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Impact of Indian Dams in Kashmir on Pakistani Rivers

Author: Haseeb Jamal / Date: May 06, 2017 / Tags: Pakistan, Environmental Effects, Small Dams
Pakistan is an agricultural country. Eighty percent of its agricultural output comes from the Indus Basin. Pakistan has one of the world's largest canal systems built much before Independence by the British. On April 1, 1948, India stopped the supply of water to Pakistan from every canal flowing from India to Pakistan. Pakistan protested and India finally agreed on an interim

Mass Concrete For Dams - Applications and Problems

Author: Haseeb Jamal / Date: May 06, 2017 / Tags: Definition
Mass concrete can be defined as any large volume of cast-in-place concrete with dimensions large enough to require measures to cope with the generation of heat and attendant volume change to minimize cracking. Like regular concrete, mass concrete too is primarily composed of cement, aggregate, and water. Additionally, it has pozzolans and other admixtures to

Palm Islands Dubai Construction, Design Facts and Technical Details

Author: Haseeb Jamal / Date: May 06, 2017 / Tags: GPS
5 Km into the Persian Gulf, lie the Palm Islands, Dubai. Palm Jumeirah can even be seen from space. It is the biggest man made island in the world. Dubai is one of the richest places in the world, having size twice that of London. By 2016 oil is believed to be finished in Dubai, hence thrashing its economy to ground. Dubai must find a new source of income. The Crown Prince

Standard Values for Liquid Limit of Soil and Limitations of L.L Test

Author: Haseeb Jamal / Date: May 06, 2017 / Tags: Lab-Notes
The liquid limit of a soil is the moisture content, expressed as a percentage of the mass of the oven-dried soil, at the boundary between the liquid and plastic states The moisture content at this boundary is arbitrarily defined as the liquid limit and is the moisture content at a consistency as determined by means of the standard liquid limit apparatus. It is one of

Types of Highways Maintenance | Routine, Emergency, Reactive

Author: Haseeb Jamal / Date: May 05, 2017 / Tags: Types of, Factors Affecting, Shallow
Preserving and keeping each type of roadway, roadside, structures as nearly as possible in its original condition as constructed or as subsequently improved and the operation of highway facilities and services to provide satisfactory and safe transportation, is called maintenance of Highways. Generally following factors affect the maintenance of pavements.

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