Carbonation of Concrete
Carbonation refers to the process where concrete reacts to the carbon dioxide present in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide permeates into the concrete…
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Concrete Creep
Creep is the time-dependent increase in concrete strain due to stresses. It can occur under all types of loading, namely compression, tension and tor…
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Concrete Shrinkage
Shrinkage is the reduction of concrete volume due to the settlement of solid and loss of moisture. Plastic shrinkage commonly occurs in slab and pa…
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Critical Path Method for Project Scheduling
When managing a project, we may use critical path method to identify the activities that govern the entire progress. To do so, we first define all th…
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Modulus of Elasticity for Concrete
The typical stress-strain diagram of concrete starts with a linear elastic range, then followed by nonlinearity until the maximum stress. Such nonl…
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Isotropy and Homogeneity of Continuum Info Sheet
When studying the mechanics of materials, we often treat our subject as a continuum. A material may then be categorized based on its isotropy and hom…
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Concrete Flexural Test
Flexural test is another way to measure the concrete tensile strength. Beam with its depth equals to one-third of length is subjected to third-poin…
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