ordinary concrete
1concrete — concretely, adv. concreteness, n. concretive, adj. concretively, adv. /kon kreet, kong , kon kreet , kong / for 1 10, 11, 14, 15; /kon kreet , kong / for 12, 13, adj., n., v., concreted, concreting. adj. 1. constituting an actual thing or… …
2Properties of concrete — Concrete has relatively high compressive strength, but significantly lower tensile strength, and as such is usually reinforced with materials that are strong in tension (often steel). The elasticity of concrete is relatively constant at low… …
3prestressed concrete — concrete reinforced with wire strands, pretensioned or post tensioned within their elastic limit to give an active resistance to loads. [1935 40] * * * Concrete reinforced by either pretensioning or posttensioning, allowing it to carry a greater… …
4Types of concrete — There are many types of concrete, variations of installation, composition, finish and performance characteristics. A highway paved with concrete …
5Prestressed 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… …
6Stamped concrete — is concrete that is patterned and/or textured to resemble brick, slate, flagstone, stone, tile, wood, and various other patterns and textures. Stamped concrete is commonly used for patios, sidewalks, driveways, and floors. The ability of stamped… …
7Roman concrete — The Pantheon in Rome, Italy, is an example of Roman concrete construction. Roman concrete (also called Opus caementicium) was a material used in construction during the late Roman Republic through the whole history of the Roman Empire. Roman… …
8Abstract labour and concrete labour — Part of a series on Marxism …
9Ready Mixed Concrete (South East) Ltd. v. Minister of Pensions and National Insurance — [1968] 2 Q.B. 497 is a British labour law case concerning the definition of a contract of service, rather than a contract for services. The distinction is important because many employment law rights under the Employment Rights Act 1996 require… …
10abstract/concrete — Many philosophies are nervous of a realm of abstract entities, such as numbers and universals, as opposed to empirical objects and stuff located at places and times. Nominalism is the general programme of showing that mention of abstract objects… …
