Vacuum concrete
Vacuum concrete is a mixture of concrete in which extra water is drawn out to increase concrete strength. A fluid mix with a water-cement ratio of 0.50 to 0.65 is required to facilitate the …
Material
Plastic Formwork
Plastic formwork is an innovative substitute for the conventional ply form that can be found in all construction sites across the country. Plastic formworks for concrete construction have many useful properties for concrete formworks …
Portland Slag Cement (PSC)
Portland slag cement is known by several names across the world, this cement led to increasing in India’s overall cement manufacturing output. This PSC cement could only be produced with glassy granulated slag. In …
Blended Cement
Blended cement is a homogeneous blend of normal Portland cement (OPC) with additives including silica fumes, fly ash, limestone, and slag to enhance the quality of the cement for diverse purposes. Concrete’s workability, strength, …
Reactive Powder Concrete
In the early 1990s, researchers at the Bouygues laboratory in France developed reactive powder concrete (RPC). The idea was first established by P. Richard and M. Cheyrezy. Reactive powder concrete is a composite material …