Sentence examples for concrete causing from inspiring English sources

Contractors add too much sand to their concrete, causing bridges and buildings to collapse.

According to the report, supervisors, under pressure to meet a deadline, ordered workers to pour too much concrete causing the structure to collapse.

Curious to know exactly how fragile, pupil X picked the boy up by the ankles in the playground and dropped him head first on the concrete, causing his face to cave in.

However, the ultimate bond stress was reduced when stirrups were used, and the reason may be because the application of stirrups affected the vibration of the concrete, causing a weak bond at the interface.

The test results showed that Na2SO4 crystals could be clearly identified in CSA cement paste and concrete, causing the failure of the paste and concrete in the evaporation zone.

To further explore the mechanism of this new test method, a numerical model was established to analyse stress development and crack initiation in concrete rings in which a fictitious temperature field simulated the externally applied mechanical effects of concrete shrinkage on concrete causing the same strain as shrinkage does.

In this paper, the concrete cover tensile (CCT) capacity of cracked concrete caused by reinforcement corrosion is investigated.

Denys Lasdun, 1976 Suggested by JoninWhitby The style of this building, especially the abundant use of Beton brut concrete, caused much controversy at the time of construction.

Concrete causes up to 8% of global CO2 emissions; if it were a country it would be the world's worst culprit after the US and China.

The variable track surface, a combination of asphalt and concrete, caused problems early and often for some of the most seasoned drivers.

This is complicated by the non-linear behaviour of concrete caused mainly by cracking, tension stiffening, creep and shrinkage.