Concrete dreamed from the Cold World

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Insight of a Dreamed PCA

This paper reviews some models and associated graphical displays for exploring multivariate data. Some new features developed around principal components analysis (PCA) are proposed. All can easily be driven from a SAS/INSIGHT (TM) like environment. Their aim is to help interpretation and dimensionality choice. They facilitate the investigation of multivariate outliers, clusters or non-linear r...

Cold-formed steel structures around the world

Today, cold-formed steel (CFS) structures enjoy widespread use in many countries and design specifications, e.g., [1] and [2] are well established, even if they are ever changing! Extensive reviews of the CFS literature are available [3], [4] and more targeted research reviews also exist: [5], [6] and Chapter 13 of [7]. However, even in the last five years significant progress has been made, pa...

Effect of Antifreeze Admixtures on Cold Weather Concrete

Kashmir is located in a region where winter temperatures are very low. During the winter months, the temperature in Kashmir is often below 0⁰ C. Generally concrete placed in colder regions with the help of insulated forms as well as heaters to protect freshly mixed concrete against freezing. These practices try to incorporate unnecessary carbon and leads to an disagreeable carbon footprint. The...

the tragedy of modern man in arthur millers world

what miller wants is a theatre of heightened consciousness. he speaks of two passions in a man, the passion to "feel" and the passion "know". he belives that we can have more of the latter. he says: drama is akin to the other inventions of man in that it ought to help us know more and not merely to spend our feelings. the writing of the crucible shows us that he is trying to give more heightene...