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Presented By: Asad Saeed, J.E Wonders1. Millau Viaduct (France)2. The Tide Barrier Project (Venice)3. The Three Gorges Dam (China)4. Seikan Tunnel (Japan)5. Airbus A-3806. Pont Du Gard Bridge ( France)7.Wireless Power Transfer, WPT8.Nord Stream Pipeline ( Russia to Germany)9.Qinghai Tibet Railway (China)10.The Train That Never Stops (China)11.Process Engineering Simulation Softwares12.CHAMP Project (USA)

1. Millau Viaduct (Millau,France)

Facts About Millau ViaductWorlds Tallest Cable-Stayed Road Bridge.7 Towers are 1,125 Feet Tall and 980 feet above the valley floor.The central pillar is higher than the famous French icon, the Eiffel TowerIt connects Paris and Barcelona.It is the highest Road Bridge in the world, weighing 36,000 tonnes.It has Seven Pillars and Roadway of 1.5 Miles Length.The road way was built on either side of the valley and rolled into position, until it met with precision in the centre.

2. The Tide Barrier Project (Italy)

Facts About Tide BarrierWorlds Largest Flood Prevention Project to Safe Venice.It consists of 78 rotating gates, each with an area of 6,500 square feet.They are 92ft long, 65ft wide and will weigh 300 tonne.Gates are supported by 125ft long steel and concrete pilings.The Gates Rest at the bottom of the sea and whenever the tide rises above 3 1/2 feet, the water is removed from the gates, causing them to float.Compressed air is pumped into the structure when a tide of more than 110m height is expected.The air will rise up the barriers to the surface of the water to block the flow of the tide.

3. Three Gorges Dam (Sandouping, Hubei, China)

Facts About Gorges DamThe worlds largest hydroelectric power station.The worlds largest concrete structure Dam.The dam is 1.5 miles wide and creates electricity equivalent to 18 nuclear power plants.Dam cost $37 billion to build & 1.3 million people were relocated.

4. Seikan Tunnel

Facts About Seikan TunnelIt is 53.85km railway tunnel in Japan, with a 23.3km long portion under the seabed.

The track level is about 100 meters (330ft) below the seabed and 240m (790ft) below sea level.

Longer and deeper than Channel Tunnel that links France & UK, but Channel Tunnel has longer under sea portion.

Seikan is both the longest and the deepest operational main-line rail tunnel in the world.TheGotthard Base Tunnelin Switzerland will be longer when it opens to traffic in 2016.

5. Airbus A-380

Facts About A-380A-380 is Worlds largest passenger aircraft.Top speed:1,020km/hWingspan:80mLength:73mRange:15,700kmFirst flight:April 27, 2005Engine type:TurbofanSeating capacity : 407-526 (3-class)644 (2-class)853 (1-class)

Worlds largest aircraft is Antonov An-225 Mriya.

6. Pont Du Gard (Gardon River)

Facts About Pont du GardA true masterpiece of ancient architecture & 2000 years old.It is constructed out of soft yellow limestone blocks.This isthree-storey bridge, which measures 360 m at its longest point along the top.Total weight :50,000 tonsTotal volume :20,000 m3Major arch gap :25 m (one of the greatest of the Roman world)Total Length : 274 mHeight : 49 m

It is the principal construction in a 50 km long aqueduct that supplied the city of Nmes, formerly known as Nemausus, with water. Built as a three-level aqueduct standing 50 m high, it allowed water to flow across the Gardon river.

7. Wireless Power Transfer

Facts About WPTLargest application of WPT via microwave is a space solar satellite (SPS).SPS is a gigantic satellite designed as an electric power plant orbiting the geostationary earth orbit (GEO).It consists of three segments:1 - solar energy collector to convert solar energy into DC (Electricity)2 DC to microwave converter.3 Large antenna array to beam down the microwave power to the ground.

Evidence of WPTJapan space scientists make wireless energy breakthrough with the vision Electricity gained from solar panels in space could one day be beamed to earth.Researchers used microwaves to deliver 1.8 kw of powerenough to run an electric kettlethrough the air with pinpoint accuracy to a receiver 55 meters (170 feet) away."This was the first time anyone has managed to send a high output of nearly 2 kw ofelectric powervia microwaves to a small target, using a delicate directivity control device,"

8. Nord Stream Pipeline

Facts About Nord StreamIt is the longest sub-sea pipeline in the world, after Langeled Pipeline.Length: 1,222 km (759 mi)Capacity: 55 billion m3/YearDia : 1,220mm (48in)Pressure : 220 BarSea Depth : 210 m (360 m Langeled Peipeline) It is an offshore natural gas pipeline from Vyborg in the Russian Federation to Greifswald in Germany

9. Qinghai Tibet Railway

Facts About Qinghai Tibet RailwayQinghai-Tibet Railway is the world's highest railway.960 kilometers of its tracks are located 4,000 meters above sea level and the highest point is 5,072 meters.550 kilometers of the tracks run on frozen earth, the longest in any of the world's plateau railways.45 stations: Altogether there are 45 stations along the rail line.Speed : 100 km per hour in the frozen earth areas and 120 km per hour on non-frozen earth.Tanggula Railway Station5,068 meters above sea level, is the highest railway station in the world.

Fenghuoshan Tunnel4,905 meters above sea level and 1,338 meters long, is the world's most elevated tunnel on frozen earth.

Kunlun Mountain TunnelIt runs1,686 meters, is the world's longest plateau tunnel built on frozen earth.

10. The Train That Never Stops.

Facts About Non-Stop TrainThe concept was created by Chinese designer Chen Jianjun.

"A mere 5 min stop per station (elderly passengers cannot be hurried) will result in a total loss of 5 min x 30 stations or 2.5 hours of train journey time!

Special stacked cars that automatically detach and attach themselves to the speeding train as it passes by.

Passengers wait for the train inside a pod located on an elevated platform.

11. Process Engineering Simulation Softwares

12. CHAMP Project

Facts About CHAMPCounter-Electronics High Power Microwave Advanced Missile Project.The device is capable of taking out any electronics it sets its sights on. It can disable several targets at once, and does no other damage beyond leaving you in the dark.

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