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Civil Engineering

Vaibhav Pandey

Email: Pandey.baibhav@gmail.com

Under Graduating student of 4th year

Nepal Engineering CollegeClick on speaker, then click on title

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61% are clueless

about engineeringWhy?

Civil Engineering is Everywhere

Civil Engineering is acomposite of manyspecific disciplines.

Structural

Waste Treatment

Transportation

Geotechnical

Water Management

ConstructionManagement

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Building Big!!!!

Buildings & Structures: Cities

Infrastructure: Transportation

Culture: Art: Architecture

Link: Building Big Site

The Future: Without Limit!

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/

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What is Civil Engineering????

Civil engineering is acomposite of many

specific disciplines. Structural & solid mechanics.

Waste treatment & environmental.

Transportation.

Geotechnical & soil mechanics. Hydraulics & water management.

Construction management.

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Structural &

Solid Mechanics Structural engineers

design steel, concrete,or timber framedstructures such as: Tall buildings & towers,

Bridges,

Dams,

Retaining walls, &foundations, &.

Stadiums.

Link: Mackinack Bridge

Link: Chesepeake Bay Bridge/Tunnel

http://www.mackinacbridge.org/http://www.cbbt.com/http://www.cbbt.com/http://www.mackinacbridge.org/

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Waste Treatment & Environmental.

Wastewater treatmentengineers are civil orenvironmental engineers

trained to design or analyzewater treatment plants.

Water treatment plants arecategorized as follows: Sanitary waste treatment

facilities, Industrial waste treatment

facilities,

Potable (drinking) watertreatment facility.

Largest treatment basins in the USA

Link: Visit Sewage World

http://www.sewage.net/http://www.sewage.net/

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Transportation

TransportationEngineers design andanalyze Highways,

Railways,

Airports,

Urban and SuburbanRoad Networks,

Parking Lots, and

Traffic Control SignalSystems.

Link: Transportation at work

http://www.sncf.com/co/photo/indexe.htmhttp://www.sncf.com/co/photo/indexe.htm

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Geotechnical &

Soil Mechanics

Geotechnical Engineersanalyze the subterraneanrock and soil todetermine its suitabilityto support extremeloads.

Proper geotechnicalengineering is essentialfor a safe and securestructure.

Link: A bad engineering job

http://www.endex.com/gf/buildings/ltpisa/ltpgallery/ltpgalleryr.htmhttp://www.endex.com/gf/buildings/ltpisa/ltpgallery/ltpgalleryr.htm

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Hydraulics & Water Management

Water managementinvolves the use ofhydrologic and hydraulicprinciples to design: Drainage systems,

Detention/retention ponds,

Navigational waterways,and

Flood control levees, dams,and lakes.

Link: Hoover Dam

Link: Flood Pictures

http://www.hooverdam.com/Gallery/Picindex.htmhttp://www.met.tamu.edu/personnel/students/petroski/flood.htmlhttp://www.met.tamu.edu/personnel/students/petroski/flood.htmlhttp://www.hooverdam.com/Gallery/Picindex.htm

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Construction

Management

Construction managers:

Review contracts,

Order materials,

Hire and schedule sub-contractors.

The job of a constructionmanager is to:

Provide quality control andinsure project is completed ontime and.

Within budget.

Link: Golden Gate Bridge Construction

http://www.mcn.org/Goldengate/08-History/HistoryContents.htmlhttp://www.mcn.org/Goldengate/08-History/HistoryContents.html

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Click on ovals

http://www.discoverengineering.org/eweek/cool_things/ocean/splash.htmhttp://www.discoverengineering.org/eweek/cool_things/rollercoaster/splash.htmhttp://www.discoverengineering.org/eweek/cool_things/waterslide/splash.htm

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Related Web Sites:

Click sites below to visit CivilEngineering related web sites:

Link: Discover Engineering Online

Link: West Point Bridge Designer

Link: Engineering Case Studies

Link: National Engineering Week

Link: Engines of Our Ingenuity

Link: Virtual Laboratory

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http://www.discoverengineering.org/eweek/http://bridgecontest.usma.edu/http://www.civeng.carleton.ca/ECL/http://www.eweek.org/http://www.uh.edu/engines/http://www.jhu.edu/~virtlab/http://www.jhu.edu/~virtlab/http://www.uh.edu/engines/http://www.eweek.org/http://www.civeng.carleton.ca/ECL/http://bridgecontest.usma.edu/http://www.discoverengineering.org/eweek/