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The concrete cylinders broken in July 2023 were cast in 1923. According to online calculations - depending on the exact date the casting took place – this comes to roughly 36,500 days.
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So let's find out just how much pressure it takes to crush a concrete cylinder in this science video above. Do you want to try and take a guess? The results come in at about 1:40 into the clip.
An Aug. 28 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a TikTok video with several concrete cylinders lying on the side of a highway in Florida. “I wanted everyone to take a look at this ...
Utilizing tape to repair concrete structures may seem like some hillbilly fix-it joke, but in fact that's just what fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) sheets are used for. Now, scientists have ...
Carried out over 30 hours over the weekend of November 17-19, 2023, the pour of more than 5,400 cu yd of concrete created the base slab for a cell in the north island receiving shaft.
Improved method to determine Young’s modulus for concrete cylinder using electromechanical spectrum: principle and validation. Journal of Aerospace Engineering. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)AS.1943-5525.0001196 ...
At Location 2, analysis showed that the concrete could not have stopped the cylinder falling at the required angle from a height of at least 500 metres. The cylinder’s front showed no signs of ...
I suggest the best thing would be to remove the concrete, and reinstate suspended timber. The whole of the ground floor could then be insulated between the joists, and new air bricks fitted in the ...