When positioned in the upper or top portion of the slab thickness, steel reinforcement limits the widths of random cracks that may occur because of concrete shrinkage and temperature restraints ...

Fiber-reinforced concrete is also a cost-effective ... fibers typically have a greater tendency to protrude up through the slab than flexible fibers. Proper external vibration is another key ...

Reinforced concrete is the miracle material which made possible so many of the twentieth century’s most iconic structures, but here in this century its environmental footprint makes it something ...

The concrete slab was setting so fast ... It's enough to remove the requirement for reinforcing steel bars within the concrete in some applications, says Dr Scullion. Beyond concrete, graphene ...

Mark Miodownik puts the properties of reinforced concrete to the test. He watches as a beam of concrete withstands a load of 2.5 tonnes. Even though cracks are present in the lower portion of the ...

A total of 231 schools in England were confirmed to have Raac, or reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete, in the most recent government list issued last month. Due to this, many of these schools ...