAL BUILDINGS IN EGYPT   ABSTRACT The main goal of this research is to highlight on obstacles facing the application of sustainability and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) requirements to the construction of educational buildings in Egypt. The research methodology utilized the method of questionnaire surveys to collect the … Read more

Building Electrical Services

Mohammed (1999) stated that in buildings, electrical services is necessary to give power for continuous  operation of equipment and appliances and for lighting which provides adequate illumination in and around the building, Chudley and Greeno (2004) made it clear that electricity is usually required at the early stage to provide light and power to the … Read more

DC power supply sources – advantages and disadvantages

Introduction In the previous chapter, the BLDC motor has been selected to be the propulsive motor of the EUAV. The basic requirement for unmanned aircraft is a portable power source of electrical energy, which is transformed to mechanical energy in the electric motor for UAV propulsion. Therefore various DC power supply sources are discussed in … Read more

Bicycle operated sprayer (maximum rate, minimum time)

Abstract Farmers are very interested in manually lever operated knapsack sprayer because of its  versatility, low cost and design. So the idea of bicycle operated sprayer came in mind. This sprayer has certain benefits like it maintain required pressure; problem of back pain; and get maximum productivity and uniform spraying of crops with the minimum … Read more

Risk management in construction projects

ABSTRACT The Study investigated to acquire an overall idea about risk and its consequences in the construction field and the process required for its management. The effect of risk on assessment of a project is discussed along with the tools and methods adopted to manage risk in the construction industry. The objective of the research … Read more

Ethical conduct and the legal ramifications for professionals within the construction industry

  Paper Abstract: An increasing emphasis on ethical conduct and the legal ramifications for professionals within the construction industry has brought about a remarkable change: In an effort to improve the operating efficiency and reliability of construction companies, the design and implementation of systems has resulted in the ability to enforce accountability whilst reducing errors, … Read more