All of this is only possible through the technology developed by Mark Richardson. For decades, the concrete wall polishing process was largely manual, utilizing hand grinders, which posed ...

Check interior walls and exterior ... be more prone to horizontal cracks. According to Toothman, homes built prior to 1945 didn’t typically use rebar, just concrete, which on its own is very ...

Check interior walls and exterior stucco for cracks ... and construction methods also can determine whether your home might be more prone to horizontal cracks. According to Toothman, homes built prior ...

Crib retaining walls are a form of gravity wall. They are constructed of interlocking individual boxes made from timber or pre-cast concrete. Then, the boxes are filled with crushed stone or other ...

Abstract: The design of water retaining structures is mainly based on the serviceability limit state crack control. The allowable crack width depends on the self-healing ability of concrete and the ...

A footpath along the harbour wall in West Bay, Dorset, has been closed for eight months after cracks led to fears ... to carry out the geopolymer injection process. The structure will be returned ...

A Crystalline Hydrated Magnesium Silicate formed in the Breakdown of a Concrete Sea-wall W. F. COLE 1 Nature volume 171 , pages 354–355 ( 1953 ) Cite this article ...

Researchers at Shenzhen University have developed a novel self-sensing steel fiber-reinforced polymer composite bar (SFCB) that integrates distributed fiber-optic sensors (DFOS) for real-time ...