Ce543-project-report.docx

NUEVA ECIJA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Cabanatuan City

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Project Report: DESIGN OF AN IMPROVISED SEISMOGRAPH

Prepared by: (Course, Year and Section) (Group No.) (Name of Members)

2nd Sem SY 2018-2019

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NUEVA ECIJA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Cabanatuan City

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

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PROJECT TITLE: Design of an Improvised Seismograph

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INTRODUCTION: Earthquakes are natural phenomenon, which occur all of a sudden without any warning sometimes resulting in loss of lives and property. Significant part of our population lives under a threat of damaging earthquakes particularly in high seismic zone. The awareness about the science of earthquakes, earthquake safety measures and disaster mitigation among the people residing in the earthquake prone area is less in a developing country like Philippines. As civil engineering students, earthquake engineering must be studied because it is a multi-phased process that ranges from the description of earthquake sources, to characterization of effects on site and structural response, and to description of measures of seismic protection here in the Philippines as we are located in the Pacific Ring of Fire where we are surrounded by several active faults. Seismologists study earthquakes by going out and looking at the damage caused by the earthquakes and its magnitude by using seismograph. A seismograph is a machine that records seismic waves which is produced by a seismogram. A seismogram is a paper record of the seismic waves the seismograph received. Seismographs have a weighted pen suspended from a stationary frame. A drum of paper is attached to the ground. As the ground shakes in an earthquake, the pen remains stationary but the drum moves beneath it. This creates the squiggly lines that make up a seismogram. By studying the seismogram, the seismologist can tell how far away the earthquake was and how strong it was. This record doesn't tell the seismologist exactly where the epicenter was, just that the earthquake happened so many miles or kilometers away from that seismograph. Our objective in this research project is to design an improvised seismograph which is  Made by recycled materials  Can record earthquake movement along x direction effectively and accurately 

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PROJECT DESIGN: PROPOSED DESIGN:

(Label materials used on design) (Print in A3 paper either one or combination of the following view: Top, Front, Rear, Left, Right or Isometric View)

MATERIALS W/ SPECIFICATIONS: IV.

SCOPE OF WORKS:

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PROJECT BUDGET:

(Tabulated data of materials and price including VAT)

Material Quantity Starfax Thermal Paper ½ core 1 (210mmx30m) AC plug 1 Glue Stick 3

Price Php 54.00

TOTAL:

Php 108.00

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CONSTRUCTION METHODOLOGY:

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SCHEDULE:

Php. 24.00 Php 30.00

(Gantt Chart)

VIII. RESULTS: IX.

CONCLUSION:

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RECOMMENDATION:

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PROGRESS PHOTO:

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