Concrete experiences transient creep when subjected to elevated temperatures, which is believed to be the result of thermo-mechanical interactions within the cement paste microstructure.
Mortars and cement pastes were seen to scabble at a constant rate, whereas concretes experienced a peak rate, after which volume removal reduced dramatically.
and thus faced the problem of concretion: how can concrete experiences be built up from abstract particulars?
Science is comprehended not through abstract principles but through concrete experience.
Members speak in tongues, pray for healing and seek "concrete experiences of God's realness".
Graham works in the opposite direction, moving down a steep slope from abstraction to concrete experience.
Parents seem to forget that childhood is a here-and-now, concrete experience.
It's an approach that can work in fables, but in Wilson's highly particular world the lack of concrete experience makes some stories feel unfinished.
Instead, concrete experience, usually in the form of catastrophic failure, forces people to search for new ideas, many of which have been lying around for quite a while.
We need to be able to hear about concrete experiences," said Resurj member Sinara Gumieri, a researcher and a legal advisor at Anis, the Institute of Bioethics, Human Rights and Gender in Brazil.
