CONCRETE

What Is Green Concrete? The concrete that is made with concrete wastes which are eco-friendly, uses less energy in its production and produces less carbon dioxide than ordinary concrete is known as ...

What Is Concrete Mix Design? Mix design is a method which determines the proportions of cement, water, fine aggregates and coarse aggregates to produce the concrete of required strength, workability and durability with minimum cost. Principle Of Concrete ...

What Is 1.54 In Concrete Calculation? In concrete calculation, we always multiply Wet volume with 1.54 to get dry volume. But do you know what is 1.54 or where this 1.54 came from? If You don't know, no problem. In this article, I will ...

Precautions In Construction Of Tunnels: For economic safe and quick construction of tunnels, the following precautions should be taken: 1. The shape of the tunnel should be decided according to its purpose. 2. Cross-sectional dimensions of the tunnel should be decided ...

Compressive Strength Test Of Concrete Cubes: Aim: To determine the compressive strength of concrete. Apparatus & Equipment: 1. Compression test machine, 2. Cube mould of 15 ...

Mass Concrete: The concrete placed in different massive structures such as dams, bridge piers, canal locks etc is known as mass concrete. In mass concrete, larger size aggregates (up to 150 mm maximum) and low slump (very stiff consistency) are ...