ULTIMATE GUIDE TO GETTING AN 'A' IN PHY152

 I'm Abegunde Ola Adeboye, a 300L student of the department of Civil engineering, University of ilorin ilorin Kwara state. I'll give you some failed proof guides on how to achieve an excellent Academic performance. This guide is not just limited to PHY152 but also applicable to every other courses at the University of ilorin.

All of these guides are based on what has been my experiences as regards offering courses at the univerUniv of Ilorin. The following are things you need to know, do's and dont's in achieving excellent Academic performance.

1. You must prepare ahead of classes: As much as you can if possible,make sure that you prepare yourself ahead of a course in general and ahead of a class lecture and that's why the course outline for each course is provided in your department handbook. You can prepare ahead by consulting online materials and tutorial videos on YouTube. This will greatly help you to flow along with the lecturer during the class lecture and you'll get a more concise concept about the topic.

2. In your quest to achieve Academic Excellence,  You must  prepare to attain the peak; which implies that if You're planning to have grade A in a particular course in unilorin. Pls do prepare to have 100% score because many attimes there are institution and management based unforseen circumstances that tends to reduce students score and consequently lowers their grade. So you need to be on the look out and prepare yourself to balance out those irregularities in score and result computing.

3. To achieve Academic excellence in any course; you need to understand the course as much as you can. Ensure you attend class lectures strictly and make sure that you mind is with the lectures anytime you're in the lecture room. Jot down cogent points dictated by lectures.

4. Do not go beyond the scope of the course unnecessarily. Very important; you see so many people waste their time on complex and irrelevant aspect of a particular course at the expense of neglecting the neccesnec aspects. I'm not trying to say that you shouldn't read further ahead of what's being treated in class but all I'm saying is that you must ensure that it's balance. When the lecturer set basic questions and it's only complex ones you know. Youll be graded poorly not minding the fact that you even know the basic concepts. Going beyond the scope of the course shouldn't distract to help you to understand the course better.

5. Practice, understand and learn all class lecture examples, class Exercise and assignments. Most of them do later show up in tests and exams.

PHY152 SPECIAL GUIDE

1. As much as you can, Learn and k ow the unit of constants e.g unit of Temperature coefficient of resistance. K value in Coulumb's law

2. Understand the relationship between variables based on basic elementary mathematics. For instance the Resistance of a wire varies inversely with the cross sectional area

3. Create a fomula set where you compile all the PHY152 formulas and then you can easily refer to them for your practice

4. Do not shot yourselves in the leg with your calculator. Pitifully, many people will fail PHY152 because of their calculator which will reduce their speed and accuracy.

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ULTIMATE GUIDE TO GETTING AN A IN ABE206

     Introduction to Engineering discipline (ABE206) is a highly informative course that will not only enlighten you but it'll also help you develop more motivation towards your course of study which will in turn skyrocket your Career development.

I'm Abegunde Olawoyin Adeboye, One of the toppers of the department of Civil engineering at the University of ilorin(300L). This write up is a product of what has been my experience as regards understanding and passing the course with an excellent grade as well. It's not really sensible when you understand a course very well  and it's not reflected in your grade. That can be as result of many factors outrightly.

I will give you some valid information here which will help you understand the course more and also pass the course with an excellent grade. It's not advisable that you just depend on this write up alone as regards the course study. You need to study the course textbook as provided by the course facilitators too.

In my subsequent blog post on this section, I'll give a general summary of each of the chapters accordingly, things you need to note and things you need to avoid as well.Then I'll also post many revision questions that will really help getting an A in the course. So kindly stay updated and click the follow button at the right top corner of this page to follow my blog posts.

Let's move to the real business now

1. You need to note that you'll be tested on all the various discipline and not just limited to your own discipline alone. The questions varies with individuals and it's even possible attimes that you come across more of Civil engineering based questions as an electrical engineer.So the need to master all of the information about each discipline.

2. You need to take note of DEFINITIONS; it's not necessary and most attimes irrelevant to know the definition verbatim wise. All you need is just to understand it and then you can easily interpret the question based on your own understanding of the definition.

3. You need to take note of ABBREVIATIONS; You'll be tested on how much of ABBREVIATIONS and I can remember then that I have a list of ABBREVIATIONS and their full meaning on each of the discipline. I'll send it as soon as I can find it.E.g CAD,NIWE, UTM, FPGA e.t.c

4. As regards equipment and various implement used in each discipline. You need to take note of the diagram and their uses too. You can visit various departments of each discipline across the campus and get up for some of this equipment; that will really help.  You'll see the vicat apparatus when you go to the soil and hydraulics lab at the department of Civil engineering. Ask the technician to tell you more about it and other apparatus you see around there.

5.Prospects and job opportunities in each discipline section will help prepare you ahead of your career journey. Take note of the very aspect that interests you the most and how well you can thrive there.

6.Take note of the year each discipline professional body was formed and try to register so you can be a student member of this professional bodies

7. Lastly, to have an A in any course in unilorin; you need to plan to have 100. Yes! I mean 100/100. So in case there's any constraints that will bounce your score back, it wouldn't push it pass 75. Take note of that. I'll give the summary of each chapter accordingly in my upcoming posts.

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Wish you all the best in your Academic pursuits.!

ANALYSIS OF STATICALLY INDETERMINATE STRUCTURES REVIEW

 A great majority of structures being built today all over the world are STATICALLY indeterminate.

Majorly when dealing with analysis of structures, We calculate

1. SUPPORT REACTIONS

2. INTERNAL FORCES

An additional relationship based on the geometry of deformation of structures combined with the equation if equilibrium in the analysis of structurally indeterminate structures is termed COMPATIBILITY EQUATION.

To completely analyse staticallly indeterminate structures, we most attimes consider

1. Dimension

2. Arrangement of members of the structure

3. Cross sectional area

4. Moment of inerti

5. Modullli of Elasticity

The design of an indeterminate Structure is ITERATIVE in nature which implies that relative sizes of members are initially assumed.

To be continued...................

SET THEORY

SET THEORY

A set is a well-defined as the COLLECTION or GROUP of an object,things or numbers.

For instance;

Consider the application you have on your phone.

Gmail

Contacts

Google Play store

YouTube

Facebook

Clock

e.t c

This is a collection of your phone app and can be regarded as a SET

Note: The SET must have a name to defined and differentiate it from other SETS.

Hence the name of this SET can be MYPHONEAPP

And the members in the SET ; MYPHONEAPP are Gmail, Playstore,Contacts e t.c

Just think of any collection

Materials in make up kit✅

First aid box tools✅

Subjects offered by a student✅

States in Nigeria✅

A-ELITE ACADEMY Students✅

And lot more........

Note: It can be a number as well and this is what we'll mostly work it as mathematics deals with the science of numbers

 Even numbers from 0 to 10✅

Factors of 3 less than 60✅

Prime numbers less than 15✅

e.t.c

Z= {-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3}

Note: The SET NAME is usually denoted by CAPITAL LETTER such as (Z) While the elements of a set are denoted by small letter such as a,b,c,d,e.........

In a nut shell, we can as well have 

A= {a,b,c,d,e}

 SETs are usually enclosed by Curly brackets as {}

 Now SET can either  be given in intrinsic format or extrinsic format.

A= {All prime number between 1 and 10}. INTRINSIC

A= {2,3,5,7}

A= {All prime number between 1 and 10}. INTRINSIC

A= {2,3,5,7}. EXTRINSIC

 Can you now see the difference between the INTRINSIC and EXTRINSIC Format✍🏾

The set can be gven to you by the examiner in whichever way

All you need to do is to have the basic knowledge as to how to convert it mostly to a workable format which is the EXTRINSIC

Each item in a SET is known as member or ELEMENT

 So if a set is defined as Students of A-ELITE ACADEMY;

Then you're an element of that set since you're a student of A-ELITE ACADEMY

 But now let's see if Joe Biden is an element of that set.

No! Because Joe Biden is not a student of A-ELITE ACADEMY

Symbols and their interpretation

 Student of A-ELITE ACADEMY= {Samuel,Taiwo,Ola,Kemi, Martins,David}

Samuel is an element of the SET but Promise is not

CLASS EXERCISE:

 Interpret all of this in EXTRINSIC FORMAT 

1. P = Set of odd numbers less than 20

2. Q = Set of Even numbers less than 20

3. R= Set of Prime numbers less than 20

4. S = { -3 < x < 5}

CVE362(STRUCTURAL DESIGN) REVISION QUESTIONS

 

A. I, II and V

B. I, IV and V

C. II, III and IV

D.III, IV and V

E.II, IV and V

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PHRASE

 When we discussed generally about English as a language

We have levels of Formation. I.e 

MORPHEMES-WORD-PHRASE-CLAUSE-SENTENCE

Morpheme is the basic unit of the English Language structure

Morpheme (un,non,dis)

We can have morphemes as either prefix or suffix

 But our major focus this morning is on PHRASE✌🏾

Now there are basic things you need to know about phrase

 1. It can't function as a full meaning expression

2.t's usually composed of different part of speech framed together to function as one

3. It has a different meaning that is distinct from it actual name

Based on the number 3

Thus the need for us to understand the meaning of different types of phrase

We have different types of phrase as well as 

PHRASAL VERB

NOUN PHRASE

 We study more about this as we move on with the lecture. But our main focus now is to know and understand in context the meaning of PHRASE and how they can be used in sentences.

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So follow through🔰

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 1.✅Burn Up

Meaning: To be consumed by fire

Example: Joshua (BURNED UP) his school books when he failed his examination

2.✅Take Down

Meaning: To write down(in dictation) or to remove something from high position

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Example: Are you ready to take down the message?

The President was taken down✍🏾

3.✅Break Into

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Meaning: To interrupt or stop.

. In

Example: No one should break into a church sermon once it starts✍🏾

4.✅Figure out

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Meaning: To understand

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Example: Do you believe I could figure out the tutorial on PHRASE✍🏾

5.✅Buy out

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Meaning: Buy the whole supply of something

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Example: The rich man bought up my Dad's property✍🏾

6.✅Show Up

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Meaning: To arrive at a meeting or place

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Example: The Barcelona team showed up on the pitch against PSG yesterday😁

7.✅Fall Off

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Meaning: To reduce or decrease

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Example: Forex traders seems to Fall Off as soon as they suffer trading loss✍🏾

8.✅Hear from

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Meaning: Receive message from someone or something.

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Example: We seldom hear from the A-ELITE ACADEMY tutors✍🏾

9.✅Hit On

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Meaning: To discover something inadvertently or creatively.

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Example: Many student from the department graduated with a first class degree because they hit on a plan to achieving Academic excellence✍🏾

10.✅Fall through

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Meaning: To fail or not to accomplish a desired objective.

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Example: All their plan to secure  scholarships fell through☹️

11.✅Stand by

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Meaning: To be around or to render help.

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Example: The parent  stood by at the hospital✍🏾

12. ✅Blow over

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Meaning: To pass without causing harm.

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Example: The American airlines blow over the Mediterranean Sea✍🏾

AASHTO HIGHLIGHTS

 AASHTO(American Association of State highway Transport officials)

Seven groups of inorganic soils(A1-A7)

12 Subgroups

Three(3)soil properties (PSD, LL, PI)

      >>PSD(PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION)

      >>LL(LIQUID LIMIT)

       >>PI(PLASTICITY INDEX)

1 GROUP INDEX(GI)

GI = 0.2a + 0.005ac + 0.01bd

Code: 132 251 A/Ac/Bd

132 implies that the first term of the equation has 1 zero,the second has 3 zeros, and then the last has 2.

251 implies that the first term of the equation has 2(0.2), the second has 5 (0.005) then the last 1(0.01)

NOTE: a,b,c, and d must be expressed as POSITIVE whole number.

a = 35 < x < 75 No.200 sieve [N-35]{0-40}

b = 15 < x < 55 No.200 sieve [N-15]{0-40}

c = 40 < x < 60 Liquid limit [LL-40]{0-20}

d = 10 <x < 30 Plasticity index[PI-10]{0-20}

All you need do is to memorize the lower limit as highlighted above( 35 15 40 10) and the range for;then You need to note that a and b is defined in terms of amount of proportion of particles(N), c is defined on the Liquid limit (LL) and d on the Plasticity index(PI)

a and b ranges from 0 to 40

c and d ranges from 0 to 20

The group index is a means of rating the value of a soil as a subgrade material within it's own Group

NOTE: The higher the group index(GI), the poorer the quality of the material (INVERSE VARIATION).

If the pertinent index value for a soil falls below the minimum limit associated with a,b,c and d, the value of the corresponding term is zero. Take for instance you have N= 30 for an expression of a and the lower limit for a is 35; Then a tends to Zero

When the index are more than the highest value, then we use the maximum. Take for jnstains we know the maximum value for d expression as 30 and ranges from 0 to 20; if we now have 35 (35-10= 25) and 25 is more than the maximum value. All we need do is to make use of the maximum value as 20.

A-6(12)

The group index(GI) here is 12............