Abstract: This paper describes the construction of structural sandwich panels by wrapping reinforcing fabric around a foam board, then dipping it in a mortar slurry and screeding away excess mortar. A design procedure is described ...

Abstract: Mortar sheet products can be made stiff and brittle by reinforcing with stiff fibers having strong chemical bonding to cement paste, such as asbestos. They can be made tough and pliable by reinforcing with softer fibers ...

Abstract: Foundation walls have been formed by assembling lightweight sandwich panels without a crane, then pouring lightweight concrete fill between the panels and surrounding excavation. The wet fill exerts low pressure on the ...

Abstract: This paper describes an optimization program supplement to the DNPS86 pavement design computer program to produce a minimum‐cost combination of pavement layer thicknesses. The DNPS86 program has been made a subroutine of ...

Abstract: A method is evaluated for constructing pipes by injecting grout between an inner tube that can be inflated and an outer tube comprising a reinforcing mat in a fabric envelope. The mat is open‐textured to allow easy ...

Abstract: Fabric‐reinforced mortar faces on expanded polystyrene (EPS) core structural sandwich construction is used for low‐cost quonset buildings. The construction, especially suitable for warehousing and agricultural buildings, ...

Abstract: An inflated fabric cooling dome is evaluated as an alternative to forced draft wet cooling towers for power plants. It consists of a central standpipe through which the hot water flows onto the surface of an inflated ...

Abstract: The ease with which fabric‐reinforced cement mortar laminates can be folded leads to studying the behavior of folded plate structural shapes made by this method. Sandwich panels having fabric‐reinforced cement mortar faces ...

Abstract: A series of fabric‐reinforced concrete shells are tested for buckling under uniform normal pressure in an air chamber. The test results are compared with previous experimental results for steelreinforced concrete shells, ...