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  2. Civil engineering - Wikipedia

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    Tennessee Valley Authority civil engineers monitoring hydraulics of a scale model of Tellico Dam. Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewage systems, pipelines, structural components of buildings ...

  3. Glossary of civil engineering - Wikipedia

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    Also Abrams' water-cement ratio law. A law which states that the strength of a concrete mix is inversely related to the mass ratio of water to cement. As the water content increases, the strength of the concrete decreases. abrasion The process of scuffing, scratching, wearing down, marring, or rubbing away a substance or substrate. It can be intentionally imposed in a controlled process using ...

  4. Computational science - Wikipedia

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    Computational science, also known as scientific computing, technical computing or scientific computation (SC), is a division of science, and more specifically the Computer Sciences, which uses advanced computing capabilities to understand and solve complex physical problems.

  5. Outline of electrical engineering - Wikipedia

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    The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to electrical engineering.. Electrical engineering – field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism.

  6. Compiler - Wikipedia

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    In computing, a compiler is a computer program that translates computer code written in one programming language (the source language) into another language (the target language).