shrinkage of concrete

  • 1Concrete degradation — may have various causes. Concrete can be damaged by fire, aggregate expansion, sea water effects, bacterial corrosion, calcium leaching, physical damage and chemical damage (from carbonation, chlorides, sulfates and distilled water). This process …

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  • 2Concrete — This article is about the construction material. For other uses, see Concrete (disambiguation). Outer view of the Roman Pantheon, still the largest unreinforced solid concrete dome.[1] …

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  • 3concrete — 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… …

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  • 4Properties 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… …

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  • 5Fiber reinforced concrete — (FRC) is concrete containing fibrous material which increases its structural integrity. It contains short discrete fibers that are uniformly distributed and randomly oriented. Fibers include steel fibers, glass fibers, synthetic fibers and… …

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  • 6Reinforced concrete — is concrete in which reinforcement bars ( rebars ), reinforcement grids, plates or fibers have been incorporated to strengthen the concrete in tension. It was invented by French gardener Joseph Monier in 1849 and patented in 1867.[1] The term… …

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  • 7Ettringite — is a hexacalcium aluminate trisulfate hydrate, (CaO)6(Al2O3)(SO3)3 · 32 H2O.Ettringite is found in hydrated Portland cement system as a result of the reaction of calcium aluminate with calcium sulfate, both present in Portland cement. [ cite… …

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  • 8УСАДКА БЕТОНА — процесс уменьшения объёма бетона при его твердении; иногда приводит к образованию усадочных трещин и раковин (Болгарский язык; Български) съсъхване на бетона (Чешский язык; Čeština) smršťování betonu (Немецкий язык; Deutsch) Schwinden des Bétons… …

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  • 9усадка бетона — Процесс уменьшения объёма бетона при его твердении; иногда приводит к образованию усадочных трещин и раковин [Терминологический словарь по строительству на 12 языках (ВНИИИС Госстроя СССР)] Тематики бетон EN shrinkage of concrete DE Schwinden des …

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  • 10wood — wood1 woodless, adj. /wood/, n. 1. the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem. 2. the trunks or main stems of trees as suitable for architectural and other… …

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