Sentence examples for weak concrete from inspiring English sources

When loading in compression, the failure appears first in the weak concrete zone induced by the random distribution of voids.

In the centre of the capital and the neighbouring towns the buildings are too often made of weak concrete, cut with sand and lacking the steel rods that would fortify them against shocks.

In one case, repairs were belatedly made at Donald J. Trump's Riverside South project after a contractor ignored an engineer's order to reject weak concrete and erected new floors on top of it.

Bare frames, fully masonry-infilled frames and masonry-infilled frames with openings, with variants of strong or weak concrete frames and masonry, were studied.

By comparing the cryogenic fracturing results from unstressed weak concrete and sandstone, we found that the generation of fractures is dependent on the material properties.

The shear bond behaviour, which is crucial for the effectiveness of most applications, was then investigated on strong and weak concrete, tuff, clay brick and brick masonry substrates, providing information on bond strength, failure mode, load-slip response and effective transfer length.

Recycled materials can cause weaker concrete, cracks, an uneven appearance or the need for increased maintenance.

For the case of a vehicle traveling on a weak fresh concrete during construction, the paper presents detailed comparative studies of the steering performances of a small model tracked test vehicle with alternative amount of steering ratio for various concrete slump values.

But the contribution in traction remains weak; the concrete tensile strength is the order of tenth of its compression resistance.

As the Read report correctly points out, the document put forward by the Commission is full of general guidelines and laudable intentions, but it is weak on concrete measures and ensuing actions.

The presented experimental investigations show that strengthening with fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) fabrics can be designed so that the shear capacity of the beams with weaker (RCA) concrete is higher than that of the control beams with natural aggregate concrete.