Construction and Building Materials articles from December 2004

Construction and Building Materials archives from December 2004

Effects of orientation and compaction methods of manufacture on strength properties of sandcrete blocks.
December 1, 2004... Abstract There are predominantly three modes of compaction in sandcrete block manufacture in Ghana. The mould incorporated in each method comes in either vertical or horizontal orientations. Majority of local sandcrete block producers...

Approximate analytical solutions for diagonal reinforced timber-framed walls with fibre-plaster coating material.
December 1, 2004... Abstract This paper provides approximate analytical solutions for diagonally reinforced timber-framed panel walls usually used as main bearing capacity elements in the construction of prefabricated timber structures. These walls can be...

Effect of type and dosage of silica fume on plastic shrinkage in concrete exposed to hot weather.
December 1, 2004... Abstract The source and dosage of silica fume were varied to investigate their effect on the plastic shrinkage of concrete exposed to hot weather conditions. Highest plastic shrinkage was noted in the concrete specimens prepared with...

Experimental study on bond behavior between FRP and concrete.
December 1, 2004... In this paper, two kinds of tests were designed to investigate and study the bond behavior between fiber-reinforced-plastic (FRP) and concrete. By newly designed double-shear test setup, the strain development and distribution in FRP plate was...

Design moment variations in bridges constructed using a balanced cantilever method.
December 1, 2004... Abstract This paper introduces simple, but effective, equations to calculate the dead load and cantilever tendon moments in reinforced concrete (RC) bridges constructed using the balanced cantilever method (FCM). Through time-dependent...

Span ratios in bridges constructed using a balanced cantilever method.
December 1, 2004... Abstract This paper introduces a relation to determine the span ratio between exterior and interior spans, which is required in the preliminary design stage of bridges constructed by balanced cantilever method, On the basis of the...