Category: CONCRETE MASONRY

Concrete is an important construction material consisting of ingredients that are inert materials, viz., coarse and fine aggregates and binding materials, viz., cement or lime. Cement concrete is widely used as plain concrete, reinforced concrete, pre-stressed concrete and precast concrete members. Properties of coarse and fine aggregates and the quality of water to make quality…

Different types of cement concrete are discussed along with their uses. 8.3.1 Plain Cement Concrete It is the simplest form of concrete made with cement, sand, pebbles or crushed rock and water. It is used for a variety of works where the structural members are subjected to compression. Simple foundations to mighty dams may be…

Concrete can be easily prepared by mixing binding material (lime or cement), fine aggregate (sand) and coarse aggregate (crushed stone or brick) and water in the required proportion. The fine aggregates fill the voids of coarse aggregate, and voids of fine aggregate are filled with lime/cement and also the lime/cement reacts with water and binds…