Civil Insight: A Technical Magazine Volume 2 | Page 68

68
PROJECTS
CIVIL INSIGHT 2018
MODEL OF BAMBOO HOUSE
Group Members: Abhishek Dongol, Prashant Gautam, Ural Kafl e, Pratiksha KC, Dikshya Khadka, Bhanu
Paudyal, Anuska Ranabhat
Supervisor: Er. Shyam Sundar Khadka
Bamboo is widely used for many forms of construction, in particular for
housing in rural areas. Bamboo is a renewable and versatile resource,
characterized by high strength and low weight, and is easily worked
using simple tools.
The bamboo-based house has a very low weight so the size of
foundation can be minimized. For wall construction, wall panels are
used, assembled from split bamboo grids and chicken steel mesh and
plastered with cement mortar. Basic materials for house components
(bamboo, wire, bolts, chicken mesh and cement) are easily available.
Bamboo can tolerate high values of deformations in the elastic range
i.e. possesses high elasticity. Therefore, bamboo houses when properly
constructed are ductile, i.e. being able to sway back and forth during
an earthquake, without any damage to the bamboo poles.The roof
was made from a simple galvanized iron sheet.
DEMONSTRATIVE MODEL OF EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT LOAD BEARING HOUSE
Group Members: Srijan Dahal, Danraj Lamichhane, Suman Pandey, Khagendra Roka, Sushant Timalsina,
Ankit Yadav
Supervisor: Er. Ramesh Adhikari
While no structure can be immune to damage from earthquakes, the
goal of earthquake-resistant construction is to erect structures that fare
better during seismic activity than their conventional counterparts.
A ply of dimension (120cm*100cm) was taken, over which the model
was built. The dimension of model is 80cm*80cm*40cm. The house is
single storied and has two rooms. Same materials that are used in an
actual earthquake resistant house were used to build the model. Small
bricks of dimension (70mm*35mm*20mm) were used for masonry
work. Masonry work was started over a layer of damp proof coarse.
Horizontal bands below and above the windows were made to add
additional strength. Reinforcement bars of diameter 4.75mm were
incorporated in the horizontal bands and in appropriate corners to
strengthen the structure. After fi nishing masonry work, stable roofi ng was added to the house.
MODEL OF RUN-OF-RIVER HYDROPOWER (NAMARJUN MADI HYDROPOWER)
Group Members: Prabin Adhikari, Sujan Khatiwada, Sajan Koirala, Pukar Shrestha, Siraz Shrestha, Amit
Timsina
Supervisor: Er. Santosh Chaudhary
Run-of-River (ROR) hydroelectricity is a type of hydroelectric generation plant whereby
little or no water storage is provided. Run-of-the-river power plants may have no
water storage at all or a limited amount of storage, in which case the storage reservoir
is referred to as pondage.
The demonstrative model of Run-of-River was constructed with scale of 1:1000 along
with the terrain and land features made using the contour lines in the map of given
project site. Components of ROR were then made in their respective location.