An EPFL-led consortium is developing a new blend of cement that promises to reduce the carbon footprint of concrete by up to 40%. Now it has received financial backing from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation ...
Engineering
Jun 3, 2014
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University of Adelaide research is producing new materials that could help protect important buildings and other structures from terrorist attacks.
Engineering
May 16, 2014
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Reinforcing concrete with steel bars is a very common practice in construction. The industrial engineer and researcher Aimar Orbe-Mateo (UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country) has studied the possible use of a material ...
Engineering
Apr 2, 2014
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New, stronger concrete that can better withstand an earthquake isn't much good if it's too expensive to use.
Engineering
Apr 2, 2014
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UiTM researchers have found that steel tubes filled with foam concrete was inferior in strength as compared to that of normal concrete.
Engineering
Mar 31, 2014
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PAN Institute of Fundamental Technological Research , NCBJ, Institute of Ceramics & Building Materials, and the Hydrobudowa-1 company are commencing a 3.2 million PLN worth joint research project to modernize radiation concrete ...
Engineering
Feb 14, 2014
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Researchers in the National Science Foundation's George E. Brown Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation have identified concrete buildings constructed before roughly 1980 in the Los Angeles area. This category ...
Engineering
Feb 5, 2014
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The new ResoBridge method has been developed to check bridges during running traffic within one day. It measures the vibrations of the tensioning ropes of externally prestressed concrete bridges. The test method developed ...
Engineering
Jan 10, 2014
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When faced with the challenge of protecting sensitive scientific equipment and computers from radiation, engineers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility decided to take matters ...
Engineering
Dec 9, 2013
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Concrete is the world's most popular building material: We use it to bridge rivers and valleys, build walls and line tunnels. The most common form of concrete is steel reinforced – a principle that will be familiar to anyone ...
Engineering
Nov 4, 2013
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