Civil Engineering

Advantages Use of glass in construction work adds beauty to the building. Its use fulfills the architectural view for the external decoration and beauty. Using glass in interior of the…

Broken stones and chips are used for foundation, roofs, and floors of the building and as road metal and railway ballast. Stones blocks are mainly used in walls, foundation, and…

Sand is used in cement mortar, lime mortar for stone masonry, bricks masonry. Sand is used in plan cement concrete, reinforced cement   concrete, precast concrete, prestressed concrete Coarse sand…

It is a form of silica, which may be siliceous, argillaceous according to the composition. It is formed by decomposition of sandstone due to various weathering effects. Sand obtained from…

Based on physical and mechanical properties, the following three types reinforcement is mainly used in reinforced concrete construction. Mild steel Mild steel is used structure and non-structure steel in the…

Following are the use of different structural steel sections such as : Steel bars Bars are the common form used in building construction. Bars may be round or square in…

There are properties of coarse aggregate such as : It should be clean, dense and cubical in shape. It should be free from silt, clay and coal residues. It should…

Mild steel is used as distribution steel in R.C.C. members. Mild steel is used as rolled structure section like I section, T section, channel section, angle, plates and square rods…

The grains should be sharp, angular and coarse. The sand should be free from clay material and organic matters. The grains should be of durable minerals. It should be free…