TOPIC 1 Flashcards
Sources of power in nature
- Wind
- Waves
- Solar
- Geothermal
- Flood water
- Natural gas
- Coal
Use and convenience of engineering to mankind
- Water for drinking
- Energy for heating, lighting and cooking
- Travel
- Public health
Activities that CEs are involved in
Design, construct, operate, manage and maintain infrastructure that supports modern society
Roles and responsibilities of a CE
- Conceiving ideas/feasibility studies
- Design based on data collected, application of science, maths and technology
- Implementation of the design plans for the projects
- Operate/Maintenance of management of the built and natural environments
What does the Workplace Safety and Health Act cover and define
- Building operation
- Work of engineering construction
Describe building operation
- Construction, structural alteration, repair or maintenance of a building
- Demolition of a building
- Preparation of a site for an intended building
Describe work of engineering construction
- Construction, structural alteration, repair or demolition of infrastructure
- Inspection, repair or maintenance of any confined structure providing access to pipe-lines or underground electrical cables and communication cables.
Ancient wonders of the world
- Temple of Artemis (Ephesus, Greece)
- Hanging Gardens of Babylon
- Great Pyramids (Giza, Egypt)
- Pharos (Alexandria, Egypt)
- Statue of Zeus (Olympia, Greece)
- Colossus (Rhodes, Greece)
- Mausoleum (Halicarnassus, Turkey)
New wonders of the world
- Christ Redeemer (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
- Machu Picchu (Peru)
- Petra (Jordan)
- Taj Mahal (Agra, India)
- The Pyramid at Chichen Itza (Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico)
- Roman Colosseum (Rome, Italy)
- Great Wall of China (China)
Modern engineering wonders of the world
- Channel Tunnel (England and France)
- CN Tower (Toronto)
- Empire State Building (New York)
- Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco)
- Itaipu Dam (Brazil and Paraguay)
- Netherlands North Sea Protection Works (Netherlands)
- Panama Canal (Panama)
Branches of CE
- Materials Engineering
- Structural Engineering
- Surveying Engineering
- Transportation Engineering
- Construction Engineering
- Environmental Engineering
- Geotechnical Engineering
- Hydraulic Engineering
Sub-disciplines of CE
- Earthquake Engineering
- Forensic Engineering
- Architectural Engineering
- Water Resources Engineering
- Urban Engineering
- Coastal Engineering
People that developed formulas used in CE
- Harry Laurence Gantt
- Leonhard Euler
- Daniel Bernoulli
- Karl von Terzaghi
- Thomas Simpson
Explain what those people did for CE
Harry Laurence Gantt - Created Gantt chart in 1910s, showed importance in project management
Leonhard Euler - Showed that there was a critical load for buckling of a slender column
Daniel Bernoulli - Bernoulli principle (principle for describing fluid flow, pressure, density and velocity)
Karl von Terzaghi - Developed a theory for the evaluation of the ultimate bearing capacity of shallow foundations
Thomas Simpson - Derived a formula for working out the area under a curve (Simpson’s Rule)
Building design process
- Site planning design stage
- Space planning stage
- Building elements stage
