Why does silica fume increase Compressive Strength of concrete ?
Many would have done experiments in silica fume concrete which increases the compressive strength of the concrete, why does it increase...
Concrete with 135 MPa!!
We all would have studied or experimented with concrete of strength 25-45 Mpa at maximum but have you ever imagined that we can increase...
Semi Automatic Mason -SAM
Construction industry is very much labor-intensive. We all know that the construction industry is facing shortage of labors, which is...
How latest technologies help Construction industry-INDIA
Latest technology doesn't apply only for computer science, it also does for civil engineering. From mud to cement mortar to...
Capital Gate
FOUNDATION The steel exoskeleton known as the diagrid sits above an extensive distribution of 490 piles that have been drilled 100 feet...
Pre-Stressing Concrete
We all Know that concrete is usually weak in tension, that's the reason we add reinforcements in the tension zone of a concrete...
RESONANCE
"The principle cannot fail. It is as powerful when applied to the earth as it is when applied to a [violin note shattering a] wineglass,...
Martian Concrete
In the 21st century man kind is exploring all possible ways to survive in other planets as we are depleting our natural resources which...
Balanced Cantilever Bridge
Cantilever bridge is a bridge where two cantilevers arms projecting in their opposite direction are Connected while attached to solid...
1 & 2 way Slabs
One way & Two way are the two basic type of slab which is used in construction and it is necessary to distinguish between one-way and...
Shear Force in Slab and Beam
S.F in BEAM Reinforced concrete beams have a certain shear carrying capacity even when shear reinforcement is not provided. Shear...
Torsional Reinforcement
Corner reinforcement are also called as torsional reinforcement. Torsional reinforcement shall be provided at corner of two way slab. The...
Carbon Strands - EQ eng.
ADDING STRUCTURAL supports to seismically retrofit reinforced-concrete buildings can be done in many ways. Kengo Kuma & Associates, an...
Burj Khalifa
CONSTRUCTION The tower was constructed by Samsung C&T from South Korea, who also did work on the Petronas Twin Towers and Taipei 101....
Rio-Niterói Bridge
Rio-Niterói Bridge,the sixth longest bridge in the world and the longest prestressed concrete bridge in the southern hemisphere also...