Wood crackles as it burns in a chimney or campfire. When concrete is exposed to fire it chips and flakes - a process known as spalling. Both effects are due to the same phenomenon: water trapped ...

While it doesn't burn in the conventional sense, concrete chips and flakes when exposed to fire, for the same reasons that firewood crackles. Water trapped inside the material vaporizes when subjected ...

SCC can be made from any of the constituents that are generally used for structural concrete. In the mix design of SCC, the relative proportions of key components are generally considered by volume ...

The service tunnel under the Dubai International Financial Centre complex, which is approximately 1.4km long, 10m high and between 20-40m wide, has been completed. The tunnel will be used for delivery ...

When Reinforced Structures, Inc. of Clearwater, Fla., took on the concrete construction work of the new Dali Museum, the company had a number of challenges to overcome. First, this was RSI's first ...

Special concrete that can self-repair cracks and be poured even in the rain is expanding the market. According to the ready-mixed concrete industry on the 31st, major companies are developing and ...

This aerial photo taken on Feb. 15, 2023 shows the construction site of the last ballastless track slab of Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway in Karawang, West Java, Indonesia. With the ...