IMPACT : International Journal of Research in Engineering & Technology

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Authors: A. LAKSHMI NARAYANAN1 & DAKETI SRINIVAS2

In context to India, the present approach of Architects and designers towards sustainability is focusing on creating green and environmentally friendly buildings, by various aspects like minimizing the use of energy, reducing carbon footprint, etc. It is necessary to understand that, every building has a confined age or living period. Here comes the contradiction to the sustainable concept. Is sustainability achieved in India, even after the death of buildings? If not, this scenario leads only to unsustainable or partial sustainable developments. In practical terms, finding a solution “with implementation” is the effective way to eradicate a problem. So, the entire research goes through the process of possible case studies, comparative estimations for the use of reused materials and new materials, study on techniques of recycling and reuse, study of Indian Standard building codes and the conclusion shall be of formulating a standard building code for reuse and recycle.

15-28

Authors: A. SAI KUMAR & K. JEEVAN REDDY

This paper deals with the free torsional vibrations of doubly symmetric thin-walled beams of open section and resting on Winkler-Pasternak continuous foundation. A general dynamic stiffness matrix is developed in this paper which includes the effects of warping and Winkler-Pasternak foundation on the torsional natural frequencies. The resulting highly transcendental frequency equations for a simply supported and guided-end conditions are solved for varying values of warping Winkler and Pasternak foundation parameters on its frequencies of vibration. A new MATLAB code was developed based on modified BISECTION method to solve the highly transcendental frequency equations and to accurately determine the torsional natural frequencies for various boundary conditions. Numerical results for natural frequencies for various values of warping and Winkler and Pasternak foundation parameters are obtained and presented in graphical form showing their parametric influence clearly

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Authors: FAHAD HAMED ALGHAMDI

Team performance and team building is known as an old concepts in some organizations. Team performance and team buildings are the same because teams lead towards competitive advantage by growing profitability and endorsement of monetary objectives. Triumph of a business is dependent on real models rather than financial statistics or historical. Effective teams may direct towards final success. The diversification in the workplace is always considered as a good technique towards the business forecasting for profitability. Different procedures might be used for gathering success factors. The team building by a proper framework is a way of acquiring the superiority over other employees at the same workplace. The best formulated team and their relationship with the leaders for integrated strategies is supportive so that the evaluation and accountability may ensure with the immediate and immediate decision making. Team is the next level of group, and group always support the usage of skills at big levels in vertical and horizontal manners. It can be said that the only one way to deal with the challenges in team building is to employ dynamic level of leadership.