A one-story masonry structure survived two days of intense earthquake jolts after engineering researchers at the University of California, San Diego put it to the test. The series of tests, performed at UC San Diego's Englekirk ...
Engineering
Apr 14, 2009
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The Story Bridge is 78 years old, the Sydney Harbour Bridge is hitting 95. Australian bridges are designed for a life span of 100 years.
Engineering
Oct 9, 2018
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It's a most unlikely habitat and really has no creature comforts to recommend it. But University of Delaware researcher Julie Maresca and students in her lab are studying concrete and the life that stubbornly persists within.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 4, 2021
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Mo Ehsani, Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering at the University of Arizona, has designed a new, lightweight underground pipe he says could transform the pipeline construction industry.
Engineering
Aug 17, 2012
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When bridges, dam walls and other structures made of concrete are streaked with dark cracks after a few decades, the culprit is AAR: the alkali-aggregate reaction. AAR damages concrete structures all over the world and makes ...
Engineering
Nov 5, 2015
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Self-compacting high-performance concrete (SCHPC) has till now suffered from one weakness – when exposed to fire it flakes and splits, which reduces its loadbearing capacity. Empa scientists have now developed a method ...
Engineering
Dec 22, 2015
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Coating concrete destined to rebuild America's crumbling bridges and roadways with some of the millions of tons of ash left over from burning coal could extend the life of those structures by decades, saving billions of dollars ...
Engineering
Mar 29, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When a series of rigorous simulated earthquakes - measuring up to a 7.5 magnitude - jolted the three-story, 1920s era reinforced concrete structure, UC San Diego engineers were not quite sure what would happen. ...
Engineering
Aug 25, 2009
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A team of researchers from Japan, Mongolia and the U.K. has developed a new theory to explain the origin of iron-oxide concretions (hard, solid masses) found in Utah and Mongolia. In their paper published in the journal Science ...
A novel approach to rubber recycling could see end-of-life tires repurposed into concrete for residential constructions as new research from the University of South Australia shows that it can provide an economically viable ...
Materials Science
Mar 30, 2022
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