What happens when super plasticizer is added to concrete?

What happens when super plasticizer is added to concrete?

By Saad Iqbal October 11, 2016 No comments:

Since from the start the concrete has gone through several tests, experiments and additions in order to make it suitable for some specific ...

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Ready Mix Concrete Definition Types Advantages

Ready Mix Concrete Definition Types Advantages

By Saad Iqbal September 19, 2016 No comments:

Ready mix concrete as the name suggest is the concrete that is already mixed in suitable proportions before arrival at site either on agitat...

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Transparent or Translucent Concrete

Transparent or Translucent Concrete

By Saad Iqbal September 16, 2016 No comments:

Have you ever seen a façade or cladding giving look of a rock-hard material but still gives you a see-through and translucent look inside ...

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Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete

Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete

By Saad Iqbal September 01, 2016 No comments:

Fiberglass is basically a matrix in which very fine fibers of glass exists. Fiberglass material is usually used for making of boats or for t...

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Concrete Vibration, Concrete Vibrators and its types

Concrete Vibration, Concrete Vibrators and its types

By Saad Iqbal July 15, 2016 No comments:

Quality of concrete depends on many factors among which the most vulnerable and defenseless is workmanship. During pouring the concrete an...

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Top 10 Concrete Structures of the World

Top 10 Concrete Structures of the World

By Saad Iqbal February 22, 2016 No comments:

1 | Pantheon, Rome possibly by Apollodorus of Damascus, c126 AD The ancient Romans didn’t have reinforced concrete (that is, strengt...

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Honeycombing in concrete, causes and remedies

Honeycombing in concrete, causes and remedies

By Saad Iqbal No comments:

The finishing in concrete works is vital as for sure the final touches depend on it. The poor finish of concrete is not only wrong from ae...

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Expansion Joints, Contraction Joints, Construction joints well explained [VIDEO]

Expansion Joints, Contraction Joints, Construction joints well explained [VIDEO]

By Saad Iqbal October 28, 2015 No comments:

This video explains very easily various sorts of joints that are used and why they are intensionally used in the concrete construction. ...

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Download Structural Dynamics theory and Computation PDF

Download Structural Dynamics theory and Computation PDF

By Saad Iqbal January 17, 2015 2 comments:

The analysis and design of structures to resist the effect produced by time dependent forces or motions requires conceptual idealizations a...

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Concept of Reinforced Earth

Concept of Reinforced Earth

By Saad Iqbal November 16, 2014 No comments:

Reinforcement in the form of steel or synthetic strips called geo-strips are placed within an embankment, containing soil in various layers...

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