Assuming an adequate fiber design is ... up through the slab than flexible fibers. Proper external vibration is another key factor when finishing fiber-reinforced concrete. The general ...

are used in unreinforced and lightly reinforced slabs-on-ground to minimize random cracking. By creating straight-line weakened-planes in concrete, contraction joints “control” the cracking ...

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 ...

Design and construction were supported by the U.S. Department ... The main test floor of the Structures Laboratory is a heavily reinforced concrete slab providing 8400 sq ft (780 sq m) of useable test ...

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 ...