Ballast is a granular material which is placed and packed below and around the railway sleepers. Different types of ballast materials used are broken stone, sand, gravel, moorum, brickbats etc. The main purpose of ballast is to transmit the load ...
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Mortar Admixtures – Types, Uses and Benefits in Masonry Construction
Mortar admixtures typically offer properties such as waterproofing, water-repellency, efflorescence control, air entrainment using plasticizers to enhance workability, accelerating and retarding setting times etc. These mortar admixtures are used for ratios 1:3 or leaner mixes for use in masonry construction. ...
Welded Wire Fabric Concrete
Welded wire fabric is a series of parallel longitudinal wires welded to cross wires by electric fusion method with accurate spacing. The welding work is done by machinery which ensures the precise dimensions and results in considerable savings in time, ...
What is Super-hydrophobic Cement? Applications and Advantages
What is Super-hydrophobic Cement? Super-hydrophobic cement, which is also known as luminescent cement, is produced by modifying the structure of cement. It absorbs and reflects lights which makes it an environmentally friendly material and an alternative to street lighting. Super-hydrophobic ...
Hydrogel- How it Works, Applications, and Advantages
Rosiak and Yoshii define hydrogel as a crosslinked three-dimensional polymeric network structure, which can absorb and retain considerable amounts of water. Hydrogel has the ability to cool a room down and that is why it is placed between wall panels. ...
Concrete Homes Design Ideas and Benefits
Concrete homes are obviously constructed from concrete, but it is also possible to use other materials in combination with concrete such as steel, fibre, plastic, glass, wood and other improved materials. Today, concrete is being widely used for the construction ...
Swirl Finish Concrete – Construction, Practical Considerations and Applications
Swirl finish is one of the most exceptional types of concrete finish that is generated by smearing the concrete surface in a uniformly overlapping circular pattern. It provides an aesthetically pleasing appearance to the concrete surface and complements a structure ...
Burnished Concrete – Types, Uses and Benefits
Burnished concrete is conventional concrete trowelled more than twice to make the concrete surface hard-wearing with a durable finish and a great surface lustre. It is majorly used in residential and commercial buildings. In this article, we discuss the work ...