On the site visit from 7th October there were many materials that were playing an important part in the development of the roadworks, including steel, concrete/cement and many more. Below I have selected three materials from the site visit and identified properties and uses. • Steel There are over 3000 different grades of steel all with unique physical and chemical properties. The production of steel is made in accordance with its application.…
Parana Pine: For the Parana Pine I obtained the published value from a website since the values on the lab sheet didn’t have a values for Parana Pine. Firstly, I calculated my own Young’s Modulus Value with the result got from the tests using the equation for Young’s Modulus in Bending: E= l³/(4bd^3 ) x ( Δw)/( Δx) From using this equation, I achieved 14.44 E/GPa as a value, the published value, was: 11.37 E/GPa found on ‘The Wood Database’. The difference between my results and the Published values is: 3.07, and it was still within the range of the published value. Regarding the accuracy of the test, since this was my first time conducting this type of test, there may have been some mistakes I made that could have affected the results…
Development of the steel industry was boosted by discovery of the Bessemer process. ("Second Industrial Revolution") Henry Bessemer and William Kelly drastically reduced the cost and time needed in producing steel from pig-iron. They found out that that blasting air through molten iron produced high quality steel. Steel was widely used in construction of buildings, because it provided good support for skyscrapers and tall towers.…
This is readily apparent when you survey the many aluminum containers for products found throughout your local supermarket. This metal has a great future in a world that is looking to become as green as possible. If you are a design engineer, you should consider the possibilities of using aluminum. If you are a consumer, keep your eye out for aluminum products, and always remember, all of your aluminum can be…
Bethlehem Steel had many interesting parts throughout its one hundred forty plus years of providing steel for not only Pennsylvania but also the entire country. This company gave a lot of people jobs that provided pretty good pay and great retirement plans. Some of the most interesting structures that still stands today is the blast furnaces, and the guns that were provided for the battle ships during World War I and II. The blast furnaces that are still standing today are no longer in use as they are now surrounded by a casino.…
Heavy timber construction and mill construction was used a lot in the early 1800-1900’s. The primary use was to build factories, churches, houses and other structures (Brannigan and Corbett, 2015). One will compare and discuss the differences between mill construction and heavy timber construction. The difference that were discovered was the fact that mill constitution was used mostly to build factories known as mills, whereas heavy timber construction was used to build large structures such as churches and barns (Brannigan and Corbett, 2015).…
Early in the nineteenth century, Andrew Carnegie was considered a captain of industry for his vast empire of steel. Carnegie would build his empire from the ground up, literally, by investing in skyscrapers, railroads, and steel. Andrew would become one of the wealthiest men in the world at the time when he sold his Carnegie Steel corporation to J.P. Morgan. As America grew in industry, it needed an increase in steel. Carnegie realized this need and acted upon it making America a world of towering steel jungles.…
Steel left an enormous impact on American Society. In the 1950’s a new way to produce steel was invented, it was called the Bessemer process. The Bessemer process made steel-making cheaper, and faster.…
Have you ever wondered how things like cars, buildings, and bridges are built? Welding is a widely used way to join structural and ornamental iron and steel. Many of the things we use in our daily lives are welded, like buildings, bridges and vehicles. Welding is the process of joining two metals with electricity and heat to make one piece of metal. The two main types of welding are arc welding and brazing.…
Without welding we wouldn't have most of the tools or machinery that we use every day. 2.The responsibilities as a welder. You´ve got to keep your workspace clean, wear proper safety gear (OK Career Guide.org). As a welder, safety is a top priority. Many lives have been lost Welding just because someone is screwing around or does not adjust or wear the proper clothing.…
After studying numerous planes, drawing, and taking pictures, the nameless mathematician makes his recommendation. If I were him, a man living during World War 2 in England, I would place additional armor plating on the parts of the plane where it hasn’t been shot at. The reasoning to this is that if you put extra plating on parts that have already been shot at, it’s no use. You want to protect the parts of the plane that haven’t been shot. Let’s say you do put additional plating onto the parts that have bullet holes and you get shot-…
Cast iron is suitable for making abrasion resistant surfaces such as “brake drums, clutch plates and sliding parts of machinery” (Xiong et al., 2011 p 2980). It can also be used in the manufacture of slideways in machine tools due to its property of being soft and tough. Steel steel is refined iron with an appropriate quantity of carbon added to it.…
Welding is also done on cruise ship to keep it from sinking and the passengers. Welders even work in NASCAR fixing and repairing the cars when it needs to be fixed if the car is damaged during a race. Many people also us welding as a way of making art such as sculptures and other project around the world. Welding is a career that I choose because I wanted to do something more with my life and try to successful and make enough money to later on down the line to start my own business and work for myself. Welding will always have a part in my life I never want to lose sight of my future as a welder and of being a successful business owner in my…
The materials used in the construction of these aircrafts and the knowledge by manufactures to know which materials are best to use where on an aircraft also represents just how much aircraft manufacturing technology has…
EXPANSION AND IMPORTANCE OF THE BRITISH STEEL INDUSTRY AND TRADE DURING THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Introduction In the paper it will be explained the importance of the steel as a commodity throughout the latter part of the 19th century during the Industrial Revolution in Britain, as well as the impact of the production and its trade, exposing political, economic and social aspects that were directly affected by the technological development of Britain in matter of steel. The steel, according to the Oxford Dictionaries is a hard “alloy of iron with carbon and usually other elements, used as a structural and fabricating material” (2015), and it was usually used for industrial purposes, as well for constructing and railroads. (Gordon, 1910) It…