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STRUCTURE Quantity of Cement, Sand & Water required for Plastering:- Plastering refers to protecting a wall or ceiling by laying a plaster (Cement plaster). Plastering is done to remove surface …
Building Materials The Compressive strength is the important basic data to be considered while selecting the cement for the construction. As we already discussed the different grades of cement in our …
Building Materials Grade of Cement:- There are different grades of cement, Grade of Cement is nothing but the strength of cement (How much strength a person has to lift a weight, …
STRUCTURE Quality of cement on site :- Cement is the most used material in any construction. It acts as a binder which binds aggregate and sand together in concrete. Well, …
STRUCTURE History of Cement:- Cement is a mixture of different constituents and acts as the main constituent in concrete, Egyptians first manufactured Cementing materials by burning gypsum. And then Romans …
STRUCTURE Soundness test of cement: The change in volume of cement after setting or hardening is caused due to the “unsoundness of cement.” The expansion of cement after setting causes …
STRUCTURE Fineness of Cement is measured by sieving cement on standard sieve. The proportion of cement of which the cement particle sizes are greater than the 90 micron is determined. Significance and …
STRUCTURE Setting time of cement: When cement is mixed with water, it hydrates and makes cement paste. This paste can be moulded into any desired shape due to its plasticity. …
STRUCTURE The Consistency of cement test is performed to determine the amount of water content that is to be added in cement to attain Standard consistency or normal consistency of cement. …
STRUCTURE Specific Gravity of Cement:- Well most of us know that specific gravity of cement is in between 3.1-3.16 g/cc. Do you know why we calculate the Specific gravity of …
STRUCTURE Bar Bending schedule plays a vital role in finding the quantities of reinforcement in structure. In order to find out the Bar bending schedule for slab or steel reinforcement …
STRUCTURE Bar Bending Schedule for Neck Column / Estimation of Steel reinforcement in Neck Column:- Bar Bending schedule plays a very important role in estimating quantities of steel reinforcement required …
STRUCTURE Bar Bending Schedule for Tie Beams/Strap Beams:- Bar Bending Schedule Plays a vital role in finding the quantities of the reinforcement required for the building. Well, In order to …
STRUCTURE Bar Bending Schedule for footings :- Bar Bending schedule plays a vital role in the construction of High rise buildings. It is very important to learn Bar Bending Schedule …
STRUCTURE Concrete cover:- Concrete Cover “ing” is the cover provided for the reinforcement in Reinforced Cement Concrete. Cover is defined as the Distance between the outer surface of the concrete …