California Bearing Ratio (CBR) for determining Shear Strength of subgrade

California Bearing Ratio (CBR) test is a compressive nature penetration test. It was originally developed by Caltrans i.e. California Department of Transportation after World War II i.e. in the late 1930s.  The test is specifically used to determine the mechanical strength as well as the potential strength of road subgrades and basecourses materials including the … Read more

Now You might want to live in a boat if so? Here is how you can!

Floating Homes (House Boat) that has been designed or modified to be used primarily as a human dwelling. These types of Homes are constructed on the sea shore or near lakes and places near the threatening shore line.. Importance of Floating Homes These Homes are gateway to modern living system These Homes can fulfill our … Read more

Final Year Project Titles for Civil Engineering Students

These list of final year project titles for civil engineering students are innovative and research based topic list covering all the subjects and fields of civil engineering. So you are in the final year of your Civil Engineering Graduation or Masters opting majors in numbers of construction and civil engineering relevant subjects and looking for … Read more

Concrete testing by Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity (UPV)

How many times as a civil engineer, you have to test a concrete? Hunh! So many Times! But most of the time you find concrete cubes and cylinders being crushed by Compression Testing Machine (CTM) in the laboratory. Now that broken cylinder or cube is useless for you, although you can recycle it but even … Read more