The main factor that controls abrasion resistance of concrete is the concrete’s compressive strength. The higher the concrete surface strength the better the resistance of concrete against abrasion. Apart from concrete strength, there are several factors such as the use ...
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Want To Turn Your Home Into A Creative Space? Here’s What You Need
While working in a creative field, you’ll often find yourself disturbed if the ambiance around you isn’t fit to be your workspace. To avoid reaching a point of distress mid-project, it’s best to set up your entire house to be ...
AAC Blocks Adhesive – Procedure, Specification, and Advantages
AAC block adhesive is a polymer-based versatile jointing material specially designed to provide high bonding, durability and speed up the build process of AAC blocks, fly ash bricks, concrete blocks, etc. It is a pre-mixed, easy to apply high-quality mortar ...
Liquid Penetrant Test on Concrete: Purpose, Procedure, and Applications
Liquid penetrant test, also known as dye penetrant inspection (DPI) or liquid penetrant inspection (LPI), is a non-destructive testing method that is used for detection of different types of cracks in concrete such as fatigue cracks, quench cracks, grinding cracks, overload cracks, ...
What are the Types of Fluid Flow in Pipe?
The fluids can be classified into different types based on the variation of the fluid characteristics like velocity, density etc. Depending on the type of flow, the analysis method varies in fluid mechanics. The different types of fluid flow are: ...
Kinematics of Flow in Fluid Mechanics- Discharge and Continuity Equation
In kinematics of flow, the study is only focused on the parameters that cause the motion of the fluid and not the forces that cause the motion of a fluid particle. The discharge and continuity equation are topics that are ...
Construction Wastes: Types, Causes, and Recycling Strategies
Construction waste is defined as fairly clean, heterogenous building materials which are produced from the various construction activities, as per Tchobanoglous et al., 1993. Construction, renovation and demolition activities lead to the formation of waste. The construction waste poses great ...
Visual Inspection Checklist for Concrete Structure Based on ACI 201.1R
Checklist for concrete inspection are items that might have a bearing on the durability and performance of the concrete. The checklist can be further elaborated to examine other factors that influence concrete but not included in the checklist. The checklist ...
Coastal RCC Structures: Types, Vulnerabilities, and Protection Strategies
Reinforced concrete structures in coastal areas are subjected to an extremely corrosive environment. This is due to the presence of chloride ions in the seawater. The presence of oxygen exacerbates the aggressive condition in coastal areas especially in zones subject ...
Frequency of Earthquakes Worldwide
Frequency of earthquake is defined as how often a given earthquake with certain magnitude occurs. On average, earthquakes with a magnitude of 2 and smaller, which are called small earthquakes, happen several hundred times a day worldwide. However, major earthquakes ...