Sentence examples for concrete continued from inspiring English sources

"From 2 psi (per sq inch) to 20,000 psi, sufficient to break concrete," continued her father, triumphantly.

"While it is true most buildings tested safe, you also know that had the concrete continued to be poured at the Freedom Tower using Testwell's recipe, it would not have supported the weight of that iconic structure, and the consequences would have been devastating".

But it said that Mr. Fama, despite having "divested his ownership interest in DiFama Concrete," continued to have such a crucial role in the company that Bovis could "pull the plug" on its relationship with DiFama if Mr. Fama was not present.

Whether or not these talks yield anything very concrete, continued engagement is critical to achieving peace, economic development and, one day, democracy, on the Korean peninsula.

The federal and state lawsuit against Universal Concrete continues separately.

To Americans at home, Mr. Bush's appeal was simple and concrete: Continue their way of life.

Physical and mechanical changes in concrete continue in subsequent days of heating since some chemically active products in concrete give reactions with water and carbon dioxide in air and new formations determine the fate of concrete.

As the drying of the concrete continues, the adsorbed water held by hydrostatic tension in the small capillaries (<50 nm) is removed.

While a plain unreinforced matrix fails in a brittle manner at the occurrence of cracking stresses, the ductile fibers in fiber-reinforced concrete continue to carry stresses well beyond matrix cracking, which helps maintain structural integrity and cohesiveness in the material (Bentur and Mindess 1990).

As you add the concrete, continue to tamp it down with each new section of concrete so that everything is as compact as possible.[19].[19]

Concrete cores were removed from the dam for testing in 1995; they showed that "Hoover Dam's concrete has continued to slowly gain strength" and the dam is composed of a "durable concrete having a compressive strength exceeding the range typically found in normal mass concrete".