Civil Engineering Forum

ASTM International [American Society for Testing and Materials]

ASTM international: I am sure you can across the term ASTM [American Society for Testing and Materials] before when you were looking for how to conduct a certain testing related to concrete or other building

Criteria to Accept Concrete Mixture Design

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What is Concrete Mixture Design? Acceptance criteria for concrete design mix Concrete mixture design can be defined as a process that aims to obtain the type and proportion of ingredients that constitute the concrete batch.

Importance of Concrete Mix Design for Construction

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Concrete Mix Design To understand the importance of concrete mix design, let us first define what mix design is? The concrete mix design is a process, which means there are input and outputs. Let us

Construction Practices for Cold Weather Concreting

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Cold Weather Concreting Construction Practices for Cold Weather Concreting Casting, placing and finishing concrete in cold weather is called “cold weather concreting” ACI 306 defines cold weather as “when the air temperature is expected to

Cold Weather Admixture System

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Cold weather concreting One of the most difficult issues that concrete professionals in cold places like North America and other cold areas must deal with is cold weather concreting. Cold weather concreting refers to doing

Water Reducers Can Also Acts as Accelerators for Concrete

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What are Admixtures? According to ACI 212, admixture are defined as materials other than the normal compounds of concrete (such as water, aggregates, cement, fibers) that is added to the mixture to modify its freshly

Cold Weather Concreting: Definition, Issues, and Precautions

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What is cold weather concreting? Cold weather concreting (pouring concrete in cold weather) is one of the most challenging problems that face concrete practitioners in cold regions such as North America and other cold areas.

Functions of Concrete Water-reducing Admixtures

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Functions of Concrete Water-reducing Admixtures What are Water-reducing Admixtures? The water-reducing admixtures (also called water reducers, plasticizers, and superplasticizers in some cases) are the group of products which possess as their primary function the ability