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Saturday, October 2, 2010

Civil Farewell Dinner


It's saturday n time to get enough rest!! Last night was our batch farewell dinner before our internship. we will not see each other for about 8 months unless we got the same place for our internship which will be quite impossible. shoot!! speaking of it didn't get my offer yet. shud i be worried right now??hmmm.
anyway, the dinner's venue is at taman maju. about 5 minutes drive from utp. it's a homestay where they rent it for RM90 per event. Faiz n the committee collaborated with Jus Abg Gaban for the preparation of our meal. fyi Jus Abg Gaban as it's name, he sells a hell of tasty juices!!haha. the menu for that night is ayam goreng masak tom yam, ayam panggang, sausages, shrimps n sate which is my all-time fav!!! the kuah satay is really sumptous!!
me n my friends, zubir, pizi, onn n diman came a bit late because the dinner starts at 8:30 but we reached there at 9. some even came around 10!! haha. that's because either they did it on purpose n some of them have futsal competition. right after shooting some photos n have our dinner together, me n pizi wanted to get away from the party as we both didn't like the games that involves u know... are we anti-social??nooo!!! we just didn't like the games..hehe.
so i called noren n we meet first at Bank Islam n went to a restaurant near Tmn Maju. Noren was actually going out eating with his friends, fahmi n his other housemates. time for milo suam gelas besar!! the waiter asked if we want to order food n we answered no. so what she does, she make a weird n sad face. noren said something about what i did when we answered her but i'm not gonna talk about it here..hhaha. so the three of us talked n talked for more than an hour. we end up lepak2 at noren's rent house at Bandar U. while lepak-ing , suddenly it came up in noren's head to fry Ikan Terubok Masin!! wakakaka. it was fun n a tasty treat!1 wish we had planned it earlier so that we have enough preparation!! we just anyang the ikan like that without rice n lime!! right after finishing the fish, we fetched the guys that were still partying. and during the party we are supposed to prepare a gift. so i bought a paper clip with a chelsea emblem on it. i'm not really a fan of chelsea but the colour and the finishings made me bought it!! no offence to chelsea's fan. hehe. so the reason for the gifts is that they're gonna called our names n we take other's gifts as an exchange. because i weren't there at the time, i don't know what my presents are. so with pizi. and i thought nevermind but was feeling a bit sad. but then onn came n bring me my gift which is a small ball with a printing of sesame's street and it's charachter.haha. jadila...hehe. then we had a group photoshoot which i think the existence of my face will be hard to trace!! hahah. then we went back to utp around 12.45 am and we sent back the keys to amy, the owner of the car that we used to go to the party. and then back to my room, checking fb page n then zzzzzz.. this entry is just a summary of my day... n before the evening, we had a FES test at 3-5 right after Jumaat prayer..grrr i hate test during fridays..only if they do it at night then it shud be ok. the test is quite crazy because everyone is talking. sounded like pasar ikan already!!haha.that's because the question are quite tough for a test. the ga's are quite sporting though. thanks for helping us out .although it is abit wrong but who cares at that point?? haha.n for tommorow we got a test!! again!! this time it is for wastewater eng test that starts at 9 am!! haiya. xpat mok ngando. guess it's the end of my entry. gotta do my laundry although i think todya is going to rain. wish me luck for the test n pray that we can answer the question dengan cemerlang!!hhaha. effort pun kurang ada ati mok jawap cemerlang. xpa2, still have time. salam. pjg juak aku ngerepak pagi2 tok.. apa nak jadi nih!!

Monday, November 2, 2009

Geotechnical Engineering

Karl Terzaghi(Father of Modern Soil Mechanics)
notes: p aku xpws atila ngnnya tok nangga mukanya gik dah sak nyusah org blaja nak
plek2..hahaha.dahla da cgek artikel padah tymnya molah lecture nya madah soil failure is no longer an "an act of God"..paloi..kun fayakun..pa kw mok jawap??haha.mun tuhan madah kiamat dunia
kiamatlah dunia...

A Historical Perspective

b4 start alkisah geotech tok aku teringat tym fes lecture lok lecturer aku Dr. Syed Baharom(lecturer mkrng pun perspective) nya madah jadi geotech eng tok ng xda org pandang..haha.kecyan x nenga??padahal benda toklah paling basic bagi every structure yg mok dipolah kat atas tanah(cne gik mun x atas tanah??haha.p adala structure ats aek ya pun stakat tok aku twk oil rig atas kapal n rumah kecik2 p still jwk ada columnya perlu tanam dalam tanah).cuba tkrng pike, mun ada bangunan kedak KLCC ya ka or mana2 bangunan nak hebat2 kat dunia tok ada X org nanyak sapa geotech engineer di sebalik projectya?xda nak??nak3??haha.mesti org akn nanyak sapa designer blidingya oo..tere da jak..sapa ndakka nama arkitek nak molahya..gila bab! na jwk..tere oo nya design..hahah.xdala org mok lalek pasal geotech eng ya tek..padahal tanpa geotech eng lom tentu gik mana2 projek besar kedakya dapat dilaksanakan kecualila developerya merasuah kerajaan k meluluskan approval pake polah projek kat sesuatu kawasanya..haha.cdak main tipoo mun dapat!!hah nektok dah dapat idea camne rasa menjadis seorang geotechnical engineer??hehe.not a gud impression though sebab this job is not a faymes one but that's the ugly truth...heheh.so, let's start with the boring part!!!

For eng. purposes, soil is defined as the uncemented aggregate of mineral grains n decayed organic matter(solid particles) with liquid n gas in the empty spaces between the solid particles...yah gila nak panjang ada definition pake tanah ajak...haha. cdakya dah angol kali.. tanah tok is used as a construction material in various civil engineering projects, and paling penting it supports structural foundations. Jadi, civil engineers perlula study pasal properties of soil tok.kimen byk..benda cam origin, grain-size distribution, kebolehan k drain water, compressibility, shear strength, ngan load bearing capacity. xpat mok explen sebab byk gilak n aku bukan karl terzaghi(father of modern soil mchanics) or lecturer geotech..huhuh. jadi, Soil Mechanics tok tek cam cgek cabang science that deals wif the study of the physical properties of soil and the behaviour of soil masses yg subjected to various types of forces lah. Soils Engineering tok kira cam application dari principles of soil mechanics ngan practical problems yg ada dalam dunia sebenar.. Geotechnical Eng. tok subdiscipline bagi civil engineering yg berkaitan ngan natural minerals dekat ngan permukaan bumi. it includes application from principles of soil mechanics and rock mechanics sampela ke design of foundations, retaining structures, ngan earth structures.

Geotech Eng Jaman 18th Century

tym tok ng merinsak cdak...sebab xda record of org yg guna tanah jadi construction material..lost in antiquity..haha.ditelan zaman...terok na zaman tok eh makan benda2 camya(xpatooot).haha. In tru engineering terms, pemahaman of geotechnical engineering as known of today began early 18th century camya mun ekot kata(Skempton, 1985)lah. for years, the art of geotechnical eng was based on only past experiences thru succesion of experimentation..kira org dolok pun koboi2 jwk molah bangunan tok..hahah. ekot nasib mun x ruboh bangunan kira berjayala..xda real scientific charachter..Based on exp tok, byk bangunan dah dipolah - some of which have crumbled, while others still berdiri teguh sampe ke kinek..

kita dah belajar sejarah dolok nak yg madah ancient civilizations flourished along banks of rivers cam Nile(Egypt), Tigris Euphrates(Mesopotamia), Huang Ho (Yellow River, China), ngan Indus(India). back in 2000 bc dykes(bok wiki tek ada maksud lesbian indah..haha. p context yg btolnya levee, a natural or artificial slope or wall to regulate water levels ) dibina k protect bandar cdak Mohenjo Dara(Pakistan nektok lepas 1947). Tym Dynasty Chan (1120 to 249 bc) dykes tok dpolah k irrigation purposes(nak k ngaek tanah kedak kaedah windmillya kali). Ancient Greek civilization lain cerita..cdak make isolated pad footings ngan strip-and raft k molah foundation bangunan..tym 2750 bc 5 igek pyramid terpenting dibina in a period less than a cemtury...wow kira bykya..(Saqarah, Meidum, Dahsur South ngan North, n las skali Cheops). Rah China tym kedatangan Buddhism lok tym jaman Dynasty Han bykla dibina pagoda..byk structure tok dibina atas silt ngan soft clay yg kira x gus jwkla lam geotech eng.boleh nyebab foundation pressure exceeds load-bearing capacity yg boleh merusak structure..

Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy


hah tok tkrng mesti kenal...Leaning Tower of Pisa kat Italy...this is one famous examples of problems yg related ngan load-bearing capacity. Structure tok weights around 15,700 metric tons n disapot oleh circular base ngan radius 20m jak..tower tok dari dolok mula2 senget ke east, north, west, pasya las skali south..haha.reasonnya tek latest discovery cdak padah debahnya ada weak clay layer at a depth of 11m bawah tanah...taun 1990 ditutup sebab cdak takut bangunanya ruboh!!woii ruboh katel!!hahaha.pasya cdak amik measure cam excavating soil sampe 70 ton bawah tanah nun in 41 separate extractions from north side of the tower..bial dah da ruang kosong debahya, lak tanahya akan settle down k ngisik ruang kosongya so tiltya dapat dikurangkan..nektok towerya tilt 5 degree..kurang .5 degree dari nak asal dolok..walaupun ckit jak kurangnya p sebenarnya ya akn molah structureya lebeyh stabil..xcayak tyk ngan lecturer..huhuh.dak gik cerita pasal sejarah..lejuk aku..hahaha.


after encountered several foundation-related problems during construction, engineer n scientist mula bok sedar betapa pentingnya ngan properties n behaviour of soils tok starting early 18th century tek..

4 major periods in area of geotechnical engineering(Skempton, 1985):
1. Pre-classical (1700 to 1776 A.D)
2. Classical Soil Mechanics - Phase I (1776 to 1856 A.D)
3. Classical Soil Mechanics - Phase II (1856 to 1910 A.D)
4. Modern Soil Mechanics (1910 to 1927 A.D)

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