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    Shrinkage cracks in green concrete causes prevention and remedies

    Gd eve to all. Initial crack or plastic Shrinkage Only happens in fresh concrete. When the concrete was poured on slab it will happen due to some reasons ? 1) which cements have high fineness 2) Don't put mechanical vibrator more than 5- 7 sec 3) when the hydration process high initial...
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    How to do concrete sampling and cube casting

    Another name Boiling water method
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    What is segregation and bleeding in concrete?

    Bleeding and segregation only happen in fresh concrete simply like the mortar or slurry come out that's bleeding and the same time aggregate coarse particals goes down or came separate that's segregation. I) Main issue improper mix design & II) concrete pouring by more height
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    Why do we put steel in concrete for construction?

    Actually the normal pcc concrete strong in compression and weak in tension Zones but in same zone steel have opposite function like steel strong in tension week in compression zone so without steel the pcc concrete con't stand stable Sometimes fiber also add for increase concrete tension zone...