Possibilities of cement content reduction in concretes with admixture of...

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management;  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......without a change of consistency of concrete mixture apparent density, compressive strength...utilisation in concretes [I.sub.ec]. Keywords: concrete mixture, properties of concrete mixture, superplasticiser SNF, concrete, physical...

CURB APPEAL

Sun Publications (IL);  June 22, 2000 ;     419 words ......curb is made of a very thick concrete mixture that has fiber reinforcement. The specially-developed concrete mixture has twice the strength of normal...children's play areas and patios. The concrete mixture also can be applied in a spraying...

gunite

Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      33 words ...Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 gun|ite (gun'it) n. a concrete mixture sprayed under pressure over steel reinforcements, as in making swimming pools Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Belgian Inventor Develops Metal Fiber Concrete Mixture

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 4, 2008 ;     224 words ......Destree of La Hulpe, Belgium, has developed a metal fiber concrete mixture. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office...metal fibers is at least 80 kilogram per meter cube. This concrete mixture is particularly adapted to the creation of structural elements...

UE CONCRETE CANOE FLOATS TO 3RD PLACE

Evansville Courier & Press;  June 30, 2005 ;     351 words ......engineering majors, developed a concrete mixture, designed and built the boat...doesn't weigh too much," Hall said. Concrete mixture changed This year, the team radically changed its concrete mixture, Hall said, using a nylon product...

Understanding Cement-SCM-Admixture Interaction Issues

Concrete International;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......an explosion in the complexity of concrete mixture compositions. It seems that almost...enough. Thus, the designer of the the concrete mixture is responsible for recognizing these...purpose of this article is to help concrete mixture designers by briefly outlining some...

Artificial Neural Networks in Prediction of Concrete Strength Reduction...

ACI Materials Journal;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......were reported to be dependent on the concrete mixture and the types of aggregate.32,33 The...exposure. Detailed information on concrete mixture is only as good as its availability...found to be similar for different concrete mixture designs.34 The point of such analyses...

Florida Inventor Develops Floating Low Density Concrete Barrier

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 22, 2007 ;     310 words ......waterway. The flotation modules are cast from a buoyant concrete mixture of cement, water, beaded forms of expanded polystyrene...a flotation module by a speeding boat, and the buoyant concrete mixture crushes to absorb some energy of the impact. The barrier...

Knuckleboom earns its keep: Illinois contractor expects his new crane to...

Construction Equipment;  October 15, 1989 ;     399 words ......typically spent a total of 2 1/2 man-hours manually unloading form panels, one by one, and carrying them from the truck to the excavation...and special baskets that neatly hold 32 of the 8-foot-high form panels, the truck driver simply uses the crane to position the baskets...

CLEMSON UNIVERSITY RESEARCH LEADS TO IMPROVED AIRPORT RUNWAYS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 9, 2006 ;     401 words ......If a runway is going to be built, the aggregates in the concrete mixture need to be tested first to see how they react in the presence...fine. Depending on the findings, we can also adjust the concrete mixture by using certain supplementary cementing materials and...

Performance Specifications for Durable Concrete

Concrete International;  September 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......prescriptive specification that defines a concrete mixture in terms of its constituents and their...performance specification defines a concrete mixture in terms of measurable plastic and...that can be used to prequalify the concrete mixture, verify that the prequalified mixture...

Missouri Inventors Develop Concrete Form Connecting Apparatus

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 5, 2007 ;     362 words ......interconnecting a pair of adjacent panels such as concrete form panels. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office...for releasably interconnecting a pair of concrete form panels having adjacent, apertured walls is provided which...

Heavy-Duty Concrete Mixture Introduced to West Memphis, Ark., Roads.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  April 15, 1999 ;     261 words ......The highway repair method that has found favor in Tennessee crossed the river into Arkansas Thursday. A high-strength concrete mixture the highway industry has dubbed white topping was whipped up by Razorback Concrete Co. and poured for the first time in...

Mixture Proportioning for Internal Curing

Concrete International;  February 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......water for internal curing of any given concrete mixture? Bentz and Snyder6 have previously...sub f^ = cement factor (content) for concrete mixture (kg/m^sup 3^ or lb/yd^sup 3^); CS...the ultimate substitution in the concrete mixture should be performed on a volume basis...

Development of Laboratory Device to Simulate Roller-Compacted Concrete...

ACI Materials Journal;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......construction method often requires a dry concrete mixture and several horizontal contraction...field results become available can the concrete mixture proportions be improved. This solution...relevant to the improvement of the concrete mixture, but other problems arise during the...