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Which type of reinforcement are used in pre-stressing?
Explain in detail about closer bricks?
How strong would be the bricks made from red mud+B-Sand/ G-Sand+Cement. The weight of single block is 9 kg. approximately width and breath is equivalent to three normal bricks. This blocks are being used for construction of domestic house in ...
They are called Compressed Stabilized Earth Block. They are much better than your regular clay bricks and more durable than hollow blocks as long as they are manufactured under strict quality control.
They are called Compressed Stabilized Earth Block. They are much better than your regular clay bricks and more durable than hollow blocks as long as they are manufactured under strict quality control.
See lessHey, am constructing a private swimming pool, Its quiet bigger. So i did a compaction soil test. Lab test: Dry density of my compaction soil is 1.92Mg/m3 Site test: Shows 80% to 90% of density by radiation scanning process. Laboratory said minimum 95% required to ...
Sir, All the collected data is very useful for the properties of soil gradation, density, bearing capacity, shrink and swell potential, lateral earth pressure and groundwater condition. Dry density is used to determine the appropriate structural design for the pool shell. Most critical soil propertyRead more
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All the collected data is very useful for the properties of soil gradation, density, bearing capacity, shrink and swell potential, lateral earth pressure and groundwater condition.
Dry density is used to determine the appropriate structural design for the pool shell.
Most critical soil property is swell potential which is highly influencing factor for structural design.
See lessWhat are the different types of glasses that can be use in the building construction?
The different types of glasses that can be used in the building construction are as follows :- - Flat glass - Coated glass - Clear glass - Tinted glass - Insulated glass - Spandrel glass - Wired glass
The different types of glasses that can be used in the building construction are as follows :-
– Flat glass
– Coated glass
– Clear glass
– Tinted glass
– Insulated glass
– Spandrel glass
– Wired glass
Which PSC cement is best for roofing?
You should use PSC cement as this type of cement has various speciality than ordinary cement. PSC is the portland slag cement and it is also a type of supplementary cementatious material but it works on hydraulic activy. The material used is directly react with water and from cementetious compoundsRead more
You should use PSC cement as this type of cement has various speciality than ordinary cement.
PSC is the portland slag cement and it is also a type of supplementary cementatious material but it works on hydraulic activy. The material used is directly react with water and from cementetious compounds but the property of the concrete can be increased if the blend of slag and cement is made.
PSC can reduce the construction cost, better strength and durability and many more.
See lessWhen we calculate quantity of materials for cement mortar, the voids are considered for sand. So, my question is why these voids are considered while calculating quantities of materials in cement mortar?
Have you heard about bulking of sand. The free moisture content in fine aggregates results in bulking of volume. The moisture in the sand forms a thin film around each particle which exerts surface tension and keeps the nearby particles away from it. Thus due to surface tension, every particles keepRead more
Have you heard about bulking of sand. The free moisture content in fine aggregates results in bulking of volume. The moisture in the sand forms a thin film around each particle which exerts surface tension and keeps the nearby particles away from it. Thus due to surface tension, every particles keeps away from each other.
This bulking of sand increases with increase in moisture content upto a certain limit and decreases with further increase in moisture. This can be seen in the figure.
As you know that, we while calculating quantities of materials required for mortar, we consider the dry volume of the sand. But in practical cases, the sand has some free moisture due to which the volume of the sand is more than its dry volume.
Thus, while calculating the quantities of materials for mortar, the voids are considered in the sand and increased wet volume is used in the calculation. When the sand is dried up, the moisture in sand is replaced by the voids.
See lessWhat is the capital cost that must be considered for a Project?
Capital costs are fixed, one time expenses incurred on the purchase of land, buildings, construction and equipment used in the production of goods or in the rendering of services. In other words it is the total cost needed to bring a project to a commercially operable status.
Capital costs are fixed, one time expenses incurred on the purchase of land, buildings, construction and equipment used in the production of goods or in the rendering of services. In other words it is the total cost needed to bring a project to a commercially operable status.
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Closer bricks: the brick is cut in such a way that one portion is kept remains with the break and used another part for closing the gap. Queen closer: the brakes are cut along the length for making two equal parts longitudinally called as Queen closer width of Queen closer brick is half of the origiRead more
- Closer bricks: the brick is cut in such a way that one portion is kept remains with the break and used another part for closing the gap.
- Queen closer: the brakes are cut along the length for making two equal parts longitudinally called as Queen closer width of Queen closer brick is half of the original brick called as half Queen closer.
- King closer: the brick is cut in such a technique that one end of brick width is half of the width of the original brick.
- Bevelled closer: in this break, the stretcher face is bevelled in such a way that at one end half-width and on another end, full width is maintained.
- Mitred closer: in this break, the one and it is cut in a mitred manner. That is a 45 to 60-degree angle with length. It is shown in the above diagram.
- BAT: if along the length, the brick is cut called as a bat.
- Half Bat: along the length, bricks are cut into two equal part.
- Three-quarter bat: length equal to 3 quarter of the full-length brick.
- Bevelled Bat: width is bevelled. As shown in fig.
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