In this page we are going to talk about concrete: it's definition, it's uses, disvantages and advantages.
Definitions:
1) Concrete: is a manufactured mixture of cement and water, with aggregates of sand and stones,
which hardens rapidly by chemical combination to a stonelike, water-and-fire-resisting solid
of great compressive but low tensile strength.
2) Reinforced concrete: was developed to add the tensile strength of steel to the
compressive strength of mass concrete.
3) Concrete-shell construction: permits the erection of vast vaults and
domes with a concrete and steel content so reduced that the thickness is comparatively less than
that of an eggshell.
4) Precast-concrete construction: employs bricks, slabs, and supp
made under optimal factory conditions to increase waterproofing and solidity, to decrease and cost in erection, and to reduce expansion and contractions.
5) Prestressed concrete: provides bearing members into which reinforcement is set under
tension to produce a live force to resist a particular load. Since the member acts like a spring, it can carry a greater load than an unstressed member of the same size.
Reinforced Concrete.
Precast Concrete.
Prestressed Concrete.
Concrete Shell Construction.
Comparison and Contrast.
What is the difference between tiltwall construction, tilt-up panel
construction and pre-cast concrete construction?
Definitions:
1) Concrete: is a manufactured mixture of cement and water, with aggregates of sand and stones,
which hardens rapidly by chemical combination to a stonelike, water-and-fire-resisting solid
of great compressive but low tensile strength.
2) Reinforced concrete: was developed to add the tensile strength of steel to the
compressive strength of mass concrete.
3) Concrete-shell construction: permits the erection of vast vaults and
domes with a concrete and steel content so reduced that the thickness is comparatively less than
that of an eggshell.
4) Precast-concrete construction: employs bricks, slabs, and supp
made under optimal factory conditions to increase waterproofing and solidity, to decrease and cost in erection, and to reduce expansion and contractions.
5) Prestressed concrete: provides bearing members into which reinforcement is set under
tension to produce a live force to resist a particular load. Since the member acts like a spring, it can carry a greater load than an unstressed member of the same size.
Reinforced Concrete.
Precast Concrete.
Prestressed Concrete.
Concrete Shell Construction.
Comparison and Contrast.
What is the difference between tiltwall construction, tilt-up panel
construction and pre-cast concrete construction?