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1Prestressed concrete — diagram Prestressed concrete is a method for overcoming concrete s natural weakness in tension. It can be used to produce beams, floors or bridges with a longer span than is practical with ordinary reinforced concrete. Prestressing tendons… …
2Concrete sleeper — A concrete sleeper is a railroad tie made out of steel reinforced concrete. Concrete sleepers …
3steel — steellike, adj. /steel/, n. 1. any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying …
4Rebar — This article is about reinforcing bar. For the company, see Rebar (Taiwan). For the art group, see Rebar art and design studio. A tied rebar beam cage. This will be embedded inside cast concrete to increase the tensile strength of the concrete. A …
5tunnels and underground excavations — ▪ engineering Introduction Great tunnels of the world Great tunnels of the worldhorizontal underground passageway produced by excavation or occasionally by nature s action in dissolving a soluble rock, such as limestone. A vertical opening …
6Jodrell Bank Observatory — The 76 m Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory …
7building construction — Techniques and industry involved in the assembly and erection of structures. Early humans built primarily for shelter, using simple methods. Building materials came from the land, and fabrication was dictated by the limits of the materials and… …
8Pipe (material) — A pipe is a tube or hollow cylinder used to convey materials or as a structural component. The terms pipe and tube are almost interchangeable. A pipe is generally specified by the internal diameter (ID) whereas a tube is usually defined by the… …
