Concrete Pumping and Spraying

Concrete Pumping and Spraying
Author: T. H. Cooke
Publisher: Thomas Telford
Total Pages: 270
Release: 1990
Genre: Concrete
ISBN: 9780727715050

- Concrete pumping plant and equipment - Capabilities of concrete pumps and special applications - Cost comparisons - pumping and other methods of placement - Pumpable concrete - Concrete pumping operations on site - Common problems and corrective measures - Hints for the man on site - Safety and training - Screed pumping - Sprayed concrete - Concrete pumping - the future.

Basic Concrete Engineering for Builders

Basic Concrete Engineering for Builders
Author: Max Schwartz
Publisher: Craftsman Book Company
Total Pages: 268
Release: 1997
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781572180918

Concrete can be a pretty unforgiving building material. Ask any of the builders who come into your store and they'll usually have a horror story to share about a concrete job gone awry and how much it cost them.Basic Concrete Engineering for Builders may be one of the only books available today that explains how to avoid common concrete problems with foundations, slabs, columns, and more. It gives step-by-step explanations on how to plan, mix, reinforce and pour concrete. It also shows how to design concrete for buildings -- the calculations, the tables, and the rules of thumb, with examples and insight into the working knowledge that every builder needs.Most builders don't end up specifying requirements for structural concrete work. That's the job of an engineer. But most builders working with concrete need a good general understanding of the concepts behind structural concrete engineering. They need to know about: surveying, foundation layout, formwork, form materials, forming problems, aggregates, admixtures, reinforcing, mixing and placing requirements, pumping, creating joints, curing, and testing the concrete's strength. They need to know basic design for walls, columns, slabs, slabs-on-grade, one- and two-way slabs, elevated slabs, equipment pads, pre-cast walls, retaining walls, basement walls, crib walls, reinforcing beams and girders, driveways, sidewalks, curbs, catch basins, manholes and other miscellaneous structures, as well as how to calculate the reinforcement needed for these structural components. You'll find all this information in this book and on the software included in the back.Includes Free Engineering Software: A CD-ROM is included with easy-to-useengineering software for designing simple concrete elements for beams, slabs and columns.

Sprayed Concrete

Sprayed Concrete
Author: Concrete Society
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Total Pages: 108
Release: 1980
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

Vibration and Structural Acoustics Analysis

Vibration and Structural Acoustics Analysis
Author: C.M.A. Vasques
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 349
Release: 2011-08-10
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9400717032

Vibration and structural acoustics analysis has become an essential requirement for high-quality structural and mechanical design in order to assure acoustic comfort and the integrity, reliability and fail-safe behavior of structures and machines. The underlying technologies of this field of multidisciplinary research are evolving very fast and their dissemination is usually scattered over different and complementary scientific and technical publication means. In order to make it easy for developers and technology end-users to follow the latest developments and news in the field, this book collects into a single volume selected, extended, updated and revised versions of papers presented at the Symposium on Vibration and Structural Acoustics Analysis, coordinated by J. Dias Rodrigues and C. M. A. Vasques, which was organised as part of the 3rd International Conference on Integrity, Reliability & Failure (IRF’2009), co-chaired by J. F. Silva Gomes and Shaker A. Meguid, held at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Portugal, 20-24 July 2009. These papers where chosen from the more than 60 papers presented at the conference symposium. Written by experienced practitioners and researchers in the field, this book brings together recent developments in the field, spanning across a broad range of themes: vibration analysis, analytical and computational structural acoustics and vibration, material systems and technologies for noise and vibration control, vibration-based structural health monitoring/evaluation, machinery noise/vibration and diagnostics, experimental testing in vibration and structural acoustics, applications and case studies in structural acoustics and vibration. Each chapter presents and describes the state of the art, presents current research results and discusses the need for future developments in a particular aspect of vibration and structural acoustics analysis. The book is envisaged to be an appealing text for newcomers to the subject and a useful research study tool for advanced students and faculty members. Practitioners and researchers may also find this book a one-stop reference that addresses current and future challenges in this field. The variety of case studies is expected to stimulate a holistic view of sound and vibration and related fields and to appeal to a broad spectrum of engineers such as the ones in the mechanical, aeronautical, aerospace, civil and electrical communities.

Mine Openings: Stability and Support

Mine Openings: Stability and Support
Author: J. Aldorf
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 403
Release: 2013-10-22
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0444598073

In this book, the authors present a review of the methods used for the solution of problems of stability and support of mine workings, based on the study and analysis of the validity conditions of individual theoretical computing procedures. The classification of these methods, based on the analysis of factors determining the behaviour of a system of mine openings, should contribute to the greater objectivity of decisions connected with the management and control of mining operations and, from the educational point of view, enable the intricate problems of stability to be better understood. Chapters dealing with support structures and technologies of support review the present state of the art with special reference to problems prevailing in Europe where mining is carried out under continuously deteriorating and less favourable natural conditions.The authors have assembled the theoretical and practical knowledge necessary for those to whom the book is addressed, namely, practising mining engineers and project managers, and students and graduates in mining colleges and schools.

Sprayed Concrete Technology

Sprayed Concrete Technology
Author: Simon Austin
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2002-11-01
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 020347712X

"Sprayed Concrete Technology" forms the proceedings of the International Conference organised by the American Concrete Institute and the Sprayed Concrete Association in Edinburgh, Scotland, September 1996.

Technology Innovation in Underground Construction

Technology Innovation in Underground Construction
Author: Gernot Beer
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 529
Release: 2009-10-16
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1482266598

This richly-illustrated reference guide presents innovative techniques focused on reducing time, cost and risk in the construction and maintenance of underground facilities:A primary focus of the technological development in underground engineering is to ease the practical execution and to reduce time, cost and risk in the construction and mai