Foundation, Concrete and Earthquake Engineering

According to ACI 318 15.4 at any section external moment is calculated by assuming a plane that passes through the footing vertically and ...

Unreinforced concrete is a brittle material. It has low impact resistance and low tensile strength. The transverse and longitudinal reinf...

In the previous post we discuss earthquake loading and seismic design principles as well. In this post we will try to get an overall idea ...

In concrete pumping concrete blockage is the main problem. When it is observed that concrete does not comes out at the end section of pipe...

To design a seismic resistant structure , it is required to predict the earthquake loading . Two approaches are utilized to determine eart...

Earthquake loading comprises the forces from inertia of mass of structure. These forces are generated due to shaking of foundation of a...

In laboratory setting time of cement is determined by standard Vicat apparatus . The initial setting time as well final setting time of...

Are you astonished? Why should concrete be pumped? Now-a-days ready mix concrete is an essential part of concreting process. This plant o...

Concreting works need form works to place concrete in required shape without leaking valuable water and cement to have excellent finishi...

A concrete mass consists of well graded aggregate having compacted well and of which segregation , bleeding and any sources of air void...

It is very interesting to know that a set of bad ingredient cannot produce a good concrete but a set of good ingredient cannot ensure a go...

Concrete mixing machines are used for both reinforced concrete and mass concrete with some advantages like efficiency and sometimes econo...

Bleeding is nothing but a segregation of concrete where some quantity of water is reached to surface creating some channels towards surfac...

Mixing of concrete is very important as a through and proper mixing produce a uniform concrete of homogeneous mass. It is desired to prod...

In India black cotton soil s are found in the regions of Western Madhya Pradesh, Deccan plateau , Andhra Pradesh, some portion of Gujarat,...

There have many difficulties in foundation construction where water table is above the bottom level of foundation . To provide stability ...

Generally vibration occurs in foundation when pile driving and blasting operation are done. This may be a part of construction operation...

We all are concern with piling operation, investigating damaged pile , pile cap design and casting and other operation followed by them....

This post concerned with plate bearing test . At first we have to know what plate bearing test. By this field test ultimate bearing capaci...

Generally the number of pile is determined by the axial load divided by capacity of each pile considering both end bearing and skin frict...