Concrete is a stonelike material obtained by permitting a carefully proportioned mixture of cement, sand and gravel or other coarse aggregate, and water to harden in forms of the shape and dimensions of the desired structure. The bulk of the material consists of fine and coarse aggregate. Cement and water interact chemically to bind the […]
Guidance is much needed on the design of high strength steel reinforced concrete (SRC) columns beyond the remit of Eurocode 4 for composite steel concrete structures. Given the much narrower range of permitted concrete and steel material strengths in comparison to Eurocode 2 for concrete structures and Eurocode 3 for steel structures, and the better […]
For the construction of mankind’s infrastructure, reinforced concrete is the most widely used structural material. It has maintained this position since the end of the nineteenth century and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Because the tensile strength of concrete is low, steel bars are embedded in the concrete to carry the […]