Pontoons - New epoch in ENGINEERING

 Have you heard about FLOATING STRUCTURE no... Floating no way 

But..but.. Yes now it is possible 

Now, in today floating structure is possible which is based on PONTOONS technology a 2500 year old Persian technology and it is consider as a one of the engineering marvel. 

Concept

Buoyant platform made up of connected pontoons are the floating structure which is made up of high density polyethylene (HDPE) which is corrosion resistant, UV resistant, high tensile strength and also that lightweight material are filled in the group of chambers. It is basically a series of hollow chambers. Pontoons structure is not rested on the wooden, aluminium platform which is wholly float on water. It is strong and enough safe even in the roughest weather, also at the time of rise and falls of tide 

Benefits of Concrete Pontoons:

- Very low maintenance 

- Very good for temporary as well as permanent structure such as military operations

- In sea it is not affected by salty water

- Suitable for both calm and rough water

- It can used for the berthing of boats, floating power plants, etc

This technology used in some of the best structures in world such as 

- Danyang - Kunshan grand bridge in China

- Evergreen Point Floating Bridge

- Floating Solar Power Plant, Kerla, India 

- Lake Washington Floating Bridges

- Floating Seahorse

- Bridges used in Mahakumbha, Prayagraj, India for connecting different akhadas

& many more...

Credit - PIB

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Water 💦 Producer Tower trough AIR

What is this?

     This is water producing tower with the help of Air. Generally it pulls water from air. This is bamboo structure like a tower big in size

Source: Designboom

Concept: 

     It is just like a tower🗼 but it is made from environment friendly bamboo and biodegradable mesh which provide resistance against rain🌧️, fog 🌫️ and dew.

Source: BrightVibes

Provide reservoir at the bottom and this area is shaded because stop evaporating water again 

Each technology have some advantages and disadvantages

Advantages: 

• It is cheap in cost 
• This tower is made from bio-digradable material that is from bamboo mesh 
• Doesn't need any technical tool 
• Also great advantage it is sustainable in not only in barren land but also in desert land 
• It can suck 80-95 litres of water from air 

Disadvantages: 

• This structure works based on climate condition 

Other ℹ️: 

     This is created by Italian architect Aturo Vittori which is the founder of non profit Waraka Water This foundation also create Waraka Village in Cameroon. This village an integrated homes for 100 people using Indigenous technique

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Charging Concrete - FUTURE of EV

We know one type technology in concrete that is Light Emitting Concrete but no body knows about magnetized concrete.... NO? ok

See here, in technology world EV is coming but that EV contain battery🔋 which need charging by stopping EV at charging points. Countries like India there is no charging stations & these stations require more cost, infrastructure, etc. Solution for that is the making electrified roadways. The goal is to charge the vehicles, instead of stopping EV at charging stations.

Concept:

Charging concrete is a concrete but additional is that the embedded coil means adding small particles of recycled ferrite which is a ceramic made by mixing iron oxide blended with slivers of metallic elements, like nickel, zinc to a concrete and result is circulate high energy frequency current and generate magnetic field attached by a coil on a EV which is retrofitted with EV and convert to electricity, that power directly charge EV without stopping EV simple combination is 

Cement+Sand+Aggregate+COIL = Charge EV

The world's first electrified roadway developed in Indiana, USA

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