Development Length – Difference between Development Length and Lap Length
Development length is extended length of reinforcement across the two adjoining sections or elements of structures whereas lap length is to extend rebars.
Concrete
What is Bogues Compounds in Cement and their Significance or Uses
Bogues compounds are responsible for initial setting of the cement grout. These compounds have been researched extensively by an American chemist named Rober Herman Bogue (R.H. Bogue) who is well known for his books on The Chemistry of Portland Cement and the Chemistry and Technology of Gelatin and Glue. After his extensive research, Bogue has … Read more
Hempcrete Blocks – light weight REPLACEMENT of Concrete
Hempcrete Blocks are basically made with the help of two ingredients i.e. lime as binding agent or binder mixed with the core of hemp plant. After decades of modernization, advancement and innovation in science and particularly in construction engineering, the humans have realized that they had moved far away from nature resulting in so many … Read more
Soundness Test of Cement by Le-Chatelier Apparatus (BONUS TIPS)
Soundness test of cement by Le-Chatelier apparatus is very easy but very important test along with many other quality tests on cement. Before going to the exact details, procedure and calculations of soundness test of cement by Le-Chatelier apparatus, let’s first discuss about the overview of soundness. A sound cement doesn’t undergo volumetric changes i.e. … Read more
Properties of Hardened Concrete
The word hardened concrete means the concrete which has been initially set and is not fresh like a workable and plastic concrete. So we can say that the word hardened concrete specifies its stage of “plasticity” which is gone and now the concrete is in hardened form after setting. [su_note]Workability and related properties of fresh concrete are … Read more