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Concepts of utopia and dystopia represent unreal societies in which people live either in a seamless environment, governed by the laws that provide happiness to everyone, or in an oppressive...
08 August 2015 4,994 2 View
I am wondering if there is a specific range for the percentage of moisture content of Saturated Surface Dry Sand (SSD)? What I get from my SSD sand is 0.6% of moisture content. Is this percentage...
07 July 2015 8,004 7 View
I have used CONTACT 173 and TARGET 170 element. The shear bond strength of brick-mortar is 0.005 MPa, coefficient of friction for bed joint is 1.2 and head joint is 0.85. Does it works if i use...
12 March 2015 2,022 3 View
Expert views highly appreciated. Thanks in advance
03 March 2015 8,283 9 View
Are there any studies of digestate composition and it use as construction material? According to Rigby H. And Smith S. New Markets for Digestate from AnaerobicDigestion, WRAP, August 2011, p.30.:...
03 March 2015 7,924 5 View
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I would like to know the percentage constituents of materials commonly used in the production of cement (that is limestone and clay) and what other principal material is normally added and in what...
14 February 2015 8,062 11 View
Calcium aluminate cement is to be used at 300°C in geothermal applications and requires a retarder so that it can be used at high temperature. We can retard the setting using citric...
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The theory of retrofitting steel structure with composite materials/Carbon fiber, the material characteristic, the advantages or disadvantages that we can get. Any idea/document that may help....
02 February 2015 9,591 7 View
Please suggest some methods to determine the hydration of cement without involving colorimetry? Thanks.
02 February 2015 3,494 4 View
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Can anyone help me in providing me XRD peaks locations for C4AH12 (Calcium aluminate hydrate)? Also, i would highly appreciate if you could provide a reference article as well
22 January 2015 9,336 1 View
With the kind or literature available on Ferrocement of last 15-20 odd years, but building material itself being researched in last 50 years in lab environments, I have a feeling that present...
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I want to analyse heat transfer (thermal performance) in a wall. Should I go for mathematical modelling(MATLAB) or whether to go for experimental approach (Hot box method). Also thermal analysis...
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Does anyone have an article on the impact of the environment on port construction materials? I am trying to find out what limits there are in terms of what materials to use in a port project...
12 December 2014 6,540 6 View
what is a difference between open stirrups and closed stirrups application?
12 December 2014 2,696 1 View
The ideal noise absorber material is the high strength, fire resistant, water proof and economical
12 December 2014 9,505 12 View
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Anybody can suggest a experiment on Burnt clay brick infilled RC frame? I need lots of data because, I am going to perform micro modeling on it. I am using DIANA finite element software for micro...
11 November 2014 1,894 2 View
I am conducting an LCA for cement industry in Egypt, and trying to use Sima Pro. I'm suing CML 2001 method on the cement process "Cement ETH U" under the "processes" > "Material" >...
11 November 2014 9,711 2 View
Madhavalatha et.al 2010 observed that in case of soft sub grade and unpaved roads gecells perform better than geogrid. In the case of moderate/firm sub grades and paved roads which pavement...
11 November 2014 5,017 9 View