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CIVIL INSIGHT 2018
PROJECTS
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DEMONSTRATIVE MODEL OF RAINWATER HARVESTING IN KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY
BOYS HOSTEL (KUBH)
Group Members: Shaurav Adhikari, Samrit Dumre, Komal Thapa, Siddhant Pandey, Rabindra Karmacharya,
Suman GC
Supervisor: Er. Manish Prakash
Rainwater Harvesting System can be one of the
alternatives to solve the problem related to water
scarcity prevailing in the KU boys’ hostel. Dhulikhel
receives an annual precipitation of 1711mm and
hence 1.5 million liters of water can be collected
annually (approximately 40% of water demand)
in the hostel by implementing this project. While
constructing the model, the hostel building was
reduced to a scale of 1:60. Various components
of rain water harvesting such as roof catchment,
ground catchment, gutter, conduits, reservoirs, fi rst
fl ush and fi ltration unit were demonstrated in this
model. Besides these, the working model of fi rst
fl ush was also built up.
DEMONSTRATIVE MODEL OF KOTESWOR SKYLINE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE
Group Members: Nitesh Adhikari, Sailesh Mishra, Raphim Shrestha, Ben Subedi, Payal Thakur, Niranjan Upreti
Supervisor: Er. Vimesh Paudel
Pedestrians and bikers are accustomed to sharing the road and
battling automotive traffi c, but this proposition becomes trickier
and often more dangerous, when it comes to crossing a major
thoroughfare or a water body. A pedestrian bridge, also known as
a footbridge,provides a safe mode of passage for the pedestrians.
This project was based on construction of demonstrative model of
Koteshwor skyline pedestrian bridge. The model was constructed
on a distorted scale using plywood, cardboard, thread and nails.
DEMONSTRATIVE MODEL OF RUPA BEGNAS PUMPED STORAGE HYDROPOWER PLANT
Group Members: Safal Timilsena, Gokarna Bhatta, Nitish Shah, Ajay Mahato, Santosh Kumar Mahato,
Prakash Sharma
Supervisor: Er. Santosh Chaudhary
Pumped Storage Hydropower Plant is a type of hydroelectric
energy plant which stores energy in the form of gravitational
potential energy of water, pumped from a lower elevation
reservoir to a higher elevation. During periods of high
electrical demand, the stored water is released through
turbines to produce electric power. Begnas and Rupa Lake,
located in Kaski district represent the upper and the lower
reservoir respectively in this project model. Reservoir, tunnel
alignment with Francis turbine and model of powerhouse,
suitable power transmission line and terraces around the
project area were demonstrated. A reduced scale of 1:5000
was used.