Development Length

 

Development Length is provided to transfer the load from steel to concrete. Development Length is also known as anchorage length.

Shear Wall and Where it is Provided

 

A shear wall is a vertical structural element that resists lateral forces in the plane of the wall through shear and bending.

Errors in Surveying Measurement

 

Natural Errors

These are caused due to variations in nature i.e., variations in wind, temperature, humidity, refraction, gravity, and magnetic field of the earth.

Prismatic Compass Vs Surveyors Compass


The disadvantage of chain surveying is that, in it only distances are measured and hence, the area is to be covered with a network of triangles. 

Difference between English Bond and Flemish Bond

 

English bond

Headers and stretchers are laid in alternate courses.

Strongest of the types of bonds.

Plane Surveying and Geodetic Surveying



Plane surveying

Plane surveying is the process of surveying by assuming that the earth is flat. Which mean the curvature or spherical shape of the earth is not considered in plane surveying calculations.