When it comes to estimating and testing the strength of materials, people sometimes gets confused between toughness and strength so here is answer to the difference between compressive toughness and flexural toughness.Before understanding the compression and tension \”term\” you \”must\” know what is toughness and strength.First, I would like to clarify that toughness is…
Difference between End Bearing Piles and Skin Friction Piles.
November 25, 2017
Deep foundation especially pile foundation is best suited and mostly used for a low bearing and bad textured soil or for the heavy load structures. Bearing capacity is the deciding factor for the geotechnical design of foundation. Bearing capacity of soil is defined as load…
Difference Between Shear Wall and Column
June 7, 2017
Yesterday on our one social networking platform a student from India asked us a question “What is the difference between a Shear Wall and a Column”. Although the two structures are way too different from one another and one can’t expect to have confusion between these…
Basic difference between plinth beam and tie beam is that tie beam can be at any level but plinth beam is at plinth level.
So Now i am going to discuss in depth about the following contents :-
Contents
What is the purpose of beam in a Building?
What is plinth level in building?
What is plinth beam?
Types of plinth beam
Purpose of plinth beam
Plinth beam height
What is tie beam?
Purpose of…
Today we are going to discuss a very common, yet very important confusion that exists among fresh civil engineers that what is the different between Roller compacted concrete and conventional Reinforced Cement Concrete. So here is an answer for this;
What is Reinforced…
Shotcrete and Gunite Difference and Definition
April 25, 2015
The guniting is the most effective process of repairing concrete work which has been damaged due to inferior work or other reasons. It is also used for providing an impervious layer.
The gunite is a mixture of cement and sand, the usual proportion being 1:3. A cement gun is…
What is influence line Diagram? difference between bending moment diagram and influence line diagram
February 23, 2015
Concept of Influence line was developed by Winkler in 1867. Influence Diagram concept is used for analysis of structures that are subjected to variable or moving loads. Structures like bridges, culverts and even roofs of a house is also such structures that have live and moving loads.
Definition
Influence line is defined as;
“a graph of a response function of a structure as a function of the…