Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 11 views

    Construction Material Concrete: 1.2 Terms

    Uploaded by

    praveennagarajan
    Concrete is composed of three main constituents: binder, aggregates, and water. Due to advances in technology, many types of concrete can now be produced with varying densities and properties depending on the application. The aggregates, such as sand and gravel, make up over 70% of the concrete by volume and greatly influence the properties of both fresh and hardened concrete. Different terms are used to describe concrete based on its density, state, or method of placement.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Construction Material Concrete: 1.2 Terms

    Uploaded by

    praveennagarajan
    11 views1 page
    Concrete is composed of three main constituents: binder, aggregates, and water. Due to advances in technology, many types of concrete can now be produced with varying densities and properties depending on the application. The aggregates, such as sand and gravel, make up over 70% of the concrete by volume and greatly influence the properties of both fresh and hardened concrete. Different terms are used to describe concrete based on its density, state, or method of placement.

    Original Description:

    Binder, Aggregate

    Original Title

    Binder, Aggregate

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Concrete is composed of three main constituents: binder, aggregates, and water. Due to advances in technology, many types of concrete can now be produced with varying densities and properties depending on the application. The aggregates, such as sand and gravel, make up over 70% of the concrete by volume and greatly influence the properties of both fresh and hardened concrete. Different terms are used to describe concrete based on its density, state, or method of placement.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    11 views1 page

    Construction Material Concrete: 1.2 Terms

    Uploaded by

    praveennagarajan
    Concrete is composed of three main constituents: binder, aggregates, and water. Due to advances in technology, many types of concrete can now be produced with varying densities and properties depending on the application. The aggregates, such as sand and gravel, make up over 70% of the concrete by volume and greatly influence the properties of both fresh and hardened concrete. Different terms are used to describe concrete based on its density, state, or method of placement.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    of 1

    1.

    Construction Material Concrete

    1.2 Terms
    Three main constituents are actually enough to produce concrete:
    Binder (Cement)
    Aggregates
    Water

    Due to continually increasing demands for the concrete quality (mainly durability) and huge
    advances in admixture and concrete technology, it is now possible to produce many different
    kinds of concrete.

    The aggregates (sand and gravel)


    are the main constituents of con-
    crete, at over 70% by volume. The
    type and quality of the aggregates
    are therefore vitally important for
    the properties of the concrete,
    both fresh and hardened.

    Standard concrete Concrete with a maximum particle diameter >8mm


    Density (kiln dried) > 2'000 kg/m, < 2'600kg/m

    Heavyweight concrete Density (kiln dried) > 2'600 kg/m

    Lightweight concrete Density (kiln dried) > 800 kg/m and < 2'000 kg/m

    Fresh concrete Concrete, mixed, while it can still be worked and compacted

    Hardened concrete Concrete when set, with measurable strength

    Green concrete Newly placed and compacted, stable, before the start of detectable
    setting (green concrete is a precasting industry term)

    Other terms in use are shotcrete, pumped concrete, craned concrete etc. they dene the
    placement into the formwork, working and/or handling to the point of installation (see Chapter 6).

    You might also like