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The natural stone cladding can be installed mainly by two methods, namely the wet installation method and dry installation method. Both the ways have their pros and cons, whose application is based on the objective and the wall conditions. The ...
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Physical Requirement of Aggregates as per European Standards [PDF]
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The aggregates used in the production of concrete are inert granular materials such as gravel, crushed stone, sand, slag, recycled concrete, and geosynthetic aggregates. The aggregates may be natural, manufactured, or recycled. This article is in continuation of the article: ...
Geometrical Requirement of Aggregates as per European Standards [PDF]
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The aggregates used in the production of concrete are inert granular materials such as gravel, crushed stone, sand, slag, recycled concrete, and geosynthetic aggregates. The aggregates may be natural, manufactured, or recycled. In this article, we discuss the geometrical requirement ...
Preliminary Works in Construction [PDF]
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Preliminary works refer to all the activities that are involved in a construction site before the actual work commences, such as demolition, site clearance, site survey, soil survey, planning, designing, and cost estimation. In this article, we briefly discuss all ...
What is Self-Sensing Concrete? [PDF]
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Self-sensing concrete is a smart concrete technology that can sense the stress, strain, and damage in itself. It is also called as self-monitoring or piezoresistive or pressure-sensitive or intrinsically smart concrete. The composition and significance of self-sensing concrete are explained ...
Silica Fume Concrete [PDF]: Properties, Advantages, and Applications
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Silica fume concrete is composed of cement, silica fume, fine aggregate, coarse aggregate, and water. Fresh and hardened properties of silica fume concrete is superior to conventional concrete. For instance, it has higher compressive and flexural strength. The durability of ...
8 Software every Civil Engineer Should know
It doesn’t matter how hard the construction industry tries to cling on to the traditional methods for execution, the increasing complexities and intricacies of construction sites are going to bend it down eventually unless the industry makes itself adept with ...
Electrochemical Chloride Extraction [PDF]: Process, and Applications
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Electrochemical chloride extraction (ECE) is a method of concrete treatment to prevent future corrosion of steel. The electrochemical chloride extraction is a treatment process where chloride ions are removed from chloride-contaminated concrete through ion migration. Unlike a cathodic protection system, ...