Sunday, April 19, 2009

Hoover Dam


Hoover Dam, originally known as Boulder Dam, is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada. When completed in 1936, it was both the world's largest electric-power generating station and the world's largest concrete structure. It was surpassed in both these respects by the Grand Coulee Dam in 1945. It is currently the world's 35th-largest hydroelectric generating station. This dam, located 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, is named after Herbert Hoover, who played an instrumental role in its construction, first as the Secretary of Commerce and then later as the President of the United States. Construction began in 1931 and was completed in 1936, more than two years ahead of schedule. The dam and the power plant are operated by the Bureau of Reclamation of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981, Hoover Dam was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1985.

Palm tree city of Dubai


This is the construction model of Dubai architecture.
This is palm tree city under construction in Dubai, UAE.

World's Tallest bridge


This is the world’s tallest bridge, at 343 m tall at its highest pillar, the Millau Viaduct in Southern France is almost a third taller than any other bridge in the world. A freeway in the sky, the bridge crosses the river Tarn in France and can save travelers almost an hour of travel between France and the Mediterranean. It also removes the traffic congestion once faced in the town of Millau. The episode documents the difficulties that the crew had to faced, and the challenging processes that were used in its construction. The documentary contains a few words from the mayor of Millau, Jacques Godfrain, the bridge architect, Norman Foster, and designer, Michel Virlogeux.

Monday, April 6, 2009

Civil Engg.

Civil Engineering is the oldest branch of engineering. Civil itself has many branches of engineering. The main part of civil engineering is the designing and structural parts.

Some of the engineering college teacing Civil engineering in Nepal are:

    • IOE, Pulchokt (affiliated to Tribhuvan University)
    • Kantipur Engineering college (affiliated to Tribhuvan University)
    • Kathmandu Engineering college (affiliated to Tribhuvan University)
    • Nepal Engineering college (affiliated to Pokhara University)
    • Khwopa Engineering college (affiliated to Purbanchal University)
    • Acme Engineering college (affiliated to Purbanchal University)
    • Kantipur City college (affiliated to Purbanchal University)
    • HIST(affiliated to Purbanchal University)

Engienneing

Engineering

  • "Learning by Doing", the main principle of Engineering.
  • is the practice, of building or construction.
  • has been practiced by our ancestors and continued till today, and tomorrow.
  • is the discipline and profession of applying technical and scientific knowledge and utilizing natural laws and physical resources in order to design and implement materials, structures, machines, devices, systems, and processes that safely realize a desired objective and meet specified criteria. The American Engineers' Council for Professional Development has defined engineering as follows:

“The creative application of scientific principles to design or develop structures, machines, apparatus, or manufacturing processes, or works utilizing them singly or in combination; or to construct or operate the same with full cognizance of their design; or to forecast their behavior under specific operating conditions; all as respects an intended function, economics of operation and safety to life and property.”

One who practices engineering is called an engineer, and those licensed to do so may have more formal designations such as European Engineer, Professional Engineer, Chartered Engineer, or Incorporated Engineer. The broad discipline of engineering encompasses a range of more specialized subdisciplines, each with a more specific emphasis on certain fields of application and particular areas of technology.