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Building Material Unit Weight Aggregate 17.5KN/m3 Aluminium 27KN/m3 Asbestos Cement Sheet 12 to 15.6Kg/m3 Ballast 17.2KN/m3 Bitumen 10.4KN/m3 Brick Masonry 19.2KN/m3 Bricks 16 to 19.2 KN/m3 Broken Bricks 14.2KN/m3 Cement …
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Advantages of Load Bearing Masonry Construction: The final load bearing masonry structure constructed is highly durable and solid. This structure type possesses high fire resistance. The masonry units are available …
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The flat slab is a reinforced concrete slab supported directly by concrete columns or caps. Flat slab doesn’t have beams so it is also called as beam-less slab. They are …
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The end supports of a bridge superstructure are known as abutments. Abutments are built either with brick masonry, stone masonry, mass concrete, precast concrete blocks or RCC. The top surface …
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M Sand (Manufactured Sand) River Sand Manufactured in factory. Naturally available on river banks. Angular and has rougher texture. Angular aggregates demands more water. Water demand can be compensated with …
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Raking or inclined shores Flying or horizontal shores Dead or vertical shores Raking or Inclined Shores Ranking shores is a system of giving temporary support to an unsafe wall. In …
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Advantages of composite beams are Increased strength for a given cross sectional dimension. The concrete and steel is utilized effectively. Good fire resistance in the case of concrete encased beams. …
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A load may be defined as the combined effect of external forces acting on a body. The loads may be classified as: Dead loads Live or fluctuating loads Inertia loads …
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