High-performance concrete (HPC) exhibits reduced water–cement ratio and supplementary cementitious materials that confer superior strength and durability compared with ordinary mixes. However, its ...

Given how much concrete we use in today’s cities, you’d be forgiven for thinking that we know absolutely everything about the grey stuff. But, as with all materials, the more questions you ask, the ...

Q: What happens when we attach a very heavy weight to a wire at relatively low temperature? A: The wire snaps right away! Q: What happens when we hang a lighter weight from the wire at a higher ...

College students have used it to make cheap furniture, China has had shortages of it, and main character Michael Scott of "The Office" once famously buried his face in it. Concrete is everywhere—a ...

Concrete is everywhere -- a ubiquity owed to its strength as a building material. Despite its strength, however, it has a pernicious but inescapable tendency to 'creep,' or deform progressively under ...

Fiber-Reinforced Concrete (FRC) combines a cementitious matrix with dispersed short fibres—typically steel or polymers—to enhance tensile strength, ductility and post-cracking response. Under ...