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I came to know that there are materials like waste plastics being used for sustainable construction in African countries. What are the other possible construction materials available as...
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How to extract the binder content without changing the chemical composition of this binder?
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By increasing the ratio w/c, strength decreases. However, water is necessary for the hydration of cement, which leads to an increase in strength.
01 January 2014 6,971 9 View
We are facing natural resource depletion and ecological issue in present on earth. Building industry should take account into climate change and resource consumption. Recycling materials is one of...
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Climatic design, old houses
14 December 2013 5,740 3 View
My interest is to do research on the means of using mud as a construction material more efficiently.
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I am working on concrete strength prediction problem
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Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
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What is your opinion about the future of design: should it stay as it is, where everything from the composition of materials through technology to finishing is exactly specified or we should...
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Can gravel be substituted totally for granite or partially.
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We're interested in the absolute humidity in wooden insulation materials. Our sensors are placed in an air chamber inside the material and measure the relative humidity and the temperature (from...
05 May 2013 9,582 12 View
Is it possible to create a solution that has chemical properties similar to concrete? I would like to test the behaviour of a sealing tape in concrete.
04 April 2013 9,394 13 View
We have a type of rock on which we are looking for damage mechanics which have been caused by magnesium salts in situations of extreme drying (less than 29% RH).
02 February 2013 7,550 1 View
I am trying to calculate the energy cost of recycling, say plastic bottles, into construction material. The process involves melting, moulding, packaging ,transport etc. Does anybody have any...
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The stress-strain graph which we got was different, it has both a strain softening and hardening region. I had gone through this procedure for sand with the condition that samples were subjected...
02 February 2013 8,420 10 View
Recycled paper, once ground into cellulose fibers is used as an insulation material via the wet spray method. Once hydrated the cellulose fibers begin to adhere and dry. What characteristics of...
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Is there any nanotecnology add mixture that can be added to asphalt or concrete road pavements?
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Today's need for cost efficient design and engineering of structures suffers from the availability of material databases which includes the mechanical properties of metals as well as of other...
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