of bamboo. 2.2 Design Provisions Technical documents describe the benefits, uses, and equations for structural materials. A structural codebook for bamboo does not exist, but the first manual for bamboo design was published in 2000 with the ICC‟s technical document titled Acceptance Criteria for Structural Bamboo, and the second in 2001 with the ISO‟s document Bamboo Structural Design (ISO 22156). The ICC‟s document defines codes and references to use during structural bamboo design and procedures
When speed limits are raised police can access more time stopping reckless drivers, not just people exceeding the speed limit. Charles Lave, an economics professor at the University of California- Irvine, examined this phenomenon in a study in 1989. He found that raising highway speed limits allowed police to spend less time writing speeding tickets and more time apprehending drunk drivers and patrolling dangerous roads. The studies done by the IIHS also omitted several states in which traffic
When the United States was founded, the theme behind the new government was to establish an efficient system without doling out too much power to any one person. The Founders intended to prevent a rebirth of tyranny, which they had just escaped by breaking away from England. However, when members of Congress such as Tom Foley, who served as a Representative from 1964 through 1995, and Jack Brooks, who served as a Representative from 1952 through 1994, remain in the legislative system for over forty
the death of Ian Huffman and the attempted homicide of Olivia Duty. Prosecutors allege “Mr. Johnson was driving his personal vehicle as fast as 98 mph on State Rt. 19 on his way to the fire station in Oak Harbor just seconds before he crashed into the rear of Ms. Duty's car at Portage River South Road” (Feehan, 2012, para. 6). The posted speed limit on Portage River South Road was 55 mph at the time of the accident (Curt, 2012). The defense alleges that Firefighter Johnson was using his lights and sirens
consequentialism has been defended against the charge that it leads to unacceptable trade-offs by showing a trade-off accepted by many of us is not justified by any of the usual nonconsequenlist arguments. The particular trade-off involves raising the speed limit on the Interstate Highway System. As a society, we seemingly accept a trade-off of lives for convenience. This defense of consequentialism may be a tu quoque, but it does challenge nonconsequentialists to adequately justify a multitude of social decisions
Political Term Limits Term limits are a powerful political force and political reform. Throughout the establishment of the United States government, term limits have provided the American citizens the ability to regulate executive power. Many American citizens approve of the idea of term limits for Congressmen, along with many states and hundreds of cities and counties across the United States, yet the application of term limits of those in Congress has yet to be set. On the contrary, however,
Should Highway Speed Limits Be Increased? Should highway speed limits be increased? Should we strike down every sign that the government posts and uses to regulate the speed limit on the thousands of highways around the country? Should we trust the driving ability of each and every person to drive within a reasonably safe speed? The response that most people lean toward is one of negativity. People automatically assume that the speeds presently posted on our highways are there only for our own protection
Earthquake Loads & Earthquake Resistant Design of Buildings 1. 1 2. Summary 2 3. Earthquake Design - A Conceptual Review 2 4. Earthquake Resisting Performance Expectations 3 5. Key Material Parameters for Effective Earthquake Resistant Design 3 6. Earthquake Design Level Ground Motion 4 6.1. Elastic Response Spectra 4 6.2. Relative Seismicity 5 6.3. Soil amplification 6 7. Derivation of Ductile Design Response Spectra 7 8. Analysis
Article Critiqued: Dow, S., 2011, ‘How prototyping practices affect design results’, interactions, 18(3), pp. 54-9. Summary The article explains about the affect of prototyping practices on design results. Using Iterative practices in making designs can lead to better results. Instead of working on making a perfect design, Iterative practices helps designers to learn from their previous mistakes and give a better output. For example (cited in Bayles and Orland 2001), two groups were asked to
Checking the opening of cracks and stress limits, will not be required for concrete elements. When the tensile flexural stress exceeds the effective tensile strength fcteff, then a check for pre-stressed concrete is required. This should normally occur when sections do not have tendons near the
lately are skinny scary. “Twenty years ago, the average fashion model weighed 8% less than the average women. Today she weighs 23% less.” (Lovett). Is it not funny how back then women were actually averaged. Another reason that designers want their designs to take over is “You're not going to buy an outfit because you saw a saggy-breasted women wearing it.”(Fish). This may be true in a way but no one will buy an outfit from a women that is all bones and no meat either. So it works both ways there will
The literature review on road bumps encompasses a wide array of enquiries on the development of speed bump systems that can respond instantaneously to traffic conditions. Speed bumps are raised sections of roadway designed to limit the speed of motor vehicles. They are four meters long, between 76 to 100 millimeters high, and can cover all or a portion of the width of a roadway. A speed bump works by transferring an upward force to a vehicle, and its occupants, as it traverses the bump. The force
nurses with Phd and fellowships, and associations to institutions in high regard. Each abstract of each article was evaluated Richardson-Tench, Taylor, Kermode & Roberts (2014, pg 67) state the abstract should be a clear and brief overview of the report and should include information on the “problems, methods, design, results, conclusions and implications” Richardson-Tench, Taylor, Kermode & Roberts (2014, pg 67). All chosen reports provide an acceptable abstract, for example Mathers
pyrotechnics ignited the acoustic foam of the night club and started a blaze that engulfed the club in less than 6 minutes. The night club had a building permit capacity for 200 people. At the time of the fire the club was more than double the permit limit at over 440 people inside viewing the show. Minutes after the flames engulfed the night club billowing smoke hindered escape, this caused a panic as concert goers started running toward the front exit, even though the club had 3 other exits, everyone
The best practices in structural engineering always demand design solutions with maximum efficiency. It can be achieved by finding the best possible design of the structure with minimum cost or minimum material consumption while satisfying the safety and performance requirements. For instance, the basic framing of building structures consists of beams and columns. Mostly rectangular beams are used. The fundamental concept of stress distribution in rectangular beams suggests that extreme vertical
He states that, “The universal and ineluctable consequence of this crusade to secure the city is the destruction of accessible public space” (226). Davis’ views the public space as a place that is accessible to everyone and can be enjoyed freely. In “Fortress L.A”, Davis links his perceptions about the public space with city planner of Central Park,Frederick Law Olmstead. He states Olmsted’s vision as “public landscapes and parks as social safety-valves
What a great time to be alive as the age of technology grows everyday. Learning to make new apps, websites, or digital art is a passion. From having experience in the graphic design field, I push myself to get a degree as a graphic designer. It will take approximately four years of hard work and a huge amount of patient to achieve my goal. From picking the website’s layout, font, or color background, becoming a graphic designer is my ultimate goal in life. To become a graphic designer, a bachelor
I think that there are and aren’t any limits to ‘appropriation’ in art and design. I think because in art and design, there are different ways that artists use ‘appropriation’. Certain artists use it as their base of inspiration or parody, but there is a limit to appropriating an artwork. It depends on the material used for the artwork that lets it be determined if it is fair enough to say it has been “appropriated” or not. Personally, I thing it is only considered appropriation if the material used
Building structure and bridge structure, though built with well-considered design, may still have structural problem or even collapse with time. In this regard, the designer of the structure, which is the civil engineer, may have to bear of responsibility of professional negligence. Nonetheless, most of the engineers should be professional and have followed good control of structure quality, code of practice and good on-site supervision, despite the structure built may fail after the construction
president to two terms of four years each. During the debate Congress made no attempt to address term limits for Congress. According to the United State Senate website as of January 9, 2018 the longest running senator was Democrat representing West Virginia Robert C. Byrd length of service was fifty-one years, five months, and twenty-six days. (US Senate 2018). When the Constitution of the United States was adopted in 1789, at the time professional politicians were unheard of, and the idea of someone