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Question: Alternative methods for measuring crack width
Question: Acceptable concrete cracking
Question: When should saw cuts be made on a concrete slab?
Question: Embedded metals other than reinforcing steel
Question: Can fresh concrete be used around aluminum framing or in aluminum molds??
Question: Are there any challenges or common issues encountered during the testing of fiber-reinforced con...
Question: What are shrinkage-compensating expansive cement and concrete?
Question: Curling, shrinkage, and w/cm
Question: Increasing the load capacity of a slab-on-ground using an overlay
Question: Does incorporating fiber as an alternative to traditional reinforcement enhance the environmenta...
Question: Difference between a contraction joint, isolation joint, expansion joint, construction joint, an...
Question: Determining the cause of a crack
Question: Heat of hydration and the importance of controlling it
Question: How should the concrete be consolidated to obtain a complete filling of the forms and around the...
Question: What is mass concrete?
Question: Using core strength to calculate compressive strength of an existing structure
Question: What is the minimum fiber dosage? Is it possible to use less than the minimum dosage?
Question: Maximum temperature limits for hot-weather concreting
Question: Does additional curing improve the properties of concrete in other ways than in strength?
Question: What is minimum reinforcement for crack-width control and how is design accomplished using fiber?
Question: What is curing?
Question: Water Curing Mass Concrete Structures
Question: How can the effectiveness of curing be measured?
Question: How is the shrinkage of concrete determined?
Question: The effect of joints on the durability of concrete structures
Question: What steps are taken in the repair of concrete structures?
Question: Is chiseled concrete a common technique for facades
Question: Strength of concrete
Question: The importance of proper drainage
Question: How should the appropriate fiber be selected for a specific application, and how is fiber dosage...
Question: Are any temperature limitations necessary in curing concrete in hot weather?
Question: What fibers are used in concrete?
Question: Reinforced concrete vs. prestressed concrete
Question: Protecting against excessive expansion due to alkali-aggregate reaction (AAR)
Question: Do we always need to repair cracked concrete?
Question: What is D-cracking?
Question: Why use fiber-reinforced concrete?
Question: Specialty admixtures
Question: Why are fibers used in concrete?
Question: Can the heat liberated by the hydrating cement be relied on to give protection during cold weather?
Question: Pozzolans in mass concrete
Question: The effect of pozzolans on shrinkage
Question: Characteristics of aggregate affecting concrete strength
Question: Minimum Dimension of a Structure
Question: Definition of “hot cement”
Question: Is there any measure of the completeness or adequacy of curing?
Question: What other uses are there for the pulse velocity?
Question: What properties of concrete are enhanced by the addition of fiber?
Question: Temperature limits for mass concrete