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    Earthen materials show interesting environmental advantages when used to build [1]. These materials are becoming increasingly important in the context of the modern desire of construction materials which are less highly processed and have low toxicity [2][3][4]. Nowadays, there are several available techniques where these materials can be used with structural purposes, namely as earth blocks (adobe), compressed earth blocks (CEB), rammed earth and cob [5] but the lack of scientific data and lack…

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    Tensile Test Report

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    analysis. From the strain gages, evidence can support how and when the specimen material failed under the stress being applied to the specimen. The test would extend (stretch) the specimen at a constant rate which created tension on the material and caused the material to fail at or close…

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    A Tornado Research Paper

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    column of winds that rotate around a center of low pressure of winds. The winds inside the tornado go inward and outward. To form a tornado, the host thunderstorm must rotate. The change in wind speed and direction with height is known as wind shear. This wind shear develops the rotation in the thunderstorm needed for tornado formation. At this time of the year warm moist winds from the Gulf of Mexico move Northward while above the jet stream warm dry winds from the great planes move eastward.…

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    Joplin Tornado Analysis

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    The articles "The Evil Swinging Darkness" and "The Storm Chasers First-Hand Account of the Joplin Tornado" is about how a deadly tornado struck the town of Joplin. Multiple tornado sirens sounded at different times showing that this was no little tornado this was the mother tornado. Thousands of people rush to the nearest shelter where very few made it. That day more than 1000 people were injured as well as leaving 158 dead. This tornado was extremely deadly but even those who survived were in…

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    Tornado Research Paper

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    Tornadoes By Devon Bankemper Introduction Once, we knew nothing about tornadoes and didn't even know they existed. Suddenly, tornadoes started tearing apart homes and killing people. Then, we needed to know “What is a tornado?” Did you know that one of the biggest tornadoes was 2 miles long? In this article you will learn how tornadoes form, how we can be safe and what tornadoes are the deadliest. Facts And How Tornadoes Form So, what is a tornado and when does it happen? Well, tornadoes…

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    Did you that the United States have over 1200 tornados a year. Now I’m am going to teach you about tornados. Tornados make by warm air and cold air colliding this is because. The warm air is higher than the cold air and they are also moving different directions so that makes a tornado. In addition most tornadoes happen east of the rocky mountains and west of the gulf of mexico because all the hot air is coming from the gulf of mexico an the rocky mountains produces all the cold air and when they…

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    Karli started to get very nervous. The tornado was expected very soon. Leo and Karli drove to where the tornado is expected to start. On the way there it became very windy. But they had to keep driving. Leo and Karli started talking and then both of them heard whooshing winds. So they sped up the car and when they finally arrived they had no extra time because of the rain and wind. So Karli put on her shoes as fast as she could “Karli, it's time for you to save this town for the second time.”…

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    Gothic Cathedral Strength

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    Wind strength of Gothic Cathedrals - Coccia, Simona - Engineering Failure Analysis. Sep 2015, Vol. 55, p1-25. 25p. Abstract: The research investigates the ancient Gothic cathedral and the formulation of its structure regarding the wind resistance. Experiments on the Cathedral of Notre-Dame of Amiens,as it is one of the most significant examples of the Gothic Cathedrals, concluded that the skeleton or the design of this cathedral and all the cathedrals, in general, is showing that it was…

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    Fire Tornado Lab

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    Introduction A flam e tornado is pretty self-explanatory, it is just a flame being spun in circles{explain how fire tornados are created and what they are, maybe talk about them in the real world}The fire tornado works by “the rotating screen [giving] the air molecules an initial spin (called angular momentum or rotational momentum). The rotating air molecules collide with the hot air rising from the fire and the flame twists into the shape of a tornado” (“Steve”). Fire tornados actually happen…

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    Hazards of School-induced Stress Depressed. Anxious. Fearful. Needy. These are all symptoms of students trapped in the vicious cycle, unable to escape school-induced stress. The responsibilities of completing schoolwork constantly consume students of all ages. School is stealing the rank as the number one priority for many teens. This may be seemingly positive, but it has negative effects overall. The stress of homework and the pressure to achieve outstanding grades is causing the good health…

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