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When normal ready-mix concrete is made the largest aggregates in the mix can range from 1-1/2 inches down to 3/8ths of an inch in size with compressive strengths that can be as high as 10,000 psi ...
Vertua Classic offers a reduction of 20 -30% compared to industry standard Portland-cement-based concrete. Vertua Plus and Vertua Ultra will offer even greater reductions of CO2.
No-fines concrete (NFC) is obtained by eliminating the fine material – sand - from the normal concrete mix. Instead, single-sized coarse aggregates are surrounded and held together by a thin ...
Scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology (Hyderabad) have developed an affordable Ultra-High Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC) that is used in the construction of bridges and ...
Cash money Updated: 10:52 AM CST Nov 11, 2015 Editorial Standards ⓘ FAIRBANK, Iowa — A bridge made with a new ultra-high performance concrete from Korea has been christened in Buchanan County.
Iran's concrete chefs have experimented widely with adding extra ingredients (known as admixtures) to that mix to improve the substance's load-bearing abilities. UHPC includes pure powered quartz ...
A prototype for an ultra-thin, sinuous concrete roof using innovative design and fabrication methods has been designed and built by researchers from the ETH Zürich. The shell is part of a roof-top ...