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Wear in Concrete
wear The concrete has been damaged by erosion it is almost certain that any repaired section will again be damaged…
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Repairs to overcome low member strength
Need for Strengthening: · Load increases due to higher live loads, increased wheel loads, installations of heavy machinery or vibrations · Damage…
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Shoring and underpinning
The arrangement employed to prevent a damaged structure, due to either foundation settlement or other reasons from collapse, is called…
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Mortar repair for cracks
Portland cement mortar may be used for repairing defects on surfaces not prominently exposed. where the defects are too wide…
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Gunite or Shotcrete
Gunite can be defined as mortar conveyed through a hose and pneumatically projected at a high velocity on to a…
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Vacuum Concrete
Vacuum Concrete It has been amply brought out in the earlier discussion that high water/cement ratio as harmful to the…
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Mortar and dry pack
Dry pack is a combination of Portland cement and sand passing a No. 16 sieve mixed with just enough water…
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Fiber Reinforced Concrete
Plain concrete possess a very low tensile strength, limited ductility and little resistance to cracking, Internal micro – cracks are inherently present…
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Ferro cement
Ferro cement technique, though of recent origin, have been extensively used in many countries, notably in U.K. There is a…
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Sulphur Inflitrated Concrete
New types of composites have been produced by the recently developed techniques of impregnating porous materials like concrete with sulphur.…
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Polymer concrete
Polymers are used in the production of 3 types of polymer concrete composites: polymer-impregnated concrete (PIC), polymer concrete (PC, polymer…
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Expansive cement
Expansive cement, when mixed with water, forms a paste that, after setting, tends to increase in volume to a significantly…