Construction of Precast Concrete
Precast Concrete is a construction product produced by casting concrete in a reusable mold or form which is then cured in a controlled...
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Construction Materials
Cellular Lightweight Concrete / Foam Concrete
Foam concrete by definition; can be dated as a light material produced by homogeneously placing the stable foam obtained with the...
Light weight aggregates
Lightweight aggregates are used to produce lightweight concrete when the weight of aggregates, is lower than 1200 kg/m3. Lightweight...
Implementation of waste management in ready mixed concrete plants
The methods that find application in ready-mixed concrete plants related to waste management and that are popularly mentioned are as...
Stress Losses in Prestressed Structural Elements
Stress losses in prestressed structural members are classified in two ways as time dependent and instantaneous losses. The shrinkage of...
Effect of Aggregate particle size on the compressive strength of concrete
The quality of the binder paste is one of the most important factors to achieve the desired compressive strength in concrete. It is...
Effect of cement on the concrete strength
What is Cement? Cement is a dry powder (usually gray in color) prepared by the calcination of clay and lime. Cement is a binder material....
LIGHTWEIGHT CONCRETE (LWC)
The earliest contemporary use of lightweight concrete (LWC) dates all the way back to 1917, when the an American Corporation began...
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