Portland Pozzolana cement is integrated cement which is formed by synthesising OPC cement with pozzolanic materials in a certain proportion. It is commonly known as PPC cement. In this article we discuss about the properties, manufacture, characteristics, advantages and disadvantages ...
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Performance Levels of Buildings Against Earthquakes
Performance level of structures against earthquakes describes limiting damage condition that assumed to be satisfactory for a given building and a given ground motion. Moreover, building damages, danger to life safety of occupants in the building due to the damage, ...
Uses of Bentonite in Construction
Bentonite is a type of clay with an ability to swell and gel when dispersed in water. Bentonite is used in construction in excavation and foundation works.
LOAD FACTOR METHOD OF DESIGN
Load factor method of concrete design is successor of Working stress method of design which is now superseded by Limit State method.
PRESTRESSED CONCRETE OVER REINFORCED CONCRETE AND ARCH
COMPARISON BETWEEN PRESTRESSED CONCRETE, RCC AND ARCH Concrete is a building material strong in compression but relatively weak in tension. There are two ways of overcoming this problem: Embed another material in the concrete which is strong in tension – ...
PROPERTIES OF FLUID
PROPERTIES OF FLUID 1. DENSITY OR MASS DENSITY Density or mass density of a fluid is defined as the ratio of the mass of a fluid to its volume. Thus mass per unit volume of a fluid is called density. ...