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Railway turn table! 🚃🚞 Interesting way to reverse the direction of engine in earlier days❗️ 🚞🚃 Steam locomotives were operated most efficiently in the forward direction and thus had to be turned every time if, for instance, they were to make a return trip. 🚃🚞 With the advent of the diesel locomotive the device fell out of favor as the new technology could be operated in either direction without necessarily needing to be turned. 🚞🚃 Ever wondered how trains change their direction? 💬 https://www.instagram.com/p/B2D6le4Ae09/?igshid=fgg85wy36l03

How about constructing an airport on the water? ✈️🛫 Japan thought “outside the box” and came up with floating airports! 🛩🛬 Osaka-Kansai International Airport is one of Japan's most famous floating airport - 25 million passengers make use of this airport every year. ✈️🛩 80% of land in Japan is mountainous and plains between them are close to completely populated with residential and business buildings. 🛫🛬 So, they made use of their greatest national resource — the sea that surrounds it on all sides — and simply built the airports there after building artificial islands for them. ✈️🛩 Will other countries start adopting this in future as well? Share your thoughts in comments section💬 https://www.instagram.com/p/B1-mRcegkvc/?igshid=13kge64hmr753

Ever heard of minimum speed limit ⁉️ Never drive slower than the indicated minimum speed limit that it becomes unsafe for traffic on the road. 🚖🚘 Generally, 15th percentile speed is taken as the minimum speed limit! 🚖🚘 Imagine everyone is driving fast and there is a slow car in between. ❌One, it is unsafe ❌Two, it slows down other vehicles - more congestion and delay 🚖🚘 Have you ever seen a slow moving vehicle on the road that irritated everyone else on the road❓ Share you experience in the comments section💬 https://www.instagram.com/p/B16BAhXgZYx/?igshid=1pj9up65vxb2h

Ever heard of minimum speed limit ⁉️ Never drive slower than the indicated minimum speed limit that it becomes unsafe for traffic on the road. 🚖🚘 Generally, 15th percentile speed is taken as the minimum speed limit! 🚖🚘 Imagine everyone is driving fast and there is a slow car in between. ❌One, it is unsafe ❌Two, it slows down other vehicles - more congestion and delay 🚖🚘 Have you ever seen a slow moving vehicle on the road that irritated everyone else on the road❓ Share you experience in the comments section💬 https://www.instagram.com/p/B16BAhXgZYx/?igshid=1pj9up65vxb2h

Harvester in action❗️🌾🍃 They cut, thresh, and clean the grains all by themselves by themselves using rotating blades, wheels, sieves, and elevators. 🌱🍃 The grain collects in a tank inside the harvester (which is periodically emptied into carts pulled by tractors that drive alongside), while the chaff and the stalks spurt from a big exit pipe at the back and fall back down onto the field. 🌾🌿 What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of harvesting machines? Comment below💬 https://www.instagram.com/p/B13eAcBjxqI/?igshid=wid8omm39pfm

Wildlife Overpass - A bridge NOT for cars, but for animals❗️ 🦓🦏 It provides a safe crossing path for wildlife amidst the danger of highways. 🐕🦌 European countries including the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, and France have been using various crossing structures to reduce the conflict between wildlife and roads for several decades and to protect, reestablish wildlife. 🐾🐾 They allow connections or reconnections between habitats, combating habitat fragmentation. 🐾🐾 Do you think it is a WIN-WIN for humans and wildlife? Comment Yes/No below 💬 https://www.instagram.com/p/B1yWhRGj8fg/?igshid=1xokj0rftk9hn

Ever heard of fish ladder ⁉️ They provide them a way get around the dam that’s blocking their way❗️ 🐠🐟 Imagine you're driving down the roa­d when you encounter massive construction. The same happens for fish when dams are built. 🐠🐬 If they can't get back to the spawning grounds, then fish populations dramatically decrease. 🐬🐟 Fish ladders provide a detour route for migrating fish so that they can get over or around a dam that's blocking the way. ➖ 🐋The ladder contains a series of ascending pools that are reached by swimming against a stream of water. 🦈Fish leap through the cascade of rushing water, rest in a pool, and then repeat the process until they are out of the ladder. 🐠🐟 As much as it sounds interesting, do you think it works❓ Will the fishes able to find the ladder and climb their way out of it❓ Share your thoughts in comments💬 https://www.instagram.com/p/B1tDbo5DimI/?igshid=g33htvml537d

Shotcrete slowed down❗️ The high velocity blows the concrete past the steel and build up behind the bar till it is fully covered. ➖ Shotcrete is simply concrete projected at high velocity through a nozzle. Thanks for video @ssgshotcrete ➖ Because of the force of this spraying action - it is compacted at the same time. There is no need of separate compaction! ➖ Isn’t it amazing ⁉️ https://www.instagram.com/p/B1no0BkjHOV/?igshid=fbm2ipckvihl

What is Shotcrete? It is concrete projected at high velocity through a nozzle❗️ ➖ Because of the force of this spraying action - it is compacted at the same time. There is no need of separate compaction! ➖ Individual aggregate particles of various sizes, coated with cement paste, are driven into place to form a void free mass of fully compacted concrete. ➖ ✅Strong, dense and well bonded ✅Ideal for construction of curved surfaces ✅Commonly used to line tunnels walls in mines, subways etc. ✅Can be sprayed onto any type or shape of surface ✅Used as decorative concrete also! ➖ Have you seen anywhere someone applying Shotcrete⁉️ Comment below💬 https://www.instagram.com/p/B1fzUW0jUEI/?igshid=vhyas1gkvs3z

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Have you observed these runway markings like 25R and wondered what they meant ? 🛬🛫 #runway #runwaymarkings #airport #engineering #engineeringfacts #civilengineering #interestingfacts #fact #apsed #airportengineering #interesting https://www.instagram.com/p/B1GvM0dAyqF/?igshid=a9movc2kwy7

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World's largest power station! Three Gorges Dam spanning across Yangtze river in China #hydroelectric #powerplants #dam #engineeringfacts #engineeringmarvel #engineering #civilengineer #civilengineering #fact #hydraulics #interesting https://www.instagram.com/p/B0-6wYmDKEd/?igshid=1rasls5oelmef

Contra Arch Dam - it is famous for the 220m jump featured in the opening scene of a James Bond movie! #bungeejumping #dam #engineeringfacts #engineeringmarvel #engineering #civilengineer #civilengineering #fact #hydraulics #interesting https://www.instagram.com/p/B00ne-QDgQr/?igshid=17jkc7ql9icah

Morning Glory Spillway - this drain hole can suck in water at the rate of 13 lakh litres per seconds. It empties water from the Monticello Dam in to prevent flooding and has been only used twice so far! #spillway #dam #flood #engineeringfacts #engineeringmarvel #engineering #civilengineer #civilengineering #fact #fluidmechanics #hydraulics #interesting https://www.instagram.com/p/B0x_4L6jybv/?igshid=mh8qe70sf3yi

Qianchun Interchange in China 🛣️ 🎢 This is real, not a roller coaster! It consists of 18 different ramps and 5 different levels. Will your GPS work here? What are your thoughts on this interchange? 💭 Comment below ⬇️ #civilengineering #civilengineer #bridge #bridgeengineering #interchange #road #highway #transportation #urbanplanning #structuralengineering #ramps #engineeringfacts #engineering #facts #complexdesign https://www.instagram.com/p/B0tBakEjKpY/?igshid=ma3xfju8i97n