What is Development Length | Calculation as per IS:456
To give you an idea of the significance of development length we will do a simple demonstration. Ask your friend to hold a pen or pencil in closed fist and
What is lean concrete ?
Lean concrete is a type of concrete in which the amount of cement is less , i.e less than 10 % of the total volume of concrete. In this type
What is cement ?
Cement is a binder material, and an important ingredient in concrete. In concrete cement along with water adheres to other materials and helps to hold them together. Cement used in
Casting and Testing of concrete cubes
Design the concrete to get the optimum quantity of each ingredients for concrete. In the previous blog I have already discussed about the complete designing procedure of concrete as per
Estimate the quantities of different ingredients | Concrete Mix
Concrete is a man made material. In the most simplest form it is the mixture of coarse aggregate, fine aggregate, water and cement. It is very much possible for us
What is Prestressed concrete ?
Prestressed concrete is also a special type of concrete. As we are aware of the fact that concrete is good in compression and weak in tension. We stress the concrete
Fundamental concepts of Column
A column is a special case of a compression member that is vertical. A reinforced concrete column is basically a vertical structural member, which helps to transfer the load from
Difference between Beam and Column
In structural engineering we give names to different structural members based on their behaviour under applied load. Beam and column is also two structural members. Check out this post to
Effect of admixtures|IS-10262| Concrete mix design calculator
Admixtures are chemical compounds that alter the properties of concrete. We can add admixtures before or during the concrete mix as an ingredient of concrete, other than cement, aggregate, and
M20 Nominal mix|IS-10262| Concrete mix design calculator
Nominal mix and design mix are two different ways which is used for proportionating ingredients of concrete. Selection of type of concrete mix depends on the type of structure, nature