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Geometrical Requirement of Aggregates as per European Standards [PDF]
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]
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]
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
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
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, ...
Curing of Concrete by Carbon-dioxide [PDF]
The curing of Concrete elements by diffusing carbon-di-oxide into it under controlled pressure and temperature is one of the popular methods of accelerated curing. The process lets the CO2 to diffuse into the concrete and undergo carbonation. The carbonation finally ...
7 Shows Civil Engineers Should watch on Amazon’s Prime Video
Civil engineers are not very prolific when asked to work from home. The expertise and skills of civil engineers come into play only when they are at a construction site. If you ask one field whose players are under immense ...
Tips for Selection of Materials for High Strength Concrete [PDF]
The materials used to produce high strength concrete (HSC) should be of high quality to achieve designated concrete compressive strength. High-quality materials meet the performance criteria for workability, strength, durability, and other properties. This article presents some tips to help ...