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Jeet Singh , K. S. Pruthi

Abstract

Mechanical fastening devices have definite limits imposed by their sizes, design and economy in timber construction. Glued timber structures offer higher efficiency, wider choice with freedom of shape to the architects. Long-term economy in the utilization of small dimensioned stocks of timber is an added advantage. As pre-requisite, to the design of glued timber structures, it is essential to establish data on the behaviour of common glues i.e. Urea formaldehyde and Phenol formaldehyde resins, strength of glue line involved with representative species both hard and soft-woods. Studies on block shear tests for dry and boiled conditions on lapped specimens have been conducted selecting 30 species of timbers belonging to three standard groups to evaluate the necessary parameters. In this paper, details of the experimental procedure, test results and analysis have been presented with recommendations for glued timber units.

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K. S. Pruthi , R. K. Punhani , Jeet Singh

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Scientific studies on nailed joints have opened up new vistas for the wise and economic use of shorter lengths of planks/scantlings of secondary species in timber structures. As a pre-requisite to design, the lateral resistance to which nails are subjected by wood in structures has to be determined through laboratory tests. In this paper permissible nail-bearing strength in atleast 39 species for varied possible parameters are given along with their scope and application limitations.

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Jeet Singh ¹, Preeti Yadav ²

Affiliations
1 Moradabad Institute of Technology, Moradabad-244001, Uttar Pradesh
2 Institute of Rural Management, Jaipur-302018, Rajasthan

Abstract

We are in a knowledge economy. Individuals compete with people all over the world. In the private sector, t is no longer necessary to belong to any particular race, caste or creed. To impact the bottom-line of an organization and an individual's goals and aspirations, the very basic necessity is to provide them with the basic requirements. And yes, knowledge management is as important as food, water and air. There is no one size fits all way to effectively tap a firm's intellectual capital. To create value, companies must focus on how knowledge is used to build critical capabilities. Knowledge management is complex and multifaceted; item compasses everything the organisation does to make knowledge available to the business, such as embedding key information in systems and processes, applying incentives to motivate employees and forging alliances to infuse the business with new knowledge. Effective knowledge management requires a combination of many organisational elements - people, process and technology - in order to ensure that the right knowledge is brought to bear at the right time. As Peter Drucker put it, "Knowledge is and will be the basic economic resource." In simple words, the key function of management is to engineer and manage knowledge. Management must encourage new knowledge to come forward. Everyone's knowledge must be tapped. Knowledge that one doesn't understand must be managed and people must be encouraged to learn. The present paper examines the issues and challenges confronted the knowledge management and try to find out the strategies to knowledge management. The paper assesses the initiatives taken by Indian companies on the front of knowledge management.

Keywords

Knowledge Management, Knowledge Centre, Organisation, Information, Managing Knowledge

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