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Civil Engineering Ascent

Civil engineering is as old as mankind and still ever expanding with aim to serve humankind better than yesterday. Civil engineering is divided into many subjects of study viz structural analysis and design, Geotechnical engineering, Transportation engineering, Water resource engineering, Town and country planning and Environmental engineering. Civil engineering is amongst the core branch of engineering and is indispensable to humanity in never ending service of mankind.

November 16, 2019 Structural analysis and design

Types of losses of prestress in prestressed concrete

In pretensioned and post-tensioned prestressed concrete, losses are different. Losses in case of pretensioned prestressed concrete Loss due to elastic

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Aggregates as a constituent of concrete
November 16, 2019 Concrete Technology

Flakiness index test and elongation index test (shape tests on aggregate)

Coarse aggregate constitutes the biggest part of concrete. It is desirable that aggregates are of desired properties. Two shape tests

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November 15, 2019 Geotechnical Engineering

Objectives and Requirements of soil classification system

Soil classification is the arrangement of soils into different groups such that soils in a particular group have similar engineering

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November 15, 2019 Transportation Engineering

Highway alignment and its requirements

The position and the location of the centerline of the highway on the ground is called highway alignment. Highway alignment

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November 15, 2019 Hydrology

What is aquifer, aquiclude, aquitard and aquifuge?

Aquifer An aquifer is a geological formation made up of enough permeable material which allows storage of water and at

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