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How to overcome the water temperature problem in the house

07/23/2008 by lineman380
In our city the temperature become very high in summer often difficult to use water for bathing due to high-temperature Where the water reservoir...
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Last comment 07/24/2008 by ctwiliams
 

Breathable or bitumen membranes?

07/23/2008 by tkot
Hello everybody I'm currently building a traditional house in the Greek north. It will have a slated roof of natural lime-stone (see an example i...
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Last comment 07/23/2008 by Guest
 

What is thixitropy?

07/22/2008 by Guest
A tube being driven in the ground until refusal "gains" strength or added frictional soil resistance over time by the soil, which was initially pushed...
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Last comment 07/23/2008 by JohnDG
 

Soil friction angle

07/22/2008 by 2226
What is friction angle in case of buried pipe (Angle of friction)?? How to calculate the Co-efficient of friction between soil and the buried p...
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Last comment 07/23/2008 by Guest
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The First Cogeneration Generation?

07/08/2008 My buddy supervises a couple large apartment towers in Boston, MA. With the never ending price increases in natural gas and oil, he's been faced with...
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HVAC Energy Efficiency: Big Talk or Real Walk

06/09/2008 Siemens and other HVAC companies surveyed HVAC designers and contractors for their reaction to the current energy crunch. They asked what HVAC compani...
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Heavy-Duty Hybrids: Say it Ain't So!

07/05/2008 Admit it: there's nothing that gets the blood moving like a piece of heavy construction machinery. Whether it's a powerful bulldozer pushing tons of g...
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Earthquake-Proof Engineering

06/08/2008 "During the May 12 Sichuan Earthquake, a disproportionate number of buildings that collapsed were schools—killing thousands of children. This is...
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Plant & Facilities Engineering

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Do You Work Differently Than Your Father?

06/29/2008 As baby boomers retire in ever-greater numbers, Generation X is stepping in to fill the gap. The younger generation is more at ease with technology an...
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Last comment 07/02/2008 by RCE

Carbon Caps: Necessary or Needless

05/31/2008 Governments around the world are proposing carbon limits for manufacturing and energy production. That most certainly will increase the cost for power...
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Last comment 06/18/2008 by RCE
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Prepare for the Juan De Fuca Disaster

03/27/2008 posted in Geological Factors in Engineering
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The Juan De Fuca Plate is the modern-day cause of volcanic activity, earthquakes and tsunamis in the northwest quadrant of the continental United S...
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Houston, We Have a Problem: Our City is Sinking!

03/20/2008 posted in Geological Factors in Engineering
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New Orleans: ‘Til the Levee Breaks

03/12/2008 posted in Geological Factors in Engineering
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Hurricane Katrina will go down in history as the first storm to devastate the popular, culturally-rich city of New Orleans. The "Big Easy" has surv...
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Remembering the Vaiont Dam Disaster

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Did MnDOT Make a Fatal Choice?

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PHOTO: Harry Goldstein, IEEE Spectrum A report in today's Minneapolis Star-Tribune states that the Minnesota Department of Transportati...
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