Description: Principles of prestressed concrete. Prestressing systems, end anchorage, and loss of prestress. Analysis and design of sections for flexure, shear, bond ...

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The American Concrete Institute has released the new ACI Reinforced Concrete Design Handbook as a three-volume handbook providing guidance to professionals engaged in the design of reinforced concrete ...

According to the American Concrete Institute CT-18, fiber-reinforced concrete is a concrete mixture that is reinforced with dispersed, randomly orientated fibers. These fibers can be used in lieu of ...

Victor C. Li co-founded and co-owns Li, Fischer, Lepech and Associates, LLC, a consulting/service firm specializing in ECC Technology. Spring construction season is underway, and many tons of concrete ...

Natural gas may be one of the cleaner sources of energy, but the petroleum industry's challenge in the well-construction process is to drill and complete wells to produce it safely and economically.