According to the American Concrete Institute CT-18, fiber-reinforced concrete is a concrete mixture that is reinforced with dispersed, randomly orientated fibers. These fibers can be used in lieu of ...

In what’s become almost an annual rite of passage, concrete contractors at various industry conferences show me “war wounds” that have resulted from wire mesh and rebar (reinforcement bars). They wear ...

A corrosion-free composite rebar-reinforced floor slab, based on a lab-tested glass fiber-reinforced polymer rebar-specific punching shear equation, which performs like a steel-reinforced slab at a ...

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The electrons produced during this process are conducted through the metal whilst the ions formed are transported via the pore water which acts as the electrolyte. Concrete as an Environment The ...

Q: Tim, my builder is telling me to forget about using reinforcing steel or mesh in my concrete driveway and patio. He says he’ll just add an inch of thickness and that’s good enough. What’s your ...

Under a £282 million (~$381 million) project, the National Composites Center (NCC, Bristol, U.K.) and construction company Skansa (Stockholm, Sweden) are trialing an “industry-first” low-carbon ...

Before you even think about raising the walls of a new backyard shed, you need a solid foundation. Learn how to pour a ...