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What is Light weight Concrete? Lightweight concrete mix is those concrete that have low specific gravity compared to the other concrete due to the presence of minute voids or air entrainment. The void can be created either as in form …
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Stairs are the structural comments containing a series of steps by means of which one can easily access different floors of the building. Stairs are medium for mobility over the entire floors of buildings. The different parts of stairs are …
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Whats a floating foundation? A foundation is considered to be floating when the total weight of the building structure (super and substructure) is approximately equal to the weight of the soil and water removed from the site before the construction …
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What is characteristic strength of concrete? The characteristic strength of concrete is the definite theoretical value of the material in which, when the material has actually tested the probability of getting higher results higher than that value is 95% or …
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Development length is the length of steel bars that should be embedded into the concrete of other members to make the strong bond between members like column, beam, slab, etc. The development length formula of steel is given below. For …
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Self compacting concrete(SCC), also known as self-consolidating concrete, is a special concrete mix exhibiting high flowability, good segregation resistance, and ability to self-compact and consolidate under its own weight without application of any means of mechanical vibration and tamping. In …
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Joints in construction are the separation or discontinuity created in concrete or sometimes steel structures in order to neglect the effect of contraction, expansion, movement, and settlement in structure with a change in the external environment. These joints are left …
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Fly ash bricks and AAC blocks both are used to construct walls. They have their own properties. In this article, I have given Fly ash bricks vs aac blocks in detail. So, let us discuss one by one. What is …
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Plain cement concrete (PCC) is a hardened mass obtained from a mixture of cement, sand, gravel, and water in definite proportions. It does not contain a steel rod. If steel is kept in the concrete then it is called Reinforced …
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What is Compaction factor test? The compaction factor test for concrete was developed in the UK by Glanville in 1947 and the degree of compaction is measured by it. This test gives the seasonably a reliable assessment of the workability …
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